Amazon is working on plans to open hundreds of brick-and-mortar bookstores, according to a new report from CNBC . Yes, following in the steps of chains like Borders, Amazon apparently thinks that the future is in deadtrees. Read more…
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GE Will Stop Making CFL Lightbulbs Because LEDs Are Better
GE just announced that it no longer make or sell compact fluorescent lamp (CFL) lightbulbs in the US. The company will wind down the manufacturing of CFL bulbs over the course of the years, and it will begin to shift its focus on making the newest and most energy-efficient lightbulbs, LEDs. Read more…
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This Babylonian Astronomy Text Changes History
More than a thousand years before the first telescopes, Babylonian astronomers tracked the motion of planets across the night sky using simple arithmetic. But a newly translated text reveals that these ancient stargazers also used a far more advanced method, one that foreshadows the development of calculus over a thousand years later. Read more…
Here’s a Homemade Exoskeleton Jacking Up a Small Car
There’s all sorts of expensive R&D facilities working frantically to make body-enhancing skeletons into actual things, but the research isn’t limited just to big companies. Two years ago, a YouTuber showed off his Elysium -inspired suit curling 170lbs; last weekend, he decided to life a Mini Cooper. Read more…
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Here’s a Homemade Exoskeleton Jacking Up a Small Car
Uber Screwup Exposed Driver’s Social Security Number and Tax Info
Tax season already sucks for independent contractors, but some Uber drivers who logged on to the company’s Partners portal to receive their 1099s are complaining about an especially nasty surprise: Instead of their own information, drivers say they received the tax forms of other drivers. Read more…
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Uber Screwup Exposed Driver’s Social Security Number and Tax Info
This Is What Happens When You Let a Neural Network Design Fonts
Neural networks are increasingly taking on jobs that used to be the preserve of the human brain . So Erik Bernhardsson decided to see what would happen if he threw 50, 000 fonts at a neural network and left it to chew through them. The results, it turns out, are pretty interesting. Read more…
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This Is What Happens When You Let a Neural Network Design Fonts
This Is an X-Ray of the Earth’s Aurora
This planet’s aurora are a spectacular sight, but you’ve probably never seen them quite like this. You’re looking at a view of them as seen by the European Space Agency’s Integral space observatory, which captured how they look as an X-ray. Read more…
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This Is an X-Ray of the Earth’s Aurora
Let’s Hope Valve’s Vive VR Is as Great as Its Setup Instructions
Unlike most of my colleagues, I haven’t had the chance to try HTC and Valve’s Vive Pre virtual reality headset. I hear it’s good , but it could be another overhyped disappointment like The Phantom Menace . Read more…
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Let’s Hope Valve’s Vive VR Is as Great as Its Setup Instructions
The Foam Fins Covering This Wetsuit Let You Body Surf Without a Board
The next time you’re driving along the coast and admiring the waves, don’t feel bad about not packing a surfboard. The WaveWrecker wetsuit can be kept tucked away in a corner of your trunk at all times, and when the waves are ideal, it turns your body into its own surfboard. Read more…
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Giant Voltron Drone Lifts 134 Pounds For a New World Record
Due to FAA regulations , drone are limited in size and power in the United States. But apparently not in Norway, which is now the home of a new record-setting superdrone called the Megakopter that recently snagged a Guinness World Record for hoisting just shy of 134.5 pounds. Read more…
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Giant Voltron Drone Lifts 134 Pounds For a New World Record