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11-04-2014, 01:24 PM | #1 (permalink) | ||
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I've been searching but haven't found any general threads for science & technology news.
So here is a general science & technology news thread. Post about progress, problems, and culture in STEM fields. The last Pirated Bay co-founder, Fredrik Neij, has been arrested: Last Pirate Bay co-founder arrested after living on the lam in Laos | Ars Technica Quote:
Projector, 3D scanner, and touchscreen PC combined into arts & crafts armageddon.
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Very interesting article about a brain-damaged man who uses Twitter as his memory
Brain-damaged man uses Twitter as his memory - Digital Life - Digital Life | siliconrepublic.com - Ireland's Technology News Service Quote:
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There's a fairly new app called Path Talk that lets you text any business a question and get a response back within 5 minutes. Basically there is an army of people being paid to receive these texts from you, call the business you're addressing, ask them the question, and then text that information back to you. So through a surrogate human you can order pizzas, check if something is in stock somewhere, find out when a place opens or closes etc, in case for some reason you don't like talking to people on the phone.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/d...paperboy&hl=en
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11-06-2014, 03:50 PM | #5 (permalink) |
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Well, we're on our way. Check this out. This suit will give you superhuman strength - Nov. 5, 2014
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11-08-2014, 10:58 AM | #7 (permalink) |
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Cyberdyne's robot suit HAL to keep people walking - YouTube I saw this device featured on the Science Channel just a couple of weeks ago. A crippled girl could walk by using this whereas she would have been in a wheelchair without it. Not only does it allow people to walk who normally can't, it turns out to be therapeutic. A man whose spine was crushed in an accident was told he'd be bed-ridden for the rest of his life. Not only can he walk with this device, it has trained his body to relearn how to walk and he can even walk now without the device although slowly and haltingly but over time who knows how much more he'll improve and even walking like that beats spending the rest of your life in a wheelchair or bedridden. Imagine what it might be able to do for people with Parkinson's which killed my father and left him bedridden for the last months of his life. The Japanese have done fantastic things with robots. It's incredible. |
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Latest Japan Technology 2012 Its Amazing Car.flv - YouTube This little robot car is guided by a robot head on the dash. You tell it what you want the car to do and it will do it for you--like parallel park as shown here. It also functions as a GPS and if you tell it where you want to go, the face will point in the direction it wants you to turn and will tell you, "Turn here." The robot can even carry on conversation and if it senses you are getting tired by hearing you yawn or something, it will talk to you and even invite you to sing along with it to keep you alert. |
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Pirate Bay Founder Peter Sunde Released From Prison | TorrentFreak He says we can expect to see him return to public speaking / activism soon. Quote:
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