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America’s Road To Energy Independence, Part 1

<!– By use of this code snippet, I agree to the Brightcove Publisher T and C found at https://accounts.brightcove.com/en/terms-and-conditions/. –> Our series follows editor-in-chief Jacob Ward on a trip across...
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Video: MIT’s Cheetah Robot Trots, Then Gallops

Boston Dynamics’ Cheetah robot may be the fastest, but MIT’s version of the DARPA-backed quadruped robot is proving to be the most efficient. In a newly released video, MIT’s Biomimetic Robotics Lab shows off it’s new a...
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Mapping The Simpsons’ Slow Descent Into Suckitude

Who can predict how a TV show will fare two or three seasons out? Some shows only gain momentum after a dull first season, while others break out of the pack early on only to flounder or manage to remain consistently awesome. A...
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Concept Skyscraper Generates Its Own Energy, Looks Like A Toilet Brush

In the future, all buildings will resemble massive toilet brushes. Perhaps not, but that’s the net-zero energy future of skyscrapers envisioned by Belatchew Arkitekter in an idea called STRAWSCRAPER which, in spite of the toi...
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Robot Plane Flies Humans 500 Miles

The great thing about robots is that they take boring, repetitive tasks from humans, which frees up our superior minds for more creative endeavors (like building more robots.) Flying a commercial airplane, much like driving dow...
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Inside The Army’s Sunshine Simulator

Each year, some 20 soldiers experience Afghanistan’s 118°F heat for the first time not in the field but in a lab in Natick, Massachusetts. For six decades, the Doriot Climatic Chambers has created everything from deserts to ...
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