Posts Tagged ‘Tech’
 

 
 

How Will We Keep Track Of Our Robot Minions?

The trickiest part of a future filled with helpful robots (think Roombas, but for everything) is keeping track of them all. Researchers at Wayne State University published a clever solution to this problem. In a paper titled &#...
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What High-Frequency Trading Looks Like Every Millisecond [Infographic]

Something to think about as the millisecond tick by today: how much money you’re not making from the slight discrepancies between the values of securities on the world’s international exchanges. Developed by suburban Chicag...
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Big Pic: A Fiery Ribbon Stretching Across Orion’s Belt

Inside the European Southern Observatory’s Atacama Pathfinder Experiment (APEX) telescope in Chile, there’s a submillimeter-wavelength camera perfectly tuned to peer through the clouds of interstellar dust and gas that ...
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The Drone Camera Revolution Is Here

Focusing on drones as devices of scary military surveillance and execution ignores the entire field of consumer drones–which are, basically, next-generation remote-controlled helicopters. One of the fields that’s se...
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2013 Invention Awards: Hot Savings

Semitruck drivers idle their engines to heat or cool their vehicles’ cabs—a practice that burns a billion gallons of fuel each year. Small engines on the back of a cab, called auxiliary power units (APUs), get the job done ...
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2013 Invention Awards: Suborbital Safeguard

During NASA’s 2007 Astronaut Glove Challenge, costume fabricator Ted Southern met fellow competitor Nikolay Moiseev, a Russian space-suit builder. Although each walked away from the competition empty-handed, they formed a pro...
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