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Neural Implants Let Paralyzed Woman Fly Plane With Her Mind
Imagine piloting an airplane with your mind. No hands on the controls, no feet on the pedals, just thoughts and then movement through the sky. For all of you who aren’t Jan Scheuermann, this is just fantasy.
First Rule Of VR: Don’t Break The Presence
Editor’s note: Sasa Marinkovic is the head of software marketing for the computing and graphics group at AMD. I’m standing on the roof of a tall building, looking down at the street hundreds of feet below as I catch my breath.
Using Google Glass, Elementary Students Learn How Blind People Live
Forget Glassholes. A new program using Google Glass helps students develop empathy, set goals, and achieve digital literacy. Ever since its introduction three years ago, Google Glass has endured more than its share of haters.
CogniToys Leverages Watson’s Brain to Befriend, Teach Your Kids
Four years ago, IBM’s Watson utterly trounced a pair of very clever humans in a special tournament of Jeopardy! And by utterly trounced, we mean that Watson ended up with $77,147, while the nearest human only managed $24,000. Suck it, meatbags.
How Google’s Crazy Stratospheric Internet Balloons Matured Into a Technology That Could Bring Billions More People Online
Billions of people could get online for the first time thanks to helium balloons that Google will soon send over many places cell towers don’t reach. Internet access could expand educational and economic opportunities for the 4.3 billion people who are offline.
DNA Data Storage Just Got a Bit More Practical
For two years now, researchers have been storing digital information in the form of DNA, but there has remained some question as to whether it’s a practical solution for digital storage.
ViaCyte Starts Stem-Cell Trial of Bioartificial Pancreas
Fourteen years ago, during the darkest moments of the “stem-cell wars” pitting American scientists against the White House of George W. Bush, one group of advocates could be counted on to urge research using cells from human embryos: parents of children with type 1 diabetes.
Six headsets that could make VR a reality
It feels like virtual reality has been on the verge of taking off for decades. Starting in the ’50s with vibrating seats, Smell-O-Vision, and the first 3D fad in cinema, the promise of an immersive escape into another “virtual” reality has been generating excitement.
How Ransomware Works, and Why You Should Be Afraid
Every so often someone invents a new way of making money on the Internet that earns wild profits, attracts countless imitators, and reshapes what it means to be online.
Matching People Who Have 3-D Printers With Children Who Need Prosthetic Hands
Prosthetics is one area that really illustrates the transformative potential of 3-D printing. Industrially produced prosthetics can cost thousands of dollars, a prohibitive cost for many who need them. By contrast, the materials to make a 3-D printed prosthesis could run only $20 to $50.
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