Innovation This AI Stops People From Lighting up Cigarettes at the Gas Pump | Feature Tech Sep 30, 2018 DUH The Darwin Awards exist for a reason: some people aren’t great at making sure they, you know, stay alive. Case in point: People still smoke…
Innovation This Musician Created an AI to Write Songs For Him, And They’re Pretty Strange | Feature Tech Sep 30, 2018 AMANUENSIS Iranian composer Ash Koosha has never shied away from technology. He’s performed live for his fans in virtual reality (VR) and even used…
Innovation Scientists Wiped Out a Mosquito Population by Hacking Their DNA With CRISPR | Feature Tech Sep 30, 2018 BYE, SKEETERS They might be tiny, but mosquitoes cause millions of deaths every year by spreading diseases like malaria and dengue. Now, new…
Innovation Should Coma Patients Live or Die? Machine Learning Will Help Decide. | Feature Tech Sep 30, 2018 In some cases, all it takes is a major blow to the side of the head. When somebody falls into a coma, they lose all motor functions. Brain activity…
Innovation Musk’s Tesla position uncertain as US regulators sue Musk for fraud | Feature Tech Sep 30, 2018 The future of Tesla looks increasingly uncertain, with US regulators having filed a lawsuit this week against the automaker’s high-profile CEO, Elon…
Tech Tips & Tricks New Google Maps Feature for Planning Events Not New Idea | Tips & Tricks Sep 29, 2018 Google seems to be making many changes lately to their various features. Google Maps is one of the services getting improvements. This new feature…
Tech News update This “Flying Sports Car” Is Like a Giant Drone You Can Ride In | Feature Tech Sep 29, 2018 PRETTY FLY The founding member of an award-winning hip-hop dance troupe hangs up his sneakers to engineer a flying sports car. Tale as old as time,…
Tech News update Inclusive innovation: designing a better future for everyone | Feature Tech Sep 29, 2018 Our lives are led by, organized by, and drenched in, technology. But for a person with no major disabilities it’s easy to forget the needs of those…
Innovation Look at This Creepy Finger You Can Plug Into Your Smartphone | Feature Tech Sep 29, 2018 PAY BACK We tap away on our mobile devices all day long. Isn’t it about time they tapped us back? Human-computer interaction researcher Marc…
Tech News update How An Army of Resurrected Mammoths Could Curb Global Warming | Feature Tech Sep 29, 2018 It’s 12,000 B.C. Modern humans are starting to migrate to the Americas for the first time. We won’t discover farming for another 2,000 years. We…