TOYOTA’S REPLACING ROBOTS WITH HUMANS…SO THEY CAN MAKE EVEN BETTER ROBOTSJapan and car manufacturing are pretty much synonymous with robots. Some of the most advanced and practical bots hail from the former and work in the latter.It may, therefore, surprise you to learn Japanese carmaker, Toyota, is flipping the equation by replacing robots with humans to boost... Continue Reading →
THERE WAS NO SUCH THING AS THE “FIRST HUMAN”
http://youtu.be/xdWLhXi24Mo We live in a culture where 40% of people don’t believe the world is more than 6,000 years old. And yet how can an intelligent being hold such beliefs when faced with a 13,000-year-old eucalyptus tree or an 80,000-year-old aspen? But even when we embrace science completely, one of the most baffling aspects of... Continue Reading →
New nature preserve will be the largest on EarthCorals grow just below the ocean surface near Maré Island, New Caledonia. (Photo: Ethan Daniels/Shutterstock)New Caledonia, a small island chain in the South Pacific, just set aside the largest protected area on the planet. The sprawling marine park spans 1.3 million square kilometers — or more than... Continue Reading →
New nature preserve will be the largest on Earth
U.S.YOUTHS SUE U.S. GOVERNMENT OVER CLIMATE INACTIONYoung people across the country are suing several government agencies for failing to develop a climate change recovery plan, conduct that amounts to a violation of their constitutional rights, says their lawyer Julia Olson.Their futures are at stake, say the young plaintiffs.“Climate change is the biggest issue of our... Continue Reading →
U.S.YOUTHS SUE U.S. GOVERNMENT OVER CLIMATE INACTION
Flexible “Glass Fabric” Arm Band Converts Body Heat Into Electricity
http://youtu.be/BlN9lvEzCuw Your body is full of an underutilized energy potential that can be harnessed to power wearable technology and smart watches. A flexible arm band, developed by Korean researchers at KAIST, soaks up wasted heat from your body and transforms it into electricity. While still in the works, the lightweight and flexible glass fabric-based thermoelectric... Continue Reading →
MayOne.US
http://vimeo.com/93299391 Lawrence Lessig is kickstarting a SuperPAC to end all SuperPACs. Join us at http://MayOne.US/ Description Government has failed us. More than 90% of Americans link that failure to the influence of money in politics. Yet the politicians ignore this influence. While America founders, they spend endless time with their funders. These funders hold our... Continue Reading →
New Report Calls For Overhaul Of Failed US Prison SystemA new report from the National Research Council has reviewed mounds of criminological data and come to the conclusion that current incarceration costs far outweigh the benefits. This leads to the suggestion that the US must drastically overhaul its failing criminal justice system, making an effort to significantly... Continue Reading →
New Report Calls For Overhaul Of Failed US Prison System
Watch SpaceX’s Reusable Rocket In All Its Futuristic, Hovering Glory
http://youtu.be/ZwwS4YOTbbw SpaceX has been working on a reusable rocket since 2011, and things have been going pretty well for them. A few days ago, the company ran a successful test run of its Falcon9R rocket, and it looks like the future. Check out the video to watch it take off, hover at 3,280 feet, and... Continue Reading →
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