21/09/2016

Lawn device inspired by stream of water consciousness

The classic suburban challenge of keeping the lawn green sparked the idea behind Sprinkl, a startup led by Noel Geren. Two years ago, the serial entrepreneur from the Dallas area launched the company. It makes a smart irrigation ...

Why self-driving Uber cars look so geeky

Qawiyah Muhammad can see her own future. Literally. An Uber driver in Pittsburgh, she knows that one day her job will be replaced by a robot car. She knows the robot cars are coming because she sometimes spots experimental ...

Breakthrough in understanding of how things deform

Every material can bend and break. Through nearly a century's worth of research, scientists have had a pretty good understanding of how and why. But, according to new findings from Drexel University materials science and ...

Tesla updates software to improve radar

Tesla Motors customers will get enhanced radar and other features in an over-the-air software update that starts Wednesday night.

Washington Post takes heat for Snowden prosecution call

A Washington Post editorial arguing for the prosecution of intelligence leaker Edward Snowden has sparked an outcry in the media community—including from some of the newspaper's own journalists.

Study unveils hidden molecular machinery in RNA processes

A special stretch of ribonucleic acid (RNA) called COOLAIR is revealing its inner structure and function to scientists, displaying a striking resemblance to an RNA molecular machine, territory previously understood to be ...

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