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Google launched its first all-electric Street View car, a Jaguar I-PACE, that measures air quality at the same time in Dublin, Ireland. 
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A group from Agility Robotics published a new study on its Cassie robot, a bipedal walking machine inspired by the movements of the ostrich.
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***EARLY ALERT*** Treat them nicely – they may be sentient beings in the early stage of evolution – at least in the eyes of the Kaylon Primary. AND experience suggests that would not end well for biologicals!
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Tesla is testing a high-performance Model S Plaid variant! Check out the new retractable spoiler.
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200 MPH! - my fav kind of improved technology.... now all I need is a little over 3 million bucks! . .
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again, the inmates of the planet are fighting or posturing - and all of it so insignificant compared to the challenge in front of us... . .
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The world's smallest computer chip is the size of a dust mite! Check out the future of medical tech.
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Granted – medical and other advantages of an implanted chip – but then again, just like your cell phone – they can track you! . Would you do it? . .
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UK nuclear fusion firm Tokamak Energy can be the first private company to achieve 100 million-degree plasma temperature.
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can only wonder how you contain anything that reaches 100 million degrees! . .
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Blue Origin is prepping its attentive audience for its upcoming tourism space flight information, which will be shared on May 5.
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on the top of my Christmas wish list..... . .
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How to tell if your cell phone is being tracked, tapped or monitored by tracking or spy software. We show you how to check and what to do next.
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have we become to accepting? . .
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A Boston-based startup might revolutionize coastal transportation with its all-electric "Seaglider," a fast, safe, low-cost flying ferry.
Al Cannistra's insight:
8 props - all-electric flying ferry! . .
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Segway just revealed their latest motorcycle Apex H2, equipped with a powertrain that runs on hydrogen and electricity.
Al Cannistra's insight:
after my second accident, years ago I said I would never get on another bike... this one could change that... crow for dinner! . .
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You can't even trust the Bible.
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I ditched a few today... . .
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Check out this incredible project that earned a Guinness World Record for the longest melody played by a model train here.
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I must admit to never having seen anything like this - check the video.... . .
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A new prototype tire design could work on varying landscapes! Check out the future of the wheel.
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probably not on your next car - but still cool... . .
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Apple just issued a major warning to all iPhone users to update their operating system software immediately due to security concerns.
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in the article... "The company says that the release of iOS 14.6 will address 43 existing software—including some that are considered potentially seriousin the existing software—including some that are considered potentially serious" . .
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AI is changing the way we make and listen to music. Discover how deep learning is crafting the entertainment of the future.
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I wonder if they can apply filters and ditch so much of the adult lyrics that have found their way into pop culture... . .
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There are times when you're most at risk of cardiac arrest! But AI can help predict high-risk times.
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interesting - would you download the death app? use it? . .
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Researchers may have paved the way for autonomous vehicles that drive around the clock.
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I suppose it could eliminate the worry over gas shortages – but then there are cyber-attacks… and then thoughts go back to an old 1951 movie and its 2008 adaption “The Day The Earth Stood Still” . .
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A team of researchers from the University of Central Florida has found a way to stabilize the detonation required for hypersonic propulsion.
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Well, I have experienced close to Mach 2- so this would be fun! But personally – I still want to experience WARP speed (much more so than being beamed somewhere and having to hope that my molecules are reassembled correctly) . .
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What can humanity do with computers that process a quintillion calculations a second? We talk to three experts about the rise of exascale supercomputing and how it's changing the world.
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simple.... "If you fill a swimming pool with sand and there are a billion grains of sand in the pool, a billion pools filled with a billion grains of sand each is how many calculations per second we’re talking about." . right . .
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Some of those apps you love and have come to rely on could be posing more of a danger than they're worth. Here's what you need to know.
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I am hoping the new IOS release helps a great deal... . .
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Nuclear fusion could modernize the entire power grid with nearly-limitless energy! But when?
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"ability to produce stable plasma at temperatures topping 50 million degrees Celsius. For comparison, this is more than twice the temperature of the core of the sun!"
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Made from an ultra-high frequency solid-state tesla coil, the plasma candle has the world's hottest flame.
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Same stuff as the Galaxy-class USS Enterprise "High Energy Plasma"??? - now we have to go find some dilithium crystals... Warp drive cannot be too far away!
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Ferrari announced that the car company will be unveiling its first all-electric Ferrari in 2025, no details of the vehicle have yet been shared.
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WOW - One for the Christmas wish list. Santa????? . .
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Researchers believe that infrared light from our hands could be used for highly secure passcodes. Read more about the upcoming technology here.
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makes me want to watch more Star Trek Discovery.... . .
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The new update enables the robot LOLA to use multi-contact locomotion for keeping balance.
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morning coffee??? . .
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and taking it through the automatic car wash....
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