Engineers at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida install one of the most important assemblies into its new Orion spacecraft: the launch abort system. Orion will carry astronauts to parts of the Solar System not yet explored by humans—like Mars. […
Daily Archives: 07.10.2014
These Robots Are Fighting Ebola in Texas
By Chris Mills
As the more paranoid among us freak out and reach for the hazmat suits, America is fighting the Ebola threat the only way it knows how: hundreds of thousands of dollars of robots, natch.
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Opera Mini will be available on Samsung Gear S
By Aloysius Low The Opera browser will let you surf the web from the smartwatch and has finger-friendly features that should work well on smaller screens.
The history of all religions explained in one fascinating graphic
By Jesus Diaz on Sploid, shared by Jesus Diaz to Gizmodo
I spent some of my college years studying with the Jesuits, which inevitably led to theology classes and the fascinating history of religion. That class is summarized in …
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Inflatable private room to dock to ISS, commercialise space
By Michelle Starr The Bigelow Expandable Activity Module is on track to launch in 2015, and will be attached to the International Space Station to test the technology.
Facebook bus drivers seek to organize union
By Steven Musil Teamsters urge Mark Zuckerberg to support effort to improve working conditions and provide a wage that allows drivers to live near their jobs.
Insane car crash somehow barely avoids hitting a group of bystanders
By Casey Chan on Sploid, shared by Casey Chan to Gizmodo
The first time I saw …
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The Eiffel Tower Is The Latest Landmark To Get A Glass Floor
One great way to get adventurous folks amped up about scaling landmarks is to make the act of being way-the-heck-up-high even freakier. The Eiffel Tower is the latest to get a stomach-flipping glass floor 187 feet above the teensy little people on the pavement below.
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Forget Driverless Cars, This Tiny Design Tweak Can Make Streets Safer
We write about a lot of high-tech solutions for making roads safer: …
Microsoft to “Allow” Non-Metro Apps Into the Windows Store Next Year
By Jason Mick Windows 10 will expand the scope of the Windows Store …read more