Town considering law that would allow residents to shoot down drones
A small rural Colorado town might give its residents the option of buying a hunter’s license to shoot down unmanned aerial
Author: Jeffrey Bausch
Student generates electricity from windows
Fulbright scholar Anastasiia Iefanova has developed an inexpensive, semi-transparent solar material that can be applied to windows to convert light into
Researchers give computer an IQ test and discover that it’s as smart as a . . . 4-year-old?
A group of researchers at the University Illinois (Chicago) have IQ-tested one of the best available artificial intelligence systems to see how smart the computer really
China becomes first country to hit 3-GW utility-scale solar milestone
China has officially surpassed 3GW (3,000MW) for utility-scale solar power production capacity, making it the first country to achieve this
Pilot recreates Asiana 214 crash in stunningly realistic animation
Following last weekend’s Asiana Airlines Flight 214’s tragic crash at San Francisco Airport, investigators discovered that their case would be severely hampered by
Researchers create liquid metal structures using 3D printer
A group of researches out of North Carolina State University used an alloy of two metals, gallium and indium, to 3D print liquid metal
Microsoft helped NSA get around its encryption systems so agency could more easily spy on users
According to reports given to The Guardian newspaper by whistleblower Eric Snowden, the NSA was provided with work-around access to most of Microsoft’s
How to turn a window, table top, and TV screen into a touchscreen device
Researchers at Nanyang Technological University believe they have developed the world’s first low-cost system that can turn ordinary objects with plain surfaces –
Massive rocket explosion due to technician putting sensors in upside down
A few weeks back, a Russian rocket called “Proton-M” exploded over a spaceport in Kazakhstan a few seconds after it
Throwable camera captures sharp, aerial photos and video that don’t induce motion sickness
I think we can all agree that it’s easy enough to throw a camera in the air to record photos and video. Developing a camera that can be thrown in the air to capture