NASA has just awarded a $125,000 grant to Anjan Contractor to create a 3D printer that prints…food. The printer, based on open-source hardware called RepRap, will use a kind of nutrient powder and oil to construct foods, which will be ...
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Two articles recently popped up exploring the future of robotics, human-brain interfaces, and the economics of a robot-driven society. Where does this rabbit hole lead? Let’s take a look!
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Residents of the Southern United States may have grown tired of the problematic and bitey nature of fire ants, but over the past decade a new breed of ant challenger has arrived, one that’s actually driving the fire ants away.
Read More »Company Bulldozes Mayan Temple, Possibly Awakens Old Ones
What do you do when you run out of gravel? Well, sometimes you can’t just run down to the gravel store and buy some, so you turn to alternative methods. Say, bulldozing an ancient Mayan temple. That’s what a road-building ...
Read More »A Different Kind of Time Travel: The Music of Today, Yesterday!
I don’t want to spoil the pure awesome that is Bioshock Infinite (well, no more than I already have), but one of the coolest things about the game is its music. Not only does it have an incredible original score, ...
Read More »How to Convert Your MP3s into 3D-Printed “Vinyl” Records
So, I know you’ve been wondering how, exactly, you can convert those fancy MP3s you’ve downloaded into old-fashioned “vinyl” records. Amanda Ghassaei over at Instructables has you covered with this very cool tutorial on how to use a 3D-printer to ...
Read More »Witness 1,046 Meteorites Fall to Earth with BOLIDES
No, that’s not a screenshot from some new version of Missile Command. It’s called BOLIDES, a website project that animates every witnessed meteorite collision with Earth from 861 to modern day. “Thousands of meteorites have collided with the Earth since ...
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