August 2, 2019 Climate Change Has Made Our Stormwater Infrastructure Obsolete We are not ready for the extreme rainfall coming with climate change. A quick dramatic thunderstorm in New York on Wednesday flooded Staten Island…
August 2, 2019 We’re Already De-Aging Kids For Movies Visual effects are starting to take on a life of their own, by digitally recreating other people’s pasts. It’s been used to de-age Kurt…
August 2, 2019 Cobra’s Expensive New Dashcam Let Me Avoid Speed Traps In a world of hidden speed cameras, insurance scams, and daily dents and dings, putting some protection on your dashboard is a prudent move….
August 2, 2019 Scientists Went to China to Create Controversial Human-Monkey Embryos An international collaboration is claiming to have created hybridized human-monkey embryos in China. Disturbingly, the research could result in monkeys capable of producing human…
August 2, 2019 Get Over Your AirPower Heartbreak With This $20 Qi Pad and Apple Watch Stand AirPower is officially dead, but this charging pad from Seneo looks like something that could have come out of Cupertino. Read more… via Gizmodo…
August 2, 2019 These Robot Burlesque Dancers Were a Less Advertised Part of the 1939 New York World’s Fair The New York World’s Fair of 1939-40 is perhaps best known for its optimistic look at the future, with demonstrations of early television and…
August 2, 2019 Most Americans Do Trust Scientists, Heartening Survey Finds Good news, science folk: Most of America thinks you’re pretty okay and worth listening to. According to a new report out Friday by the…
August 2, 2019 The Smallest USB-C PD Battery Pack We’ve Seen Is Just $11 Today Xcentz 18W USB-C PD 5,000mAh Battery Pack | $11 | Amazon | Promo code XCENTZ215 Read more… via Gizmodo Check out the Finding Your…
August 2, 2019 Elon Musk’s Las Vegas Tunnel Kind Of Sucks? In Elon Musk’s mind-brain, the future is autonomous cars (Teslas) getting sucked into the earth and then fired through tunnels at speed in a…
August 2, 2019 Summer Is Fading, But There Are Tons of New Sci-Fi and Fantasy Books Coming to Brighten Up August This month’s crop of brand-new sci-fi and fantasy horror books include space battles with hostile aliens, multiple mages, a pet crow who’s got a…