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How to make sitting on a train more like sitting at a bar
Depending on where you live, travelling to work via commuter rails can indeed be a tedious experience. Imagine you just[…]
Read moreWorld’s biggest body scanning project yields first results
It is no secret that human body (and brain especially) works in somewhat strange ways that can be hard to[…]
Read moreMIT to test autonomous robot boats in Amsterdam
While much of the world seems crazed by the idea of autonomous cars, in Netherlands, something else floats their boat.[…]
Read moreLyft expects self-driving cars to handle most rides in 5 years
The vision of autonomous driving appears to be a hot topic these days. At the beginning, there was an arms[…]
Read moreGaia mission’s Milky Way map pinpoints locations of billion-plus stars
Astronomers work tirelessly to scope out the outer space and provide us with some stunning imagery or knowledge. Whether it’s[…]
Read moreMIT's new programming language delivers fourfold speedups on big-data problems
In the age of big data, today’s computer chips are struggling to maintain an efficient method of memory management. The way it currently works is based on what computer scientists call the principle of locality: If a program needs to access a chunk of data stored at some memory bank, chances are, it needs the neighboring chunks as well.
Read morePolice could soon identify criminals with just a strand of hair
It is a known fact that when a human being breathes its last, it continues to leave a mark for[…]
Read moreTesla Autopilot 8.0 to prevent more fatal accidents
Throughout the years, Elon Musk’s Tesla has been known to rock the world of semi-autonomous driving with huge leaps. With[…]
Read moreJudging a book through its cover
Thousands upon thousands of antique books are locked away in archival centres, withstanding the uncompromising tooth of time. Careful handling of the books — especially the rare ones — can be a pretty tricky business. Whenever there is a need to conduct obscure research on a book or to look up rare information
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