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http://www.archdaily.com/780512/how-driverless-cars-could-should-and-shouldnt-reshape-our-cities

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How driverless cars could, should and shouldn't reshape our cities

In the race to bring driverless cars from a futuristic fantasy to a present-day reality, developers have touted a plethora of advantages, from...

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https://news.mit.edu/2016/heat-loss-fusion-reactors-0121

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New finding may explain heat loss in fusion reactors

Solving a longstanding mystery, MIT experiments reveal two forms of turbulence interacting. The new finding may explain heat loss in nuclear fusion reactors.

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https://www.wired.co.uk/article/nuclear-fusion-energy-monitoring

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X-ray breakthrough 'opens door' to controlled nuclear fusion

Scientists have for the first time been able to monitor the flow of energy during fast ignition, a process that it hoped to be capable of creating controlled nuclear fusion

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https://www.wired.com/2016/01/clive-thompson-11/

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Space mining could set off a star war

There are trillions of dollars of raw materials floating around up there inside asteroids. Who has the rights to harvest them?

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http://singularityhub.com/2016/01/08/why-3d-printing-will-be-a-key-technology-in-the-next-space-race/

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Why 3D printing will be a key technology in the next space race

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https://marketingland.com/forecast-half-of-consumers-will-be-paying-with-phones-by-2018-158609

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Forecast: Half of consumers will be paying with phones or wearables by 2018

According to a 2014 survey commissioned by the US Federal Reserve, 28 percent of smartphone users had made some form of mobile payment in the previous 12

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https://spectrum.ieee.org/cars-that-think/transportation/sensors/quanergy-solid-state-lidar

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Quanergy announces $250 solid-state LIDAR for cars, robots, and more

The S3 is, according to its maker, better than existing LIDAR systems in every single way

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http://www.scienceworldreport.com/articles/35517/20160106/telepathy-mind-reading-computer-deciphers-words-brainwaves.htm

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Telepathy: 'Mind Reading' Computer deciphers words from brainwaves

A team of Japanese scientists have built a device that can predict words before they are spoken by analyzing brainwaves.

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http://www.3ders.org/articles/20160102-how-3d-printed-pills-are-personalizing-medicine.html

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How 3D printed pills are personalizing medicine

3D printing technology enables doctors and pharmaceutical companies to manufacture drugs tailored to the specific needs of individual patients--taking into account their age, weight, race, and kidney and liver functions to increase the effectiveness while reducing side-effects. Yet what are the potential effects of 3D printed drugs on the medical industry?

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http://mic.com/articles/131583/the-world-is-racing-to-build-a-moon-base-here-s-what-it-could-look-like#.QrrU6497k

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The world is racing to build a moon base here's what it could look like

The European Space Agency just reminded the world that it wants to build a base on the moon by 2030, using 3-D printed parts made from materials found on the lunar surface.
The ESA has some competition. Earlier this month, Congress passed a spending…

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https://www.reddit.com/r/explainlikeimfive/comments/3z11s3/eli5_chinas_population_was_around_6_billion_in/

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ELI5: China's population was around .6 billion in 1960. How did it increase to ~1.4 in just 55 years, especially with the one child policy in effect?

5.0k votes, 632 comments. 21.6m members in the explainlikeimfive community. Explain Like I'm Five is the best forum and archive on the internet for …

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https://www.roadtovr.com/teslasuit-is-a-tactile-skin-that-lets-you-feel-vr-kickstarter-jan-1st/

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'Teslasuit' is a tactile suit that lets you feel VR, kickstarter Jan 1st

A UK based company company who has integrated EMS (Electro Muscular Stimulation) into a wireless suit, they claim is capable of allowing you to feel sensations ranging from a cool breeze to the impact of a bullet. VR headsets are, at least for 2016, somewhat of a known quantity now. Most focus is therefore moving […]

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https://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-post-office-banking-20160102-story.html

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Advocates push for the U.S. Postal Service to offer basic banking

Until the late 1960s, you could walk into a post office and deposit money in a savings account at the same time that you bought stamps or mailed packages.

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https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2015/12/iceland-storm-melt-north-pole-climate-change/422166/