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How Hong Kong Protesters Combat the Surveillance State

A major priority of the protest movement that has consumed Hong Kong for the past three and a half months has been to thwart the surveillance apparatus that's virtually everywhere. Demonstrators have felled camera poles with chainsaws, spray-painted security …

bubmagOctober 4, 2019

Mexico Border Wall

Interview with Paul Salopek of the Out of Eden Walk

When Paul Salopek was twenty-three, his motorcycle broke down on a lonely road in the sand near Roswell, New Mexico. He was on his way to find work at a fishery to eventually pay for a graduate degree in environmental biology; instead, he got a job at a local…

bubmagOctober 4, 2019

VR

Iron Man VR Is Coming Out In February

bubmagOctober 4, 2019

Panda

‘Steven Universe’: Season 6 Gets New Title and Theme Song (Video)

Cartoon Network is giving “Steven Universe” a new title and theme song for the sixth season of the popular animated series. A teaser video for the new season, called “Steven Universe Future,” was revealed Friday, which you can watch above. The upcoming seas…

bubmagOctober 4, 2019

Star Wars

Le Creuset is dropping a ‘Star Wars’ cookware line, and fans will want every piece in the collection

The countdown to "Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker" is officially on, as the film is set to premiere on December 20. But that still feels like a long time to go (in a galaxy far, far away). Le Creuset is making the waiting period a little more bearable by…

bubmagOctober 4, 2019

Exoskeleton

Mind-Controlled ‘Exoskeleton’ Restores Movement to Totally Paralyzed Man

FRIDAY, Oct. 4, 2019 (HealthDay News) -- Unable to move either their arms or their legs, quadriplegics are almost completely paralyzed. But in a major breakthrough, a team of French researchers has given one patient the ability to move all four limbs. How? W…

bubmagOctober 4, 2019

Recycling

“Martian Chronicles”: Escape Pod releases a reading of my YA story about rich sociopaths colonizing Mars

Now, it's getting a second life in podcast form, as the wonderful and venerable Escape Pod has produced a reading by Adam Pracht, whose first installment has just gone live (MP3). It came in via my podcatcher last night and I was so pleased with it. Now I'm o…

bubmagOctober 4, 2019

Drones

This bipedal robot is a flying drone with legs

From Catlech's Center for Autonomous Systems and Technology, LEONARDO (LEg ON Aerial Robotic DrOne) is a bipedal robot that's uses dronelike propellers to balance and walk around. Eventually, the propellers will boost LEONARDO's ability to jump. The demo vide…

bubmagOctober 4, 2019

Unwelcome Refugees

EU calls on Turkey to speed up readmission of irregular migrants

Athens, Greece - Greece, Germany and the European Commission have called on Turkey to fully implement its migration agreement with the European Union by speeding up the return of asylum seekers that crossed onto the bloc's territory from Turkish soil. "The E…

bubmagOctober 4, 2019

Exoskeleton

Man Paralyzed From Neck Down Walks Again With Brain-Controlled Exoskeletal Suit

This is a video of a 28-year old tetraplegic man walking again thanks to a prototype full-body exoskeletal suit controlled by his brain. The future, ladies and gentlemen -- who thought we'd actually use technology for good? "(This) is the first semi-invasive…

bubmagOctober 4, 2019

Interview with Paul Salopek of the Out of Eden Walk

Iron Man VR Is Coming Out In February

‘Steven Universe’: Season 6 Gets New Title and Theme Song (Video)

Le Creuset is dropping a ‘Star Wars’ cookware line, and fans will want every piece in the collection

Mind-Controlled ‘Exoskeleton’ Restores Movement to Totally Paralyzed Man

“Martian Chronicles”: Escape Pod releases a reading of my YA story about rich sociopaths colonizing Mars

This bipedal robot is a flying drone with legs

EU calls on Turkey to speed up readmission of irregular migrants

Man Paralyzed From Neck Down Walks Again With Brain-Controlled Exoskeletal Suit

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