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QOTD: Smart Idea, or No?

Monday brought news few people feared: the dwindling, one-model Smart brand (we refuse to use a lowercase “S”) is gonzo after 2019, at least in North America. Finally, some of you might be thinking. It’s not likely there’s a large contingent of readers who c…

bubmagApril 30, 2019

Doping in Cycling

Rapha Roadmap, chapter 5: Attract new fans with personalities and broadcast technology

CommentaryCycling can build its fan base by telling compelling stories about the personalities in the races and by harnessing modern broadcast technology to enrich the viewer experience. "> In contrast to spectators that watch other sports in stadiums an…

bubmagApril 30, 2019

Water Scarcity

Africa: Death By Diet – the Race to Transform the World’s Bad Food Habits

By Thin Lei WinRome — Half a century ago farmers grew rice, sesame and pulses on the land around Myint Soe's village in Myanmar. Now only paddy fields remain. Technology has made farming easier but government policy and climate change have slashed the foods …

bubmagApril 30, 2019

Korean War

At $18,000, Could This 1976 Kellison GT40 be a Total Gas?

While you may never have heard of Kellison, you assuredly know of the GT40. Todays Nice Price or Crack Pipe contender is the former that looks like the latter. Lets see if this propane-powered kit cars price has you giving it a second look. As noted by many …

bubmagApril 30, 2019

Moravec‘s Paradox

Anki, maker of cute mini-robot Vector, is reportedly shutting down – CNET

Anki, the robotics company behind Vector, is shutting down, a report said. Sarah Tew/CNET Robotics company Anki will apparently close its doors on Wednesday. The San Francisco-based maker of adorable mini-robots Vector and Cosmo will lay off its entire sta…

bubmagApril 30, 2019

Venezuela

Venezuela Opposition Leader Guiado Calls For Military Uprising In Shock Tweet

Juan Guiado issued a call for a military uprising against President Nicolas Maduro's government via Twitter on Tuesday. Getty Images Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guiado turned to Twitter to call for a military uprising to overthrow President Nicolas M…

bubmagApril 30, 2019

Cold War

Backdoors in Huawei Equipment Discovered by Vodafone Italy in 2009

Vodafone Italy discovered backdoors in its Huawei home internet routers and software between 2009 and 2011 according to a new report from Bloomberg News. The backdoors have reportedly been fixed, but the revelations are still bad news for Huawei as the Chines…

bubmagApril 30, 2019

Greta Thunberg

Joyce Ng and Leslie Zhang feature in this year’s Dazed100 list

Can it really be happening again? Has an entire year flown by since the trend-conscious fashionistas over at Dazed & Confused took us on a whistlestop run down of the 100 names that define right now? Yep! Time, eh? Still, once youve acclimatised to the f…

bubmagApril 30, 2019

Mexico Border Wall

64% oppose Trump’s move to build a wall; On asylum, just 30% support stricter rules

Americans by nearly 2 to 1 oppose Donald Trumps attempts to build a wall across the U.S.-Mexico border and just three in 10 in the latest ABC News/Washington Post poll support making it harder for undocumented immigrants to request asylum protection in the Un…

bubmagApril 30, 2019

Drones

Drones that save power by hanging like bats and perching like birds

New drone designs enable small UAVs to conserve battery life by taking breaks in unusual locations as opposed to landing back on the ground. For example, engineers from Yale University and their colleagues demonstrated novel landing gear for drones to perch l…

bubmagApril 30, 2019

QOTD: Smart Idea, or No?

Rapha Roadmap, chapter 5: Attract new fans with personalities and broadcast technology

Africa: Death By Diet – the Race to Transform the World’s Bad Food Habits

At $18,000, Could This 1976 Kellison GT40 be a Total Gas?

Anki, maker of cute mini-robot Vector, is reportedly shutting down – CNET

Venezuela Opposition Leader Guiado Calls For Military Uprising In Shock Tweet

Backdoors in Huawei Equipment Discovered by Vodafone Italy in 2009

Joyce Ng and Leslie Zhang feature in this year’s Dazed100 list

64% oppose Trump’s move to build a wall; On asylum, just 30% support stricter rules

Drones that save power by hanging like bats and perching like birds

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