TECHNOLOGY

Learn a Language While You Wait for People to Respond to Your Gchats

An MIT project is trying to help people learn during brief moments of online waiting.

Touchscreen-Controlled Chair Lets Disabled Toddlers Get Around

The chair uses technology many kids are already familiar with.

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You Can Chat With Albert Einstein’s Facebook Bot Alter-Ego

Just prepare yourself for some physics puns.

Futuristic New Mastercard Includes a Built-In Fingerprint Scanner

This new credit card eliminates the need for a PIN or signature.

New Process Will Allow You to 3D Print Glass on Demand

3D printers have been limited to plastics and some metals. Soon, they'll be able to shape glass.

The Artist Who Helped Bring Super Mario to Life

A veteran of animation lent a hand in creating Nintendo's vibrant world.

California Moves to Turn Freeway Traffic Into Electricity

Gridlock could be turned into something useful.

Snapchat World Lenses Are the Next Step in Augmented Reality

"World Lenses" behave like objects in the real world.

This App Turns Text Messages Into Short Stories

Aimed at getting young people to read more, Hooked has more than 10 million downloads.

The UK Driving Test Will Soon Include a GPS Navigation Section

New UK drivers will be required to follow GPS directions as part of their licensing exam starting in December 2017.

Solar-Powered Dehumidifier Pulls Fresh Water Out of Thin Air

It's not that difficult to collect condensation in a humid climate, but squeezing H20 from arid, thin air is another story.

New Test Uses Gene Editing Technology CRISPR to Detect Disease

SHERLOCK is fast, cheap, and can accurately detect infections like Zika virus and Dengue fever and even cancer-causing mutations.

Researchers Create Motorized Wheelchair Made for the Water Park

It runs on compressed air instead of batteries, so it can be used poolside.

This Edible Water Blob Could Change Hydration Forever

Ooho! might be the future's green alternative to plastic bottles.

A Historic Graveyard in Slovenia Is Now Home to a Digital Tombstone

The gravestone has an interactive screen capable of displaying pictures, video, and other types of digital odes to the deceased.

An artist's rendering of the Europa mission's spacecraft. Main Image: NASA/JPL-Caltech Banner Image: NASA/JPL-Caltech

How Will the Europa Lander Search for Life?

New details on the breaking-edge mission to the Jovian moon.

A New Interactive Map Lets Nature Lovers Track Yosemite's Bears

Zoom in for an up-close look, or check to see how far the bears have traveled.

ClassPass Members Can Now Stream Video Workouts from Home

Enjoy barre, HIIT, and yoga classes from the comfort of your very own living room.

Massive Fog-Harvesting Operation Begins in Morocco

Mesh billboards will capture the mountain region’s copious fog so it can be turned into drinking water.

Norway's New Doomsday Vault Is Designed to Store Data for Eternity

The Arctic World Archive turns documents and digital data into a form that can last for hundreds of years.

How Does Google Maps Know Where Traffic Is?

Big Brother is watching you (and your car).

3D Printer for Knitting Lets You Make a Sweater Without Picking Up Needles

Design your creation on the computer and let Kniterate do the rest.

Netflix Wants to Pay You to Translate Its Subtitles

No more botched pop culture references.

Watch Live as SpaceX Launches Its First Reused Rocket

To put this in context, every single orbital, cargo-bearing rocket used before the founding of SpaceX—except for those that blew up on the launch pad or otherwise went horribly wrong—was dropped into the ocean after launch.

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