Amazing.

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In the newspaper trade, August is traditionally known as silly season, for its lack of serious news. The latest company to indulge in some silly-season silliness is British Airways, which has learned that looking at pictures of kittens causes people’s heart-rates to slow. That’s why the company is adding a Paws and Relax channel to its catalog of in-flight entertainment from September. Rather than a continuously looping video … Read More → "British Airways adding cat videos to its roster of in-flight entertainment"

Dubbed the Botlr, this fleet-wheeled robot will serve a variety of front and back end tasks for the hotel. It can guide guests to their rooms as well as deliver toiletries like toothbrushes and razors in a fraction of the time it would take a human to do so. It zooms about at speeds up to four miles per … Read More → "Tip this robo-bellhop in tweets for delivering your room service"

What if running a 5K could do more than just burn calories? A team at the University of California San Diego have developed a temporary tattoo-like sensor that keeps tabs on exercise and converts sweat into electricity. The removable device monitors lactate: a substance that’s present in perspiration and increases with more strenuous the activity. Athletes and some medical patients need to keep an eye on lactate levels for a range of … Read More → "Scientists turn sweat into electricity with a temporary tattoo"

Iranian-born mathematician Maryam Mirzakhani on Wednesday became the first woman to be awarded the Fields Medal, mathematics’ equivalent to the Nobel Prize.

The professor at Stanford University in California was among four Fields Medal recipients at the International Congress of Mathematicians held in Seoul, and the first female among the 56 winners since the prize was established in 1936.

“This is a great honour. I will be happy if it encourages young female … Read More → "Maryam Mirzakhani becomes 1st woman to win Fields Medal"

The Aether Cone is magically simple: Tap it to play a song. Don’t like what you hear? Rotate the ring around its edge—a tiny twist skips the current track, and a big one adjusts the overall mood of the playlist. By studying your listening habits on streaming services, Aether’s algorithms can learn what kinds of music you like and even where and … Read More → "Cone-shaped speaker learns your musical preferences"

Felton and colleagues from Harvard and MIT are publishing a new paper in Science featuring a much more complex self-folding robot that can go from flat to folded and walking in four minutes without any human intervention at all.
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If you’ve ever tried to retrieve an object that’s floating away in a lake or the ocean, then you’ll know how frustrating it can be, trying to draw that item towards you. According to research recently conducted at The Australian National University (ANU), however, it’s possible to move such objects in whichever direction you wish – as long as you can generate the right type of waves.

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Internet has practically become an essential part of daily life. If you’re planning to start a business or move, and internet speed is an important factor for you, this list shows the average internet speed of all 50 states.

The list and image come from Broadview Networks and is based on Akamai’s quarterly “State of … Read More → "The best states for high speed internet"