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Looks like YouTube network Maker Studios is even hotter than we previously thought — entertainment company Relativity Media just started a bidding war to purchase it.

Although Disney made its own bid a few weeks ago and the Maker board is slated to vote on it this week, Relativity Media … Read More → "Disney & Relativity Media are now in a bidding war over Maker Studios"

One new confirmed piece by graffiti artist Banksy, as well as one new suspected piece, in the United Kingdom has been revealed. The confirmed piece — currently featured on Banksy’s website — is a stencil of two lovers embracing with mobile phones behind each other’s backs. The specific location of this piece is currently unknown.
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There’s a half-kilometer stretch of road in the Netherlands that looks a bit like something out of the movie Tron, thanks to new luminescent markings that glow green in the dark.

The photoluminescent paint, a sort of amped-up version of what is found on many wristwatches, charges up during daylight hours and then turns emits the green hue at night … Read More → "Dutch test glow-in-the-dark road of the future"

Many wearables have decent enough battery life, but you know what’ll make them even better? If we never have to recharge them at all. That’s why researchers have been developing small power sources that can generate electricity using body heat, including a team from the Korean Advanced Institute of Science and Technology. This particular group has designed a new light and flexible generator made out of thermoelectric (TE) substances printed on … Read More → "This tiny generator can power wearable devices using your body heat"

Researchers from Switzerland’s University of Basel have performed the first successful nose reconstruction surgery using engineered cartilage grown in the laboratory. The cartilage was spawned form the patient’s own cells in an approach that could circumvent the need for more invasive surgeries.
via Gizmag

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Robots are really expensive and hard to build. Two MIT scientists want to change all that with inkjet printers and techniques borrowed from origami.

MIT robotics experts Ankur Mehta and Daniela Rus recently published a paper that describes a system for designing and building print-and-fold robots. That’s 2D printing, too, … Read More → "Anybody with a printer can make these origami-inspired robots"

This sounds like some sort of ridiculous April Fools’ joke, but turns out it’s actually true – UPS delivery trucks rarely turn left in the US. The strategy was devised by engineers to increase efficiency and save on fuel. After significant research, they found that that one of the main causes of idle time resulted from drivers making left turns, essentially going against the flow of traffic.

Since then, UPS estimate they’ … Read More → "UPS delivery trucks don’t turn left in the U.S."

It’s not just the scintillating lights, absent clocks, and free-flowing booze that coerce you to continue the irrational act of gambling—against all odds—on chance-based games when you visit Vegas. New research from a company that does spread betting platform UK research suggests it’s also the bedeviling work of a prune-sized hunk of gray matter that’s folded deep inside your … Read More → "This part of your brain makes you fall for casino tricks"

The Brooklyn Bridge was an awesome feat of engineering that required not just scientific prowess, but political strength. For 14 years, the construction of the bridge was overseen and managed by a woman named Emily Warren Roebling, who took over the role as chief engineer after her husband fell ill.

Roebling is one of … Read More → "Six women who paved the way for female engineers and architects"