The U.S. military has a data problem. If knowing is half the battle then it’s the half the Pentagon should never lose, at least in theory. But in practice, the military’s data problem is significant, vexing, and given the current pace of acceleration, technologically intimidating. Just two years ago, there were roughly a dozen NATO aircraft flying surveillance missions over Afghanistan at any given time. Now, there are more … Read More → "Can technology save the military from a data deluge?"

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Yukigassen is a Japanese winter sport that is a cross between capture the flag and a snowball fight. Created in 1988, the sport has since spread to the other snowbound countries including the United States and Sweden. via Laughing Squid

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By now, most readers are probably pretty familiar with quadracopters – small hovering unmanned electric aircraft, which get their lift from a set of four propellers. Well, make the whole thing larger, boost the number of propellers (and accompanying motors) to 16, and you get what German aircraft developer e-volo calls a multicopter. While the company has previously demonstrated unmanned drones, in late October it accomplished what it claims is a world first – a manned flight. via Read More → "First-ever manned flight of an electric multicopter takes place in Germany"

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The “Tohoku Japanese Earthquake Sculpture” by British artist Luke Jerram is a visualization of seismometer readings from the March 11 catastrophic earthquake. Jerram converted nine minutes of seismometer readings to a 3D cylindrical design, which was then 3D printed. The sculpture will be on display at the “Terra” exhibition at Jerwood Visual Arts in London, November 9 to December 11.

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Gizmodo’s got a roundup of the best robotic floor cleaners…check it out!

It seems impossible, but we live in age when robots can clean our floors for us. You don’t have to be Donald Trump or Emperor of Mars—this is science fact. But which floor-bot is dominant? We have answers.

A robot cleaner has to suck up the dirt, obviously—and most importantly. But it also … Read More → "The best robot floor cleaners"

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