Gogoro’s Early Adopters Receiving Their Scooters in the Company’s Hometown of Taipei

Gogoro started shipping out the first of its electric Smartscooters to preorder customers over the weekend. The company’s introductory offer encompasses the scooter for approximately $4,100, a year’s worth of theft insurance, in addition to…

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Shrimp Exoskeletons May Aid Development of Advanced Composites

Unexplained Mysteries of Aquatic Habitats, Creatures Deep-sea marine science and biology researchers recently reported finding a species of shrimp, Pandalus Platyceros, living more than 6,000 feet (2000 meters) below the surface of the ocean, surviving…

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East London’s Olympic Park Tower Being Reworked Into a Massive, Looping Slide

Growing up, I used to dream of gigantic slides being placed sporadically throughout office building and large towers just because, why not? It always seemed like a cool idea or having a water slide from…

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In-Pipe Hydropower: Electric Generators in Water Pipeline Infrastructure

When water is flowing through pipelines, there is energy that can be harvested. If those pipelines are from large municipal pipelines or industrial manufacturers pumping millions of gallons of water a day, the amount of…

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Programmable Wireless Ear Buds are Volume Knob on the World, Personal Sound Studio

From the beginning, humans have had to tolerate unwanted sounds. Covering your ears was about all you could do, until now. Hearable Wearable Technology Soon people everywhere will be able to manage sounds in their…

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This Bulletproof Floating Vest Seems Like a Rather Useless Item to Be Priced Over $1,500

If your line of work or everyday life activities require an auto-inflating bulletproof vest to keep safe, you’re in luck. Apparently, some company saw it fit to actually produce a bulletproof vest with an auto-inflating…

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Amidst Remote Hijacking Vulnerability, Chrysler Issues Recall of 1.4 Million Vehicles

After becoming aware of a pretty scary vulnerability that allows hackers to remotely seize control of vehicles featuring the company’s Uconnect system, Chrysler has announced a recall. This particular recall is a voluntary recall encompassing…

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World’s First Bionic Eye Implant Restores Central Vision of British Pensioner

Try closing one eye and keeping it closed for 10 years. Losing vision in one eye is severely debilitating for anyone, particularly for those who are active, engaged, and involved in the world. Now, an 80-year-old British…

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Hacking 21st Century Democracy: New Tools for the State, Society & Citizenship

The Emergence of an Internet Civil Framework According to Pia Mancini of Palo Alto, California’s DemocracyOS Foundation, in a recent TED Talk, “we are 21st century citizens doing our best to interact with 19th century designed institutions…

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Watch How Oscar Mayer’s Mini ‘Wiener Rover’ R/C Drone Celebrated National Hot Dog Day

For national hot dog day on July 23rd, Oscar Mayer saw it fit to deliver hot dogs to random people by way of a 43-inch version of the Oscar Mayer Weinermobile. The ‘Wiener Rover’ is…

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