That’s actually pretty scary. Drone Zone Police in Israel may soon have autonomous drones that fly to locations where gunshots are detected, according to a new press release from ShotSpotter. The US-based company already creates a controversial product that uses acoustic sensors to detect gun shots and alert police, and now it’s teaming up with… Continue reading New Tech Will Send Police Drones to Sites Where Guns Went Off
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Elon Musk Explains Why He is “Pro Doge,” Not Bitcoin
Tesla CEO Elon Musk revealed today why he supports alternative cryptocurrency Dogecoin — and isn’t a huge fan of Bitcoin. “My goal is to build stuff and make money and have fun,” Dogecoin cofounder Billy Markus wrote in a tweet on Thursday. “I’m used to the corporate establishment and don’t really see any meaningful break… Continue reading Elon Musk Explains Why He is “Pro Doge,” Not Bitcoin
The Wealthy Are Suddenly Hoarding Safe Rooms and Bulletproof Cars
Sounds like a nightmare. Crime Wave A rising number of burglary and homicide cases in LA is causing rich celebrities to stockpile bulletproof cars, reenforce windows, add barbed wire to their fencing and even install safe rooms inside their homes, according to the Hollywood Reporter. The report found that private security firms have seen a… Continue reading The Wealthy Are Suddenly Hoarding Safe Rooms and Bulletproof Cars
Scientist Invents Screen That Creates Flavors When You Lick It
“It’s sweet like a chocolate sauce.” Taste the TV A professor in Japan has created a prototype TV screen that generates flavors when you lick it. The bizarre invention, dubbed “Taste the TV” (TTTV), allows you to taste whatever you’re watching through a disposable hygienic film that covers a TV screen, Reuters reports. In other… Continue reading Scientist Invents Screen That Creates Flavors When You Lick It
Man Hates His Tesla So Much He Blows It Up With 60 Pounds of Dynamite
Kaboom!! Big Bang Tesla owner Tuomas Katainen got so fed up with expensive repair costs, error messages and poor customer service that he blew up his 2013 Model S with 60 pounds of dynamite. A YouTube channel that regularly posts videos of large explosions shared footage of the Model S destruction late last week, and… Continue reading Man Hates His Tesla So Much He Blows It Up With 60 Pounds of Dynamite
Inflammatory Bowel Disease Linked to Microplastics in Your Gut
Image by Getty Images Plastic Problem Scientists around the world have been ringing alarm bells about microplastics, tiny particles now found in pregnant people’s bodies, in the deepest reaches of the Earth’s oceans and unfortunately, your gut. For years it’s been unclear how these tiny pollution particles affect human health, but continued research is starting… Continue reading Inflammatory Bowel Disease Linked to Microplastics in Your Gut
Boomers Rejoice: RadioShack is Making Crypto for Old People
“The older generation simply doesn’t trust the new-fangled ideas of the Bitcoin youth.” Crypto for the Rest of Us After an extremely sad online-only relaunch, RadioShack is gasping for relevancy by launching a cryptocurrency exchange for customers who, in the company’s own words, are on average “age 68.” The husk of what was once known… Continue reading Boomers Rejoice: RadioShack is Making Crypto for Old People
Physics Dept Gets Random Box Full of $180K in Untraceable $50s and $100s
A box full of untraceable cash sat collecting dust in the unused office of a New York City physics professor for the better part of a year, with the intended recipient none the wiser. As The New York Times reports, this story straight out of a Christmas movie actually happened to Vinod Menon, the chairs of the… Continue reading Physics Dept Gets Random Box Full of $180K in Untraceable $50s and $100s
Scientists Claim to Entangle Entire Animal in Quantum State
A team of researchers from Europe and Asia claim to have quantum entangled frozen tardigrades, microscopic animals that are extremely hardy and can withstand practically any conditions or abuse. According to a new controversial preprint, the researchers managed the feat by placing frozen tardigrades between two capacitor plates of a superconductor circuit to form a… Continue reading Scientists Claim to Entangle Entire Animal in Quantum State
Turns Out Elon Musk Still Lives in a Giant Mansion, Not That Little Prefab Box
Remember when Elon Musk said he was gonna sell all his property to live in a little box? Yeah, turns out that was a stretch, to say the least. As The Wall Street Journal reports, the SpaceX and Tesla CEO has quietly been living in a friend’s waterfront estate in Austin that a few years ago… Continue reading Turns Out Elon Musk Still Lives in a Giant Mansion, Not That Little Prefab Box