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A 19-Year-Old Made A Free Robot Lawyer That Has Appealed $3M In Parking Tickets - Slashdot

2016-03-06 14:58:27

A 19-Year-Old Made A Free Robot Lawyer That Has Appealed $3M In Parking Tickets - Slashdot
Source: slashdot.org

Global Wind Power Capacity Tops Nuclear Energy For First Time - Slashdot

2016-03-06 14:58:26

Global Wind Power Capacity Tops Nuclear Energy For First Time - Slashdot
Source: slashdot.org

Hopkins Study Finds Popular Blood Pressure App Wildly Inaccurate - Slashdot

2016-03-06 01:26:27

Hopkins Study Finds Popular Blood Pressure App Wildly Inaccurate - Slashdot
Source: slashdot.org

Google DeepMind Applies AI To Healthcare With NHS Partnership - Slashdot

2016-02-28 00:51:00

Google DeepMind Applies AI To Healthcare With NHS Partnership - Slashdot
Source: slashdot.org

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2016-02-28 00:51:00

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US Asks VW For Electric Cars - Slashdot

2016-02-25 13:52:11

US Asks VW For Electric Cars - Slashdot
Source: slashdot.org

Just (re)read Spencer Johnson's Who Moved My Cheese? A great story. Change happens. Which one are you (at different times)

2016-02-23 14:44:06

Just (re)read Spencer Johnson's Who Moved My Cheese? A great story. Change happens. Which one are you (at different times) Sniff, Scurry, Hem, or Haw?
Source: amazon.com

The New Middle East by Paul Danahar gives excellent insights and the background history to the situation in the Middle East

2016-02-22 14:24:35

The New Middle East by Paul Danahar gives excellent insights and the background history to the situation in the Middle East following the Arab Spring. He covers Tunisia, Egypt, Lebanon, Israel, Iraq, and Syria in depth.
Source: amazon.co.uk

Sci-Hub, a Site With Open and Pirated Scientific Papers - Slashdot. Just enter a PubMed ID / DOI. This piracy website is

2016-02-15 00:49:42

Sci-Hub, a Site With Open and Pirated Scientific Papers - Slashdot. Just enter a PubMed ID / DOI. This piracy website is trying to get around the paywalls in science. I'm all for open science this isn't the right way to go about it.
Source: slashdot.org

Engineers Devise a Way To Harvest Wind Energy From Trees - Slashdot

2016-02-12 01:57:04

Engineers Devise a Way To Harvest Wind Energy From Trees - Slashdot
Source: slashdot.org

Dusty Snow in Central Asia : Image of the Day: A swath of dust tops the snow in Central Asia, but the question is: what

2016-02-07 22:06:05

Dusty Snow in Central Asia : Image of the Day: A swath of dust tops the snow in Central Asia, but the question is: what was the source of the dust, and how did it get there?
Source: nasa.gov

The Powerhouse: America, China, and the great battery war. More about the 'Battery Guys' than the 'Battery Science' but

2016-02-02 08:20:40

The Powerhouse: America, China, and the great battery war. More about the 'Battery Guys' than the 'Battery Science' but a great account of the national laboratory team at Argonne developing the Lithium Nickel Manganese Cobalt Oxide (NMC) battery and how those at the cutting edge of technology collaborate,...
Source: stevelevinebooks.com

High-Speed Firms Now Oversee Almost All Stocks At NYSE Floor - Slashdot

2016-01-28 00:49:56

High-Speed Firms Now Oversee Almost All Stocks At NYSE Floor - Slashdot
Source: slashdot.org

Is Blockchain the Most Important IT Invention of Our Age? - Slashdot

2016-01-27 16:55:01

Is Blockchain the Most Important IT Invention of Our Age? - Slashdot
Source: slashdot.org

Finally Calculated: All the Legal Positions In a 19x19 Game of Go - Slashdot

2016-01-27 16:55:00

Finally Calculated: All the Legal Positions In a 19x19 Game of Go - Slashdot
Source: slashdot.org

El Niño Should Be Near Its Peak : Image of the Day: Past events suggest the phenomenon winds down after December and January.

2016-01-22 10:13:39

El Niño Should Be Near Its Peak : Image of the Day: Past events suggest the phenomenon winds down after December and January. But will this year follow the pattern?
Source: nasa.gov

2015 Was the Hottest Year on Record : Image of the Day: Long-term climate change got a boost from the developing El Niño

2016-01-22 10:13:30

2015 Was the Hottest Year on Record : Image of the Day: Long-term climate change got a boost from the developing El Niño and obliterated previous records.
Source: nasa.gov

New Mersenne Prime Discovered, Largest Known Prime Number: 2^74,207,281 - 1 - Slashdot

2016-01-22 10:13:20

New Mersenne Prime Discovered, Largest Known Prime Number: 2^74,207,281 - 1 - Slashdot
Source: slashdot.org

The rise of the robots Excellent read but of a gloomy dystopian future where robots and software take over manual tasks

2016-01-20 09:03:19

The rise of the robots Excellent read but of a gloomy dystopian future where robots and software take over manual tasks (as they already have done) and also skilled labour displacing even highly skilled jobs in time. Healthcare might survive a little longer but physicians assistants empowered by...
Source: amazon.co.uk

Weak Electrical Field Found To Carry Information Around the Brain - Slashdot

2016-01-19 23:42:35

Weak Electrical Field Found To Carry Information Around the Brain - Slashdot
Source: slashdot.org

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