New Facial Recognition Tech At U.S. Borders Will Scan Your Face, Whether You Like It Or Not
Crossing into or out of the U.S. by land is already an Orwellian nightmare. Here’s some of the technology border agents already use:...
Despite Recent Success, SpaceX Announces Delays to Its Space Tourism Program
Have an excessive amount of expendable income? Not sure what space-related thing to spend it on? If you were planning on investing in an...
We Can Now Make Super Accurate 3D Printed Models of Patients’ Brains
It all started when a PhD student got a brain tumor. Brian Keating, who was earning his doctorate from MIT’s Media Lab’s Mediated Matter...
This Filter Makes Your Photos Indecipherable to Facial Recognition Software
A surprising number of people, from social media platforms to police surveillance systems, are very interested in what you look like....
Google Ditches Department of Defense, Updates Its Code of Ethics
Update: In response to backlash from Google employees, the company has decided to end its relationship with the Department of Defense...
We’ve Reached A New Level In Bionics: Artificial Limbs We Forget Are Artificial
Improved amputation techniques are giving amputees with advanced prosthetic limbs a feeling of control comparable to that of their...
Scientists Invented A Real-Life Flux Capacitor
Great Scott! A team of physicists just figured out how to make a flux capacitor. No, it’s not a real-life version of what was in the...
New Facial Recognition Software Tracks and Protects Endangered Primates
Facial recognition tech doesn’t have to be creepy or dystopian. We can actually use it for good. Case in point: Researchers at Michigan...
Police Surveillance Is Getting a Helping Hand from…Amazon!
Amazon! They market things they want you to buy, like books, Prime subscriptions, and sauté pans. They do this well, because you probably...
Personalized, Brainwave-Guided Movies Are Cool, As Long As You’re The One Steering
In the near future, there will be a global network of brain-computer interfaces that allow for a total distribution of information in...