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December 9, 2022

Amazon Will Tip Your Delivery Driver $5 If You Tell Alexa “Thank You”

Nowadays, holiday shopping isn't confined to a trip to the mall; there's also a lot of money being spent online. Due to this, delivery drivers are often overworked during the winter season from an influx of orders. If you choose to shop from Amazon, however, you will now have the ability to thank your delivery driver. If you say, “Alexa, thank my driver,” Amazon will give that driver a $5 tip on your behalf.

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December 7, 2022

Art Trend of 2022: How AI Art Emerged and Polarized the Art World

Artificial intelligence has been around for years, but AI-generated artwork has really taken off in 2022.

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December 6, 2022

People Are Transforming Themselves Into Vibrant Artwork With Lensa, an AI-Powered Photo App

If you’ve been on social media the past couple of weeks, you've likely noticed people sharing vibrant self-portraits that look...

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December 1, 2022

Throw Out Your Bicycle Pump, This Year’s World Cup Balls Get Super Charged

When you think of a soccer ball, you may not think of technology. But if you've been following the World Cup closely, you may have noticed balls being charged on the sidelines. It may seem bizarre, but there's a good reason that FIFA decided to make the 2022 World Cup soccer balls high-tech.

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November 25, 2022

Researchers Develop a Way to Transmit an Entire Internet’s Worth of Data in a Second

The modern internet is—at its core—a complex network of cables and routers known as the internet backbone.

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November 17, 2022

Glasgow Nightclub Turns Dancers’ Body Heat Into Thermal Energy

In 2015, over half of Scotland's energy came from renewable sources, spearheading Europe's pursuit in switching to renewable energy.

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November 10, 2022

Oculus Rift Creator Designs Frightening VR Set That Kills You for Real if You Die in a Video Game

No matter how dark or bloody a videogame is, you can always log out, turn off the console, and call it a day. Well, Oculus founder Palmer Luckey would like to have a word about that. This entrepreneur has designed a chilling device: a VR headset that kills the player in real life if they die in the game.

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October 31, 2022

19th-Century Portraits Restored With AI Gives a Glimpse of What the Original Photographer Saw

AI technology has proven to be a useful tool for some artists; from creating portraits of historical figures like Cleopatra to...

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October 28, 2022

Drone Ingeniously Engineered To Look Like Snoopy Flying Around on His Doghouse

What if you were out for a walk and saw Snoopy flying past on his bright red dog house?

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October 26, 2022

Student Designs 3D-Printed Robot Fish That Filters Microplastics From Water

The presence of microplastics in bodies of water is an alarming issue. These small pieces of plastic, the size of sesame seeds or smaller, present real risks to both humans and animals. But thanks to an ingenious design by student Eleanor Mackintosh, eliminating microplastics from water just got a bit easier. Her 3D robot fish named Gillbert, which sucks up these small plastics, won her the University of Surrey’s Natural Robotics Contest.

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