Annalee Newitz
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This Swimming Robot Can Bring Beer To Thirsty Sailors
OpenROV is an open hardware kit that allows you to build a fully-functioning remotely-operated vehicle that can dive into the water and shoot video. And now some helpful marine biologists have hacked the amazing little robot to bring them beer. Just watch and enjoy.
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Slay Enemies With A Mobile Phone Stun Gun And Tactical Defence Pen
If you can’t destroy your opponents with sarcasm or a deftly-executed line of code, you can at least stun them with a million volts of electricity from your mobile phone, or stab them with the pen in your pocket. That’s what these actual, real-life products from True Swords promise.
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This Is What It Might Be Like To Fly Through A Giant Space Habitat
Want to live in a space city? You can’t move there next week, but artist Micah Ganske has designed an incredible VR experience where you drive a small spacecraft through an O’Neill cylinder, a massive tube-shaped space habitat that spins to create gravity so that people can build cities and farms on its inner surface.
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Watch The Microsoft Build Keynote, Right Now
Microsoft’s developer conference, Build, started early this morning in San Francisco. You know it’s for developers, because they’re showing off API code on stage — and you can tune in right now, via livestream. Find out what’s next for Windows!