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Cheaper, Faster, Better: The Plan To Build An Open-Source Prosthetic Hand
Over the past five years, 3D printers have gotten cheaper, hardware has gotten smaller, and tinkerer communities have boomed. All of that has spurred a renaissance of prosthetic design, bolstered by an open source ethos and crowdfunded budgets.
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China’s Dredging In The South China Sea Created 11.7km² Of New Islands
We’ve known for years that China’s military is spearheading one of the biggest land reclamation projects ever in the middle of the South China Sea. But a report from the Pentagon yesterday says that the project is far larger than previously thought: 2900 acres (11.7km²) of new land has been created — roughly tripling the…
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Here’s What California’s Thick Blanket Of Wildfire Smoke Look Like From Orbit
NASA’s Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer, or MODIS, records what’s happening on the surface of the Earth every day or two. That means recording dust storms, hurricanes, typhoons — and, as was the case this week, a thick layer of smoke over California.
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The Looting Of Antiquities Is Becoming A Major Problem In Greece
We’ve heard report after report about ISIS looting and destroying ancient archaeological sites in Iraq and Syria. But across the Mediterranean, the looting of antiquities is also posing a problem in economically-strained Greece.