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When Will Force Shields Be Real?
When the aliens come for our organs, the tides for our coastal cities, the supervillains for their own nihilist world-obliterating amusement, how exactly will we protect ourselves? From decades of sci-fi, the answer is clear: some kind of force shield arrangement. If you’re trying to deflect bullets, impress small children, and/or save a major U.S.…
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You’ll Have to Wait Until 2022 for Smart Home Gadgets That Work Together
Matter is a new standard that’s supposed to make your smart home gadgets play nicely together. Apple, Amazon, Google, Samsung SmartThings, and Signify, the team behind the Philips Hue smart bulbs, already committed to it earlier this year. Matter will make it easier to pick out gadgets that work with one another, but it’s also…
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A Wine Glass Shattering at 187,500 FPS Reveals the Destruction in Excruciating Detail
High-speed footage can make a mundane event feel more dramatic, which is why Hollywood uses it to enhance certain scenes. But the technology can also reveal details that happen too quickly for the human eye to perceive. As The Slow Mo Guys reveal, a wine glass shattering when blasted by sound waves is far more…
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Fight Breaks Out When Driver Tries To Cut In Line For Gas In North Carolina
You can always count on the American people to face any sudden bump in the road with serenity and grace. Like these two, who got into a fist fight on Tuesday after a woman hit another driver’s car and spit on him while trying to muscle in line for gas.