OneWeb raises $1.2B to offer satellite-based internet services as soon as 2019

 The battle for satellite-powered internet is heating up. Weeks after Tesla asked the U.S. government for…

Researchers use machine learning to pull interest signals from readers’ brain waves

 How will people sift and navigate information intelligently in the future, when there’s even more data…

Pokémon GO fitness gains were short-lived

 During the supreme madness of the Pokémon GO season this summer, it wasn’t uncommon to hear…

How to DIY a Westworld host at home

 Building a Westworld host is kind of like putting together a piece of IKEA furniture while…

Real-time motion capture system from Disney Research uses as few sensors as possible

 Serious motion capture setups often involve dozens of optical markers, inertial sensors, or both, making them…

Berkeley project tests tracking imperiled forests with 3D multispectral drone imaging

 Droughts, climate change, and deforestation are putting forests at risk worldwide, so studying these ecosystems closely…

GIFs in space! NASA makes an official channel on Giphy

 In addition to exploring the solar system and performing critical and fascinating research on the Earth…

This ‘artificial iris’ is like a pair of programmable shades in contact lens form

 Smart contact lenses have been the stuff of science fiction for a long time, but as…