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How to free yourself from your brain
On many fronts people feel the urge to change their lives--so why don't they succeed? We live in therapeutic times. Advice surrounds us about achieving success. Yet when we set our minds to do something seemingly simple--losing weight, giving up a bad habit, acting nicer to people, and so Read More...
BMW ReachNow car-sharing service offers i3 electric cars in Seattle
After a brief hiatus, BMW is once again offering a car-sharing service in the U.S. The German carmaker shut down its DriveNow service in San Francisco, but is now re-launching the service—with a new name, ReachNow—in Seattle. Users will have access to a fleet of 370 vehicles, including BMW i3 Read More...
Jaguar Land Rover launches tech venture to test car-sharing
Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) launched a technology business on Monday which aims to create apps for services such as car-sharing, the latest automaker to explore ways of tapping demand for cheaper and greener ways of making short journeys. The InMotion venture will begin testing products including Read More...
Ford's self-driving car works in total darkness
Headlights are for humans. Ford is testing self-driving cars that can "see" the road in total darkness. Watch CNET Update below to learn how it works. And if you're looking for robots to do other work for you, check out the Deebot D79 vacuum. It can empty its own dirt bin -- but there's a catch: Read More...
Tesla’s real innovation isn’t the electric car
It’s hard to overstate the economic impact of automobile manufacturing. Autos are both the biggest manufacturing sector and the biggest retail sector. And these sectors spread revenues to a huge number of other parties: suppliers, auto dealers, gas stations, media. A whole host of business Read More...
Microbots can clean up polluted water
A new study shows that a swarm of hundreds of thousands of tiny microbots, each smaller than the width of a human hair, can be deployed into industrial wastewater to absorb and remove toxic heavy metals. The researchers found that the microbots can remove 95% of the lead in polluted water in one Read More...
How a family fought cancer together
The Shepard family discovered when son Maddox was 2 that he had leukemia Maddox's mom, Geri, was diagnosed with breast cancer two years later St. Baldrick's, a nonprofit dedicated to raising awareness for childhood cancer, helped them connect with other families (CNN)In June 2009, Brad and Geri Read More...
Sharing economy: A revolution at our doorstep
In a good overview of the emerging sharing economy, Inc. writes that the phenomenon is more than just a trend; it’s rather a revolution. Communal exchanges and self-sufficiency change the rules of the game, threatening the status quo of established industries. Previously, government restrictions Read More...
Scientists design solar panels generating energy during rain
Solar power’s seemingly obvious limitation that it only generates energy when the sun is out, may be overcome by a breakthrough at a Chinese university. A group of researchers associated with the Ocean University in Qingdao found that solar panels combined with super-thin graphene could generate Read More...
To control the spread of lionfish, ecologists and chefs are making it a dinner delight
As the lionfish continues to jeopardize the well-being of marine ecosystems in the Atlantic Ocean, a grassroots campaign has come up with an unusual strategy to control the threat: Make the lionfish a regular dinner option. Touted as a delicacy in some countries and labeled “best choice” for Read More...