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Facial recognition technology can trace its roots as far back as the 1960s. The ability…
When you have a great idea, a patent can help you preserve and secure it…
The term ‘dark ages’ was coined by a 14th century Italian scholar called Petrarch, and…
There’s a reason the state can’t defeat the cartels—and it’s not just that people love…
We’ve scoured the internet for ten of the most unusual modes of travel that money…
The development of modern artificial intelligence systems has been a long time in the making,…
Industrialists are honest about one benefit of war: it tends to drive innovation. But so…
Most people don’t remember much from the movie Wild, Wild West starring Will Smith except…
Brute forcing used to be easier and there were once a lot more backdoors. However,…
While computer viruses are still not as dangerous as actual, real-life viruses, they can still…
Hands up, who’s got a smartphone? All 2.71 billion of you. Now keep your hands…
We tend to believe that powerful, world-changing innovations require complex engineering and a lot of…
The history of timekeeping goes as far back as ancient civilizations like Sumer and Egypt.…
The Golden Age of Islam refers to a nearly six-centuries-long period of renaissance in the…
Launched in late 2020, the AI Incident Database (AIID) collects news reports of “intelligent systems”…
Science and warfare are intrinsically linked. Throughout history, many scientific innovations and discoveries have changed…
For the last 20 years or more the internet has rolled out “this is how…
For a long time, the pursuit of bigness consumed a lot of the world. It…
Helicopters are incredible flying machines that test the limits of design and mechanics by their…
While robots haven’t yet taken over our daily lives like classic science fiction writers imagined,…
Science fiction has a curious way of being prophetic. We can only hope that stories…
Everyone knows what you mean when you refer to a weapon of mass destruction these…
Mankind has been fascinated by the idea of building something in our own image for…