50th anniversary of NASA's first mission to Mars
To commemorate half a century of exploration, one company plans to send 90,000 messages to the Red Planet
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The future of food: Bugs, chemical elixirs and apps
David Pogue samples the latest from the frontlines of culinary tech. including recipes created by a computer
Almanac: The vacuum tube
On November 16, 1904, British inventor John Ambrose Fleming patented an electronic receiver that revolutionized communications
Mobile payment systems: Pros and cons
With Apple Pay, Google Wallet, and other mobile payment solutions competing for your attention, how do they compare?
45th anniversary of first Internet message
The system crashed after the first two letters came through
Elon Musk: artificial intelligence summons demons
Artificial intelligence is "our biggest existential threat," said the SpaceX and Tesla founder
Almanac: Auguste Lumiere, father of cinema
The film-making pioneer, who with his brother first publicly exhibited movies, was born on October 19, 1862
Almanac: The discovery of penicillin
On September 28, 1928, an accident in the lab of Scottish bacteriologist Alexander Fleming revolutionized medicine
"Robo Brain" could help make robots smarter
A new system will help robots figure out human behavior from information found on the Internet
New tech helps parents keep teen drivers safe
Ford MyKey, GM Family Link and other options let parents set limits and track their teens on the road
The Google Lunar Xprize: The next great space race
With $30 million in prize money at stake, independent teams compete to launch a rover to the moon
Scent sent by cell phone across the Atlantic
A new "smell-phone" system sends and receives its first trans-Atlantic scented messages
Almanac: Father of the helicopter
Igor Sikorsky, who pioneered vertical flight, was born on May 25, 1889
What it's like inside Google's driverless cars
Tag along for a test-ride in one of Google's self-driving vehicles
Almanac: Rocket belt
On April 20, 1961, Harold Graham made the first untethered flight wearing a rocket belt
Jet packs in flight and fiction
The dream of flying without an airplane was made real (though not commonplace) with the development of the rocket belt
New safety technology paves the way for driverless cars
Much recent auto innovation focuses on safety, but those sensors and cameras will one day lead to driverless cars
Gaining an edge: When does innovation become "tech doping"?
It's hard to win Olympic gold without a team of scientists and engineers on your side. But when does tech take it too far?
Humanoid robots could someday replace workers in stores, airports
Meet Reginald, a talking robot from Britain who may have eyes on your job
Rise of the machines
Robots capable of everything from climbing stairs to rolling sushi
Smart grids could fix decrepit U.S. power grid
Failures in the aging U.S. electric grid threaten to plunge parts of America into darkness on a continuing basis. A number of experts, however, believe the solution is at hand: a smart grid
Amazon unveils futuristic plan: Delivery by drone
Amazon's secret R&D project aimed at delivering packages to your doorstep by "octocopter" mini-drones with a mere 30-minute delivery time
Kennedy's Apollo legacy -- A race worth running
JFK's decision to commit to landing man on moon was a daring, expensive gamble
What will fuel the next thousand years?
Scientists believe that energy created from nuclear fusion is not only inevitable, but is the best option for fueling the future
Powering the Future: Small city has big solar goals
With help from the Mojave Desert sun, Lancaster, Calif. plans to become the solar power capital of the world
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Meta unveils new AI models to challenge rivals
Palantir's Sankar defends military use of AI
How AI powered robots are helping small farms
Axios: AI leaders planning "day after" scenarios
How AI responded when researchers posed as terrorists seeking help
Smart home security tips for personal and cyber protection
Philadelphia police say Anthropic AI submitted a "false homicide tip"
OpenAI defends firing AI safety researchers over "breach of trust"
