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- 3Dvarius: How do 3-D printed violins stack up to traditional instruments?
3Dvarius experiments with sound, design, and the limits of 3-D printers with its new violins.
- Zero Latency: Inside the world’s largest virtual-reality theme park
Zero Latency, a warehouse-sized facility in Australia, allows up to six people to inhabit a virtual world at a time. Zero Latency uses Oculus Rift virtual-reality headsets and PlayStation Eye cameras to map players' movements into a game world.
- First LookNew startup promises world's first truly flexible touch-screen display
An Illinois tech firm has introduced a touch-screen display so flexible it can wrap around a person’s wrist.
- Apple's self-driving car plans emerge. But will Apple beat Google?
Apple's ultra-secretive approach to building a driverless car stands in stark contrast with Google's markedly transparent one. Which company will get there first?
- Intel isn't done solving Silicon Valley's diversity problem, but you can help
Intel released its mid-year report showing that it had doubled the amount of "diverse" hires in the first six months of 2015. This is part of a growing movement in Silicon Valley to change the largely white, male atmosphere of tech.
- Two new Samsung phones, but should you upgrade?
On Thursday, Samsung unveiled the two newest installations to its smartphone line: the Galaxy Note 5 and S6 Edge Plus.
- In a slowly growing market, tech stocks still fly high
Despite tepid trends in the market as a whole, the Nasdaq – home for most technology stocks – is still seeing rapid growth.
- Will ESL drug tests legitimize competitive gaming as a sport?
Video game competitions run by international e-sports league ESL will now test for performance-enhancing drugs, a move the organization hopes will add legitimacy to a competition many say should be considered a sport.
- #ShareHumanity: UN wants you to share aid workers' stories
The organization launched a social media campaign Wednesday to shed light on humanitarian crises around the world.
- First LookCan this new robot really bear offspring?
Researchers have created a mother robot that can build its own baby bots and pass on the desirable traits to the next generation.
- You can now explore Mars with NASA's free online tools
NASA released two in-browser programs – Mars Trek and Experience Curiosity – which allow people to explore research into the Red Planet and can help augment science curricula.
- A is for Alphabet, B is for But-it's-still-Google
In an announcement that shook up the tech industry on Monday, Google revealed that it will be restructuring itself under a parent company called Alphabet, which, thanks to confusing logic, is also owned by Google.
- How a high-tech 'go bag' could keep you connected in a natural disaster
When preparing for severe weather, it's important to consider technology that could make riding out the storm easier.
- Tesla loses $4,000 on every car it sells
Tesla Motor's narrow margin for error is just one more way in which it is different from its century old rivals.
- Personal drones disrupt emergency responders amid wildfires
Small quadcopters are getting in the way of firefighters' efforts in several states.
- 'Haha' vs. 'LOL': What your style of e-laughter says about you
Are you a 'hehe'-er? An 'lol'-er? A new Facebook study shows that your go-to virtual laugh may reveal a lot about who you are.
- To tackle new audience, Twitter teams up with NFL
The National Football League's Twitter blitz will begin with Thursday's preseason games.
- Verizon to cut two-year plans, introduce monthly fees
According to Verizon, it's all about simplicity. But the new plan means the cost of the phone will no longer be subsidized.
- As phone companies ditch copper, they nix the ability to call during blackouts
Some telecoms embrace fiber and wireless phone lines, which are faster but do not supply electricity on their own, as copper lines do.
- Fake wool from slaughterhouse waste: Novel solution or 'creepy?'
Researchers have pioneered a new method for producing a wool-like fiber from collagen produced as a by-product of meat production.