Technology

Scientists create scarily strong drones inspired by wasps

Source: TechRadar

Researchers study wasps to figure out how to create a drone that can move and lift other objects.

How fairy tales have stood the test of time

Source: The Conversation

There’s definitely one of the tales of the Brothers Grimm that you’ve never heard, because it was developed using artificial intelligence after analyzing their works. Find out what that’s all about and why stories about princesses and shepherds still capture us.

Get ready for a future in which your favorite products act like helicopter parents

Source: Fast Company

Is “smart packaging” with sensors and bluetooth connectivity the future of consumer packaging? Read about the possibilities.

Online Museum Is Preserving ‘Endangered’ Sounds for Future Generations

Source: Mental Floss

Technological advances force some objects to become obselete. Something widely used even ten years ago may now be a relic. An online museum aims to catalog and preserve the sounds these outdated objects make.

Researchers to Release Genetically Engineered Mosquitoes in Africa for First Time

Source: Scientific American

This article explain the intended benefit of releasing genetically-modified mosquitoes into the country of Burkina Faso.

Toil and trouble: How ‘Macbeth’ could teach computers to think

Source: The Boston Globe

Read this article to learn about a professor who is trying to teach an artificial intelligence system to interpret stories by having it read Macbeth.

Giant plastic-cleaning system headed to the Great Pacific Garbage Patch

Source: Business Insider

While still a teenager, Boyan Slat of the Netherlands founded the Ocean Cleanup to address the environmental disaster of plastic marine debris. Now one of his ideas is being put into action. But will it work?

Augmented Reality Recreates A New York City Not Seen for Centuries

Source: Futurism

Tourists of Governor’s Island can now travel back in time to the 17th century as a colonist with their own storyline and cast of characters thanks to augmented reality.