You’ve probably seen games – like Microsoft’s Kinect – controlled using hand gestures. A similar idea might soon allow you to type on very small personal devices.
You’ve probably seen games – like Microsoft’s Kinect – controlled using hand gestures. A similar idea might soon allow you to type on very small personal devices.
We don’t think twice about boarding a plane for a long auto-piloted flight. But when you’re under anesthesia, for no matter how long, it’s manually controlled.
We don’t think twice about boarding a plane for a long auto-piloted flight. But when you’re under anesthesia, for no matter how long, it’s manually controlled.
3-D printers are becoming more common, but usually produce simple solid objects. Now, though, engineers are printing out human ears -- that may hear better than the real thing.
Are you one of those non-believers who think it’s impossible for Santa to make all those deliveries in a single night? Well then maybe you didn’t consider that Santa might be an clever engineer.
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