Source: Inverse
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General Motors wants to test out a fleet of self-driving electric cars
Back in January, General Motors announced that it had formed a "long-term strategic alliance" with the ride-sharing company known as Lyft, which involved "joint development of a network of on-demand autonomous vehicles."...
Ford's self-driving car technology will be ready before 2020
Self-driving cars have more than just technological obstacles to overcome before they become common on public roads, there's also the matter of consumer interest and government regulation, both of which have...
Americans have twelve hours left to register their drones
More than 325,000 people have registered their drones with the FAA as of February 8th, and if you haven't done the same within the next twelve hours, you risk facing civil penalties of up...
Americans trust scientists more than politicians
Seeing how much attention people like Honey Boo Boo and the Kardashians get genuinely depresses me at times, and it's even worse when monumental scientific events like the detection of gravity waves only...
More than five million Cardboard headsets have been shipped
Google has brought affordable virtual reality to more than five million people so far, the company announced through its official blog on Wednesday. High-end virtual reality headsets haven't even hit...
Elon Musk believes SpaceX will have a 70% success rate this year
SpaceX's recent failed rocket landing must have a bit sobering for Elon Musk, because his predication for how successful the company will be at landing rockets this year was surprisingly reasonable, in...
NASA has formally launched its own planetary defense force
With a name like the Planetary Defense Coordination Office, you'd think that NASA's new program was some kind of badass defense force meant to protect us from alien invaders, but the...
Students of the future might attend their classes in virtual reality
Virtual reality has the potential to revolutionize a number of fields and industries, not the least of which is education, and part of Matt Cook's job is exploring how this revolution...
Obama wants to use smart guns to curb gun violence in America
It seems like nothing is safe from smartification these days, not even guns. President Obama renewed everyone's interest in smart guns on Monday with a memorandum titled Promoting Smart Gun Technology, which...
NASA has almost completed its first 3D-printed rocket engine
3D printing may have the potential to revolutionize the way we manufacture things, but for now, 3D printing is mostly used to create colorful nicknacks and small-scale components for the few people that...
