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Scientists create a 3-armed cyborg to play the drums like no human can

Matt McFarland Washington Post
Feb 21, 2016 6:33 am - Georgia Tech researchers have built a robotic arm that attaches to a drummer's shoulder and plays along. This allows drummers - now equipped with three arms - to play se...
Analysis: Elon Musk's snarky response to a Koch-brothers plan to kill electric cars

Brian Fung Washington Post
Feb 20, 2016 6:41 am - Tesla chief executive Elon Musk is rolling his eyes over a secret new project by conservatives that's reportedly aimed at undermining the electric car market. His tweet ...
Letter from 'tech bro' draws sharp rebukes from San Francisco residents

Michael E. Miller WP Bloomberg
Feb 20, 2016 6:40 am - Move over, Martin Shkreli. You now have competition for the title of America's most reviled millennial. The Internet exploded in outrage Wednesday after a San Francisco ...
Google says it tracks personal student data, but not for advertising

Emma Brown Washington Post
Feb 20, 2016 6:39 am - What does Google do with the personal information it collects from children who use Google products at school? That has become a pressing question for privacy advocates ...
The secret double meanings of emoji

Caitlin Dewey Washington Post
Feb 20, 2016 6:38 am - Recently, some engineers at the visual tech firm Curalate set out to make a tool that could automatically caption Instagrams with emoji. It was a chance to mess around w...
App reviews: Forest, Music Memos

Hayley Tsukayama Washington Post
Feb 20, 2016 6:37 am - Can't seem to put down your smartphone? Believe it or not, there's an app to help you. Forest is a sort of glorified timer: Users set an amount of time to focus on a tas...
The Tupperware party that ate your Facebook feed

Ellen McCarthy Washington Post
Feb 20, 2016 6:36 am - What if the Bible was wrong? What if the End Times aren't all fire and famine and plagues across the land? What if, instead, it's just a giant Tupperware party? One we c...
If you hate telemarketers, you'll love this robot designed to waste their time

Matt McFarland Washington Post
Feb 20, 2016 6:35 am - Anyone frustrated with telemarketers may have a new best friend. A Los Angeles man with an unusual passion for phone systems created a new robotic answering service that...
Smartphone can alert users to earthquakes

Stefan Nicola Bloomberg News
Feb 20, 2016 6:34 am - A new app developed by U.S. scientists can turn your smartphone into an earthquake sensor and potentially save lives. Researchers from the University of California at Be...
Parents are clueless about teens' use of messaging apps

Michael S. Rosenwald Washington Post
Feb 20, 2016 6:33 am - Teenagers, a historically wily demographic, are increasingly moving their digital social lives from public sites where their parents hang out to smartphone messaging app...

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