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Solar Panel Roadways Of The Near Future!

Julie and Scott Brusaw of Sandpoint, Idaho has been working on a solar power road. This road would be made of glass and will be just as strong as the asphalt that’s being used right now. Back in 2009 the …

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Sony May Not Make A Playstation 5!

Sony’s Playstation 4 has been a huge hit since its release back in November 2013. They have sold nearly seven million consoles worldwide and are still sold out in many places. Even with this big success Sony may not release …

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Heartbleed Security Bug Affects Most Of The Internet!

For the past 2 years there has been a security bug that has been a threat to everyone that uses OpenSSL (open-source cryptographic software library) for their website, which is almost every website. This security bug called Heartbleed, left an …

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World Cup Soccer Ball Will Have Camera’s Built Into It

            For the first time ever Adidas has created a ball that can record it’s point of view. The ball is designed to hold six high definition GoPro cameras in it. The ball size hasn’t changed and will be used to …

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Mazda Creating Better Gas Engines

Mazda has been working on creating a better gas powered engine rather than focus on hybrid and electric vehicle market. Their thoughts are about the average persons income and what they can really afford. Most hybrid and electric vehicles cost …

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Facebook Creates High-Tech Facial Recongnition Program

Facebook has been working on a facial recognition system called DeepFace. This program identifies faces of people from pictures almost as well as a regular person. It correctly identified faces 97.25% of the time. Humans scored around 97.53%, which is …

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Woolly Mammoths Being Cloned?

            After last year’s discovery of the first well-preserved frozen mammoth carcass, a team of scientists in Siberia believes they will be able to clone a woolly mammoth. The mammoth carcass that was found is believed to be 43,000 years old, …

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Infrared Used As Renewable Energy Source

A team of Harvard physicists have been brainstorming a way to harness infrared radiation.  They’re trying to harness the heat Earth and Sun and converting it into a renewable power source (DC power).  With the advancements in nanotechnology and smaller …

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Europe’s PLATO Wants To Find Earth-like Planets

The European Space Agency will be launching a new mission called PLATO (Planetary Transits and Oscillations of Stars); the program is putting out 34 telescopes into space. The telescopes will be scanning millions of stars in search of habitable planets. …

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DDoS Attacks On The Rise!

On February 10th there was the biggest DDoS attack on the Internet. No one knows who was targeted. A DDoS attack is when a hacker sends so much traffic to a website or server that the server can’t handle …

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