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Governments Are Investing in Self-Driving Cars Because They Will Save Lives

The government’s strong and unprecedented public support for self-driving cars comes from the nascent tech’s potential to solve some of our largest financial and public safety problems. These issues mostly stem from human error and related inefficiencies.

October 28, 2016
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Stanford Scientist: We’ll Have A Century of Medical Advances in the Next Decade

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Author and researcher, Vivek Wadhwa, expects the tech industry to push medical science further than we have ever imagined. With the influx of tech's heaviest hitters tackling medical science ventures, focus has shifted from treatment to the total eradication of disease.

October 28, 2016
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New Tech Allows Deaf People To Sense Sounds

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With 28.8 million adults in the U.S. that could benefit from hearing aids, a new vest that translates sound into touch is a new frontier of auditory possibility. This vest is the latest tech that seeks to assist those with disability while also expanding the ways in which humans perceive the world.

October 27, 2016
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This Company Uses Your DNA to Determine Your Ideal Diet

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Habit analyzes clients' blood samples to provide "personalized nutrition" based on genetic variations and the measurements of more than 60 biomarkers. Long used in other areas of healthcare, DNA could be a valuable tool in improving diet and nutrition, but more evidence-based studies are still needed to prove its effectiveness.

October 27, 2016
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This Device Could Turn Your Entire Room Into A Wireless Charging Station

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Researchers assert that their new flat-screen technology could allow long-distance, continuous wireless charging across an entire room. The technology uses metamaterials to power headphones, cell phones, watches, keyboards, etc., and the team asserts it could do away with dead batteries for good.

October 27, 2016
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Renewable Have Taken Over As the Dominant Source of New Electricity Generation

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A new report marks 2015 a milestone in clean energy generation. With growth of 153 GW, humans have generated more than half of our net annual additions. This is welcome news ahead of the official signing of the Paris Climate Agreement, and will hopefully spur growth in more resistant countries.