This Power Grid Pioneer’s EV Prediction Came 100 Years Too Soon

Charles Proteus Steinmetz was a towering figure in the early decades of electrical engineering, easily the intellectual equal of Thomas Edison and Nikola Tesla—men he considered his friends. One of ...
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Scientists recreate lightning in the lab without storm clouds

Scientists have shown that lightning-like bursts can be recreated in small blocks of solid materials in the lab.

NASA's MAVEN detects first evidence of lightning-like activity on Mars

While sifting through the extensive data collected by NASA's Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution (MAVEN) spacecraft over the last decade, scientists discovered a familiar type of electromagnetic ...

Are Laceless Shoes the Future of Running Shoes? We Tested the On LightSpray Cloudmonster 3 Hyper

Go inside the factory where 32 robots make a shoe’s upper in just three minutes.
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Hard Fork

It’s been a crazy 48 hours in the A.I. industry. By Kevin RooseCasey NewtonWhitney JonesRachel CohnVjeran PavicKatie McMurranDan Powell and Alyssa Moxley Is A.I. Eating the Labor Market? + The Latest ...