Topic: Technology
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Videos
Pimped Ride of the Day: A Motorcycle With a Jet Engine
This is sweet.
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Videos
Wildly Futuristic Stop Sign of the Day: A Laser-Powered Water Curtain in Sydney
The most ingenious way to stop too-tall trucks from colliding into bridges.
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There's a Good Reason We're Anxious About Expanding Subway Cell Service
People have an especially hard time ignoring half a conversation because we can't predict what's coming next.
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Vote for Your Favorite City-Changing Bike Proposal
A smart-card-operated storage system and an online anti-theft mapping platform are among the big ideas.
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Don't Worry About Kids and Touch Screens, Worry About the Parents
Smart phones can help manage the tedium of parenting. But they also isolate us from a lot of the joy.
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Invention of the Day: A Bladeless Windmill
Could this be the answer to urban wind power enthusiasts?
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Can You Build a Tech Ecosystem in a City with a Huge Digital Divide?
Access for all was one of the hot topics at The Atlantic's Start-Up City: Miami conference.
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How Virtual Traffic Lights Could Cut Down on Congestion
Car-to-car communication could decrease urban congestion by 60 percent, one computer scientist says.
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This Summer, the Mailboxes in Bristol Will Begin to Talk
Post boxes, trash cans and lamp posts will chat up members of the public in what is perhaps the strangest public-art project to come out of the U.K.
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Which Comes First, Contactless Transit Fares or Widespread Adoption of Contactless Credit Cards?
The London Tube is adding the technology, but U.S. rail systems see it as a long way off.
