The Race of the Planets Around the Sun
Interesting find from a 1912 children’s encyclopedia.
(via reddit)
New Footage of Google’s Self-Driving Car!
Google’s self-driving cars are far from perfect, but this footage shows that they are pretty damned advanced.
I mean they are at least at the “82-year-old partially blind human” driving level. More on how it works here.
(by spectrummag)
Source: youtube.com
This research suggests that conspicuous products, such as Porsches, can serve the same function for some men that large and brilliant feathers serve for peacocks.
Does driving a Porsche make a man more desirable to women?
Science at its best, yet again! Men who drive flashy cars perceived as more interested in short-term sexual relationships. No word on what riding a very fast bike to work says about Tumblr authors.
Source: eurekalert.org
As if the military developing a flying Jeep weren’t cool enough, they are also going to have a robot flying it. I feel like they made a movie out of this with Arnold Schwarzenegger back in the 80’s, something about SKYNET …
DARPA Developing a Robotic Pilot for Their Flying Car | Science Not Fiction
Source: blogs.discovermagazine.com
