Doppler Here One Earbuds: Bionic Hearing Is Tantalizing, But Not For Everybody

3065341-poster-p-1-doppler-labs-here-one-reviewThese Bluetooth buds stream music smoothly and filter out noise around you, but they’re confining and run out of juice in a couple of hours. (Read on Fast Company.)

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Five Ways Boycotts Have Been Transformed In The Trump Era

trump-boycottsVoting with your wallet is an American tradition, but the aims and methods of boycotts have changed in unprecedented ways lately. (Read on Fast Company.)

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Flipboard’s Quest To Save Online Publishing—And Itself

3062258-inline-i-12-flipboard-newsreader-app-flipboards-quest-to-save-online-publishing-and-itselfWith Flipboard 4.0, Mike and Marci McCue grapple with an alt-fact, ad-saturated internet using a mix of mobile tech, AI, and print-era publishing aesthetics. (Read on Fast Company.)

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Airbus Is About To Build A Self-Flying Electric Robo-Taxi

vahana-tiltWith eight rotors on a pair of tilting wings, the Vahana prototype has the sci-fi look you’d expect. (Read on Fast Company.)

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The Science of Counting Crowds: Interview on New Hampshire Public Radio

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Is it really possible to accurately estimate the size of massive crowds at events like the Women’s March? Experts armed with balloons, satellites, and/or AI say it is. (Listen to interview on Word of Mouth.)

 

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How Trump’s Opponents Are Crowdsourcing The Resistance

anti-trump-crowdsourceWikis, Google Docs, and other collaboration tools are powering a mass political movement with one goal: to put Democrats back in power. (Read on Fast Company.)

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How a Google Doc Grew Into an Anti-Trump Political Movement

indivisbleIt started with a tweet and a Google Doc full of typos. Now it’s a national organization called Indivisible with over 4,500 local affiliates committed to overturning Republican control of Congress. (Read on Fast Company.)

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The Science And Politics Of Counting The Crowds At The Inauguration And Women’s March

trump-inauguralOrganizers have reason to exaggerate, but AI and eyes in the sky are starting to provide a much better estimate of how many people show up. (Read on Fast Company)

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Why It’s So Hard For Robots To Get A Grip

Berkeley-YuMi_1 copyRobots are all thumbs. Engineers are working to improve dexterity so bots can take over housekeeping drudgework—as well as people’s jobs. (Read about robot hands on Fast Company.)

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The Everything Chip: Qualcomm’s Plan To Power Drones, VR, Cars, PCs, And More

qualcomm-droneThe mobile giant aims to get its smartphone chips—as well as new technologies—inside an array of emerging devices. It won’t be easy. (Read about Qualcomm on Fast Company.)

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