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Looking for lodging near Penn State? How about Ole Miss? Notre Dame alum Mike Doyle wants you to "Rent Like a Champion"
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A pair of students has proposed the idea of embedding furniture with pads to absorb latent heat and convert it into electricity
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In a pilot program underway in Aarhus, Denmark, cyclists are given RFID tags that trigger traffic lights in their favor
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A fire crew fighting a large blaze in Yosemite National Park lose contact with their command. Their only hope of survival is an aerial drone
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Dubbed Q-carbon, the material is magnetic, emits a soft glow and can be used to grow diamonds faster and cheaper than ever before
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A team at Ginkgo Bioworks is designing organisms that emit specific scents and flavors
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Buoys are being deployed in the bays of Labrador, Canada, with sensors that track ice thickness, to stop Inuit from breaking through
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With the Golden State entering its fifth year of drought, people are looking Down Under for solutions
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The Qylatron, used daily at San Francisco's Levi's Stadium, promises better, faster security screening
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From a connected kitchen scale to a "Coolbox," these products make perfect presents for the technophiles in your life
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The idea may be hard to swallow, but crickets and mealworms will likely be part of our sustainable food future
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Why have plain old pumpkin pie when you could be eating a pumpkin-filled chocolate balloon?
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The marauding ants know just where to place living bridges to create shortcuts without sacrificing their food-gathering prowess
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Florida company SynDaver is making life-like organs and bodies. But, as teaching models, are they as helpful as the real thing?
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The Hemafuse gives doctors a sterile way to suction, filter and retransfuse patients' blood in places without electricity
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Mobile communications professor Harald Haas has theorized about using LED bulbs to transmit data for years. Now, the technology is a reality.
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There has always been some truth to the apocryphal Emerson quote
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A venerable symbol of human love, as you've never seen it before
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Swarms of robotic bees, capable of seeing, may soon be able to monitor pollution and traffic, or scan the struts of bridges
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Eye drops made from "compound 29" have been shown to reduce cataracts in mice. Researchers hope the same will hold true for humans.
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