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AI suggested 40,000 new possible chemical weapons in just six hours

The Verge

An instructor at the Fort Leonard Wood Chemical School, who is designated as an agent handler, carries the VX nerve agent to contaminate a jeep in one of the eight chambers used for training chemical defense on April 18, 2003 at Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri. Photo by Brendan Smialowski/Getty Images. Tell me more about what you found.

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Future VR Haptics May Use Chemicals on the Skin to Make You Feel

Gizmodo

As a potential way to simulate a human’s ability to feel physical sensations, researchers have developed haptic VR hardware that applies chemicals to your skin to trigger… Read more. Virtual reality experiences are never going to feel like the real world until we’re able to engage all of our senses, not just vision and hearing.

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Seattle soccer fan became toast of the internet with his map for where to find alcohol at the World Cup

GeekWire

But his legacy lives on on the internet. Ball, who does outside aerospace sales for chemical distribution company Cascade Columbia , lives in Seattle’s Georgetown neighborhood with his wife Sarah and their two dogs. Ed Ball of Seattle with beers in hand before heading to Qatar for the World Cup last month.

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Take a look at this delicious lickable screen to see the future we knew was coming

The Verge

Then, chemicals are sprayed onto a rolling plastic sheet (or a disposable tray for those who don’t feel comfortable licking a plastic-covered screen) in combinations that recreate the flavor. The sheet is then rolled out over the display so you can lick those sweet chemicals and rolled away once you’re done for easy disposal.

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How new public transportation technology is prioritizing passenger safety

CIO Business Intelligence

Other uses cases for new public transportation technology Through the Internet of Things , public safety and transit officials have access to more data than ever before. Air monitoring sensors Because of high population density, urban city centers are at a greater risk of targeted biological and chemical attacks.

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Many sensors + Imagination = The Internet of Things

Trends in the Living Networks

However the power of the coming ‘ Internet of Things ‘ will be created by ideas yet to come. Chemical/Gas. I also mentioned a number of other applications of sensors, including rich road and traffic data, smart grids for utilities, and minimizing building environmental impact. Acceleration. Water levels. Sound/ Ultrasound.

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Twitter suspends Sci-Hub account amid Indian court case

The Verge

In December, academic publishers Elsevier, Wiley, and the American Chemical Society filed a suit with the Delhi High Court, asking Indian internet service providers to block Sci-Hub and similar site Libgen. Publishers are unhappy about their content being distributed for free and argue that the site infringes on their copyright.

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