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NASA’s Perseverance rover touches down to start years-long search for life on Mars

GeekWire

But thanks to internet links, millions of people could listen in as Mohan called out the milestones over a live stream from NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, Calif. A socially distanced cadre of controllers at JPL applauded, screamed and exchanged fist bumps after the touchdown.

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Retro Chic: The IoT Means Hardware Engineers Are Cool Again

The Investing Edge

By WWI, a third key player in the Industrial Revolution, Chemical Engineers, had emerged to advance the science and design of materials. The new rock stars of the technology-entrepreneur world had become Mechanical, Electrical, and Chemical Engineers, and this would be true for much of the 20 th century. (My engineering folks.

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Seattle-area inventor wins global COVID hackathon for tech that alerts public about crowded spaces

GeekWire

As COVID-19 social distancing restrictions have eased, people are going into stores, restaurants and restrooms while still trying to stay at least six feet apart. Ian Mercer, a Sammamish, Wash. entrepreneur and winner of the global Better Health Hackathon, alongside some of the devices used for his Crowd Alert technology.

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The Rise of eBooks: Why Books are Declining?

Kitaboo

Some of them are: The Rise of Digital Media: With the advent of the internet, social media, streaming services, gaming platforms, and other forms of digital entertainment, people have more options to consume content than ever before. These options are often more convenient, accessible, engaging, and cheaper than books.

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People online are drinking laundry detergent again

Vox

Borax is a chemical compound containing boron that’s sold as a laundry detergent or cleaning agent. The latest dangerous internet challenge Some people are calling the borax challenge “the Tide Pod challenge for boomers,” referencing the 2018 moral panic about teens filming themselves eating Tide Pods for social media clout.

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Technology News and Hot Topics

CTOvision

Last week technology news site Re:Code announced that it would stop hosting comments on its own sites as the conversation around stories was already happening on social media. They understand the potential of the cloud, or the internet of things, but realize that these technologies cannot be … Read more on ZDNet.

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Tapping the power of crowdsourcing for good

Trends in the Living Networks

Kelman attended a presentation by Jonathan Zittrain (esteemed scholar and author of The Future of the Internet - and How to Stop It ) in which Zittrain pointed to how crowdsourcing approaches could used for bad things. Tags: Social media Social trends Technology trends Web 2.0 crowdsourcing zittrain.

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