It’s not you. Phones are designed to be addicting.

Published 6 years ago in Technology. Submitted by manro

The 3 design elements that make smartphones so hard to put down, explained by Google’s former design ethicist.

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Backflipping MIT Mini Cheetah

Published 5 years ago in Technology. Submitted by sux2bu

MIT'S new mini cheetah robot is the first four-legged robot to do a backflip. At only 20 pounds the limber quadruped can bend and swing its legs wide, enabling it to walk either right side up or upside down. The robot can also trot over uneven terrain about twice as fast as an av…
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World's Lightest Solid!

Published 5 years ago in Technology. Submitted by sux2bu

Aerogels are the world's lightest (least dense) solids. They are also excellent thermal insulators and have been used in numerous Mars missions and the Stardust comet particle-return mission. The focus of this video is silica aerogels, though graphene aerogels are now technically…
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Britain's Largest Battery Is Actually A Lake

Published 5 years ago in Technology. Submitted by sux2bu

Dinorwig Power Station, otherwise known as Electric Mountain, is a pumped-storage hydro station in Llanberis, Wales. And yes: it's Britain's largest battery. Here's how it works.

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How Its Made - 1097 Frozen French Toast

Published 4 years ago in Technology. Submitted by thundersnow

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