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This Dad Built a Smartwatch From Scratch to Monitor His Son’s Type 1 Diabetes

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Type 1 diabetes care has made huge strides in recent decades. Not too long ago, testing your blood sugar required pricking a finger several times a day; now, small devices with sensors that are inserted under the skin can monitor glucose continuously. While at one point, insulin injections had to be administered multiple times a […]

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Futuristic Suspension Bridge in Taiwan Set to Be Longest of Its Kind in the World

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A decade after avant-garde Iraqi-British architect Zaha Hadid won an international competition to design a bridge over the mouth of Taiwan’s Tamsui River, her vision is coming to life. Set to open in early 2026, the futuristic Danjiang Bridge in Taipei will be the longest of its kind in the world.  It was one of

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The Next Time You’re at a Yellow Traffic Light, Thank Garrett Morgan

Tech / 4 min. read

Like a maestro guiding an orchestra through the movements of a symphony, the traffic light ushers drivers through the motions of transit, from the decrescendo of yellow to the precipitato of green. You might not think twice about three-phase signals on your daily commute, but they’ve saved countless lives since their inception over a century

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Amtrak Set to Debut Country’s New High-Speed Electric Trains in Spring 2025

Tech / 3 min. read

In the U.S., Amtrak is practically synonymous with long-distance trains, the way Kleenex is with tissues and Tupperware with food storage containers. There’s good reason for Amtrak’s popularity: Not only is it the country’s sole high-speed rail operator, but it deploys over 300 trains every day in 46 states.     But now it’s expanding its services

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The World’s First “Flying” Electric Ferry Is Coming to Lake Tahoe

Tech / 3 min. read

Lake Tahoe is famous for its mesmerizingly clear opal water and the pine and fir trees lining its rim, all against a backdrop of snowcapped mountains. But soon, you may see an (arguably) even more impressive sight darting across the lake’s surface: the first-ever “flying” ferry. Thanks to a partnership between local organization FlyTahoe and

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New AI Tool Can Identify “Invisible Cancer” During Brain Surgery: Study

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From accelerating research to predicting heart attacks, artificial intelligence has been helping move the medical field forward, and a new tool that can rapidly detect hidden brain tumor cells during surgery is one of the latest innovations driving progress.   Called FastGlioma, the open-source, AI-based diagnostic system reveals cancerous tissue that neurosurgeons may not otherwise have

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USS New Jersey Is First Submarine Designed to Be Fully Gender Integrated 

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The USS New Jersey is unlike any other submarine in the U.S. Navy’s fleet for one specific reason: It’s the first sub intentionally designed for men and women to live and work on. The Navy lifted the ban on women on submarines over a decade ago and retrofitted bathrooms and sleeping quarters to accommodate them.

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Teen Coder Is Building First-of-Its-Kind American Sign Language App

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Talking with 17-year-old Dhanush Eashwar is a sure-fire way to feel confident about the future, as Nice News happily learned during a recent telephone interview with the inspiring computer science wiz.    Eashwar is one of the 2024 winners of Apple’s Swift Student Challenge, which tasks young creators with developing apps that solve real-world problems. His

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First-of-Its-Kind Mobile Bridge in Switzerland Lets Cars Drive Over Road Repairs Below

Tech / 3 min. read

Roadwork feels a bit like a necessary evil: Streets need to be in good condition so we can drive safely, but getting stuck in traffic because a stretch of highway is closed for maintenance can be maddening. In Switzerland, engineers have addressed this issue by developing an innovative mobile bridge that enables cars to drive

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