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First sushi, now manga — will AI ruin great Japanese inventions?

Back in late 2018, in one of the family’s favourite lunching spots overlooking Tokyo Bay, I had the nastiest mouthful of sushi I can remember. Its awfulness, as it turned out, was groundbreaking. The …
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The First 7: VR Re-Invention

Chrissy and Erik’s next big project? A massive VR bar located in the heart of DUMBO, Brooklyn. This space has a lot of potential, and they’ll need to create multiple revenue streams to compete for …
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Nikola Tesla’s Third Greatest Invention: The First Drone

July 11 is the birthday of the inventor Nikola Tesla. He was born at midnight on that day in 1856 while a thunderstorm was raging over the village of Smiljan in what is modern-day Croatia. According t…
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Apple’s First Apple Watch Charger System with Solenoids Invention comes to Light

On Thursday the US Patent & Trademark Office published a patent application from Apple that relates to the basics behind the Apple Watch Charger and charging the Apple Watch and other devices in general using Solenoids. Even though Apple launched Apple …
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Duolingo’s CEO on how he built a $700 million company and why he gave away his first invention to Yahoo for free

You may never have heard of Luis von Ahn. But if you’ve ever verified that you’re not a robot online, you’ve probably used something he created. And that’s fine by him. He doesn’t read stories about himself, and when he says he’s not motivated by money, he …
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