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Web application turns indoor green walls into smart, living systems breathing life into buildings

Step into a modern office tower or hospital, and the air you breathe is often carefully engineered, filtered, circulated, and cooled at a high energy cost. Now imagine those same spaces quietly breathing on their own, supported by living walls of plants that not only beautify interiors, but actively clean the air and reduce energy use.

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Gizmodo

Ewan McGregor and Anne Hathaway’s Mystery’s Sci-Fi Film Has Its First Trailer

'The End of Oak Street' is produced by J.J. Abrams and directed by 'It Follows' helmer David Robert Mitchell. It opens August 14.

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Gizmodo

Scientists Just Found the Salt Limit That Pushes Your Heart to the Breaking Point

Even a modest drop in daily sodium intake on a population level could prevent many new cases of heart failure, a new study finds.

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The Conversation

Land animals evolved from ocean ancestors – new study unravels the genetics behind the transition

Animals evolved to life on land in several separate waves.

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TechCrunch

Google is launching Search Live globally

Search Live allows users to point their phone camera at objects to get real-time assistance, enabling back-and-forth conversations that draw on the visual context from the camera feed.

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about 2 hours ago

Gizmodo

Startup Successfully Ignites World’s First Fusion Rocket

Space propulsion company Pulsar Fusion has achieved “first plasma” in its Sunbird nuclear fusion rocket, designed to propel rockets faster than any object has ever traveled.

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about 2 hours ago

CNBC

Apple expands American manufacturing program with four new partners

Apple is adding Bosch, Cirrus Logic, TDK, and Qnity Electronics to its American Manufacturing Program, committing $400 million through 2030.

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Scheimpflug cameras may extend LiDAR-like sensing from 6 m to 4 km

An optical principle discovered more than a century ago may soon find new applications in such areas as monitoring atmospheric turbulence, tracking airborne objects, and mapping the environment, thanks to researchers at the Georgia Tech Research Institute (GTRI).

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TechRadar

Sony's new Dolby Atmos soundbar does all the things the Sonos Arc Ultra doesn't, for a lower price — and it's expandable for home theater like Sonos, too

Sony unveils the Bravia Theater Bar 5 and Bravia Theater Bar 7.

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Humans Were Already Dog People 16,000 Years Ago, DNA Suggests

Some bones indicate that the hunter-gatherers of the time fed dogs fish. Their remains were also treated in similar ways to those of humans in death.

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