Inside the modern science fair: Wind-tunnel tests, spacecraft parachutes and Kevlar soccer socks
Welcome to the cyborg fair
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Frieda Klotz visited the ‘world’s first cyborg fair’ with one question: are cyborgs a real thing, or are these people just kidding themselves? Her article first appeared on Mosaic and is republished here under a Creative Commons license.
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Court agrees, company can fire employee for Yahoo messaging after fair warning
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The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) has ruled that companies are allowed to monitor employees' Internet activities, including online chats, provided they have been warned beforehand that the private use of company resources is forbidden. Because this decision has been handed down by the ECHR, the highest human rights court in Europe,...