Listen To Wikipedia: Engineers Translate Edits Into Sound
The folks at "The World According to Sound" podcast take listeners to a place where you can hear the sound of the website being edited.
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Tens Of Thousands Of Verizon Workers Go On Strike
Nearly 40,000 union workers on the East Coast, who haven't had a contract since August, have walked out. Among other things, they object to outsourcing and two-month location transfers of employees.
Lost In Translation: Study Finds Interpretation Of Emojis Can Vary Widely
That sweaty smiley face emoji may be positive to some of your friends and negative to others. And depending on who you're texting it may appear entirely different on their device.
IRS Head Says Cybersecurity Problems Leave Taxpayers Vulnerable
With taxes on the minds of many Americans this week, a Senate committee looks at how vulnerable taxpayers' information is to cyber theft. The head of the IRS testifies on Capitol Hill.
Can Silly Patents Help Fight Frivolous Lawsuits?
Critics of the patent system say it's too easy for people to save a slew of semi-realistic ideas, then sue when a firm separately tries to make something similar. A new website fights fire with fire.
A Real-Life Tax Scam: This Is What IRS Phone Fraud Sounds Like
It's tax season, which also means it's tax scam season. People around the country are getting phone calls from criminals pretending to be tax collectors. Here is one of them.
New Jersey Student Uses 3-D Printer For DIY Dental Work
Tired of his crooked teeth, 24-year-old Amos Dudley made a mold of his teeth and fabricated a set of aligners using orthodontics reference books, a 3-D printer and other digital fabrication tools.
College Student Uses 3-D Printer To Fix His Crooked Teeth
A college student in New Jersey figured out how to straighten his crooked teeth using his school's 3-D printer.
A Fitbit Saved His Life? Well, Maybe
A man shows up in the emergency room with a speedy, irregular heartbeat, but can't say when it first went awry. No problem. The ER doctors just checked the phone records of his fitness tracker.
Just Like Human Skin, This Plastic Sheet Can Sense And Heal
Human skin has properties that are hard to mimic, but a Stanford engineer is working to create a type of artificial skin that can sense, heal and generate its own power.