Do you recall the adventures of hitchBOT? The little robot hitchhiked its way through several European countries, but when it came to the US, it only lasted a couple of weeks before vandals destroyed it. Humans have a te...
https://www.neatorama.com/2024/11/02/Testing-Human-Empathy-with-Tortured-Robots/Inventions are often used for purposes other than their original intention. Chainsaws, for example, were conceived of as surgical instruments. Maxipads were designed to soak up blood from wounds (handy, if you misuse a...
https://www.neatorama.com/2024/11/02/13-Uses-for-Canned-Crescent-Rolls-Other-Than-the-Obvious/A creole language is one that arises from a mixture of two or more other languages that becomes a primary language with its own stable grammar and syntax. A pidgin language is one that simplifies a language that is forei...
https://www.neatorama.com/2024/11/02/The-Process-by-Which-New-Languages-Are-Born/Earthquakes can happen anywhere, but are much more likely to happen where tectonic plates are rubbing against their neighbors. Seismic Explorer is an interactive map that displays every earthquake of magnitude 5 or above...
https://www.neatorama.com/2024/11/02/Seismic-Explorer-Show-Us-Where-the-Earthquakes-Are/
