James Brooks

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A volunteer repairs a circuit board at a fortnightly repair café event in Malmo, southern Sweden, Sunday Nov. 14, 2021.
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In this handout photo taken in Jan. 2020 and provided by Nekton, a diver helps a crew member onboard “Limiting Factor” submarine, part of sea trials of the Nekton Mission begins in mid-March.
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Attendees head to the convention floor on the first day of the CES tech show Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2020, in Las Vegas.
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Cannabis Startup Pulls Out of CES
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Museum of Failure Celebrates Product Flops
The museum is a wacky parade of rejected products from years gone by.
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Self-described “body hacker” Jowan Osterlund from Biohax Sweden, holds a small microchip implant, similar to those implanted into workers at the Epicenter digital innovation business centre during a party at the co-working space in central Stockholm, Tuesday March 14, 2017. Microchips are being implanted into volunteers to help them open doors and operate office equipment, and its become so popular that members of the Epicentre cyborg club hold regular parties for those with the tiny chips embedded in their hands.
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Employees Get Implanted with Microchips
Company implants its workers with microchips that function as swipe cards.
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In this Monday, March 13, 2017 photo, a Uniti branded go kart sits in front a white board filled with engineering sketches in the startup’s temporary production facility in Lund, Sweden. A group of Swedish students that raised 1.2 million euros in crowdfunding for their startup to build electric cars has caught the attention of German industrial heavyweight Siemens. The two sides said Wednesday that they were starting a partnership that will see them create 50,000 lightweight city cars a year starting next year.
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Student Startup Builds Electric Cars
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Lasers Label Organic Produce
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This Feb. 2, 2016 image made from video shows Timelooper co-founder Andrew Feinberg looking through a Google cardboard virtual reality headset across from the Tower of London in London, England. The Timelooper app allows users to experience key moments in London history with just a smartphone and a cardboard headset.
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