Distraction
Pay Attention, Daydreaming May Be Making You Unhappy
Even when we're thinking about pleasant things, new research suggests we're happier when we focus on the present. Ommmmm.
How to Make Flying a Drone Less Boring: Get Distracted
You're sitting in an air-conditioned trailer somewhere in Nevada, one hand clutching a joystick, the other tapping out commands on a keyboard. You're a US Air Force (or CIA) Predator drone pilot. You're about two hours into a 12-hour spy- and kill...
The First Cell Phone Call Almost Got Bloody
On April 3, 1973, Motorola researcher Martin Cooper was perched on a New York City street corner on his way to a press conference, when he pulled out an enormous prototype phone in front of a few reporters and placed the first ever cell phone call, to...
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