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“There’s a collective sense of exhaustion for women,” Saujani tells Fast Company in an exclusive interview. “We’re in a national crisis for mothers. This crisis has exposed the undue burden we place on mothers. The labor participation of mothers is what it was in the 1980s. Think about how much we’ve lost in the last year.” … [Read more...] about Amy Schumer, Eva Longoria, Tarana Burke, and others say Biden stimulus checks should go monthly to moms

Weight is an objective measurement. If you want an object to weigh less, you need to construct it from fewer, lighter materials. It’s one of many reasons why MacBooks are made of lighter aluminum instead of more durable steel. But weight is, in part, a subjective sensation. Our expectations of how heavy something should be actually affects our perception of its weight. … [Read more...] about Scientists can hack your nerves so artificial limbs feel lighter

Toy sales started rising after the pandemic changed life as we knew it in mid-March and then, ramped up even more later in the spring when Americans received their stimulus checks from the federal government, the Port Washington, New York-based research firm explains. Another spike came in October as the holiday shopping season kicked off and Amazon Prime Day, rescheduled from July, was held. … [Read more...] about America’s top pandemic playthings: L.O.L. Surprise!, Barbie, Star Wars, Pokémon dominate soaring toy sales

FACIAL RECOGNITION IN NYC Following the September 11 attacks, the NYPD spent $350 million in federal grants to develop surveillance infrastructure called the Domain Awareness System (DAS). It’s a sprawling network of license plate scanners, physical sensors, and 18,000 CCTV cameras, and it all feeds into a series of NYPD databases. In the years after its completion, the system was used for both counterterrorism and local law enforcement. It wasn’t immediately paired with facial recognition, but the surveillance hardware was in place. … [Read more...] about These crowdsourced maps will show exactly where surveillance cameras are watching