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How A Driverless Car Sees The World (Not Always Clearly!)

A video published by the New York Times Magazine shows how autonomous vehicles understand—and occasionally misunderstand—their surroundings.

Much has been made about how the driverless car of the future will look to the world. A new video published online as part of the New York Times Magazine‘s Future Issue shows how the world will look to a driverless car. The short answer? Not as clear as you’d hope.

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Kind’s Clever Campaign To Thank Everyday People For Being Nice

Hold the door for someone lately? Then there may be a Kind bar coming your way.

Since 2013, every employee at the snack company Kind has taken part in a somewhat secret initiative. If they spotted a random act of kindness—like a stranger holding the door to a coffee shop, or sharing directions on the subway—they could hand out a little black card. It acknowledged the little moment of humanity, and as a gift, the card was good for a free Kind bar.

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Is This Proposed Floating Bike Path In London A Brilliant Idea Or A Bad-For-Bikes Boondoggle?

The Thames Deckway project would give cyclists a clear car-free path through part of the city. But at a cost of $1 billion, the money might be better spent making the streets safer.

Two hundred years ago, one of the transportation hubs of London was the River Thames. Now a social entrepreneur and a team of architects are hoping to make the waterway relevant for commuters again—on bikes this time, not boats.

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These Gorgeous Textiles Change With The Environment, Like High-End Hypercolor

The stunning accessories in The Unseen’s Air collection are made with color-changing ink.

Inside the temperature-controlled accessories department of London retailer Selfridges, the back leather bags in The Unseen‘s Air collection don’t look much different than any of the other designer handbags on display. It’s not until one is purchased and worn out in the moist London air that it begins to show its true colors: iridescent greens, yellows, reds, and blues that emerge and disappear based on changes in the atmosphere.

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