Artist and flipbooked.com founder Liza Tudor thumbs through "1st Steps," a flipbook of Nicole Garrens' son Zander's first steps. Tudor sent the flipbook to Garrens' husband, Roy, who's currently incarcerated in Texas. Noel Black for NPR hide caption
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David Giovannoni uses a reproduction of Scott's phonautograph. Giovannoni is part of the team that recovered the audio from Scott's recordings. Art Silverman/NPR hide caption
John Goodenough's work led to the lithium-ion battery, now found in everything from phones to electric cars. He and fellow researchers at the University of Texas, Austin say they've come up with a faster-charging alternative. Gabriel Cristóver Pérez/KUT hide caption
At 94, Lithium-Ion Pioneer Eyes A New Longer-Lasting Battery
Saturday
Dan Howley tries out the Google Daydream View virtual-reality headset and controller on Oct. 4, 2016, following a product event in San Francisco. This week, Google announced plans for stand-alone VR goggles that won't need to be attached to a PC or smartphone. Eric Risberg/AP hide caption
Tuesday
The EHang drone from China will provide VIP sky shuttle service in Dubai. EHang hide caption
Thursday
An American black bear (they are often brown) is seen in Yosemite National Park. Rangers hope tracking the bears' locations will help prevent the animals from being hit by cars. Yosemite National Park via AP hide caption
Yosemite Rangers Use Technology To Save Bears From Cars
Tuesday
Nathan Dass (left), a computer science major, and Murtaza Bambot, an industrial engineering major, invented InternBlitz at Georgia Tech. Rob Felt hide caption
Thursday
Code for America founder and Executive Director Jennifer Pahlka speaks Nov. 10 at The New York Times DealBook Conference at Lincoln Center in New York City. Bryan Bedder/Getty Images for The New York Ti hide caption
How Can You Bring Innovation To Government Services? Follow Users
Monday
An example of the Informed Delivery email. Courtesy of U.S. Postal Service hide caption
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Carmen Aguilar y Wedge is the co-founder and director of creative technology for Hyphen-Labs. She modeled the company's ScatterViz visor at the Sundance Film Festival in January. Nina Gregory/NPR hide caption
Covert Fashion Provides Camouflage Against Surveillance Software
Wednesday
In the experiment, Baxter, a robot from Rethink Robotics, looks embarrassed when he makes the wrong choice. Jesse Costa/WBUR hide caption
Thursday
Otherlab is among the companies working with DARPA on prototypes for disposable drones. Courtesy of Otherlab hide caption
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Snowboarders are pulled by a drone on a lake near Cesis, Latvia, in January. Ilmars Znotins/AFP/Getty Images hide caption
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Pilot models of self-driving cars for Uber are displayed in Pittsburgh. Autonomous vehicles are expected to cut traffic jams, but not before enough human drivers are off the road. AFP/AFP/Getty Images hide caption