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Mysterious U.S. spaceplane returns to Earth, and Space Force snaps photos

Mashable Tech

The plane was originally built by Boeing for NASA , but the project transferred to the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, or DARPA, in 2004. This was the seventh mission of the X-37B, which orbits 150 to 500 miles above Earth to explore reusable space vehicle technologies and conduct long-term space experiments.

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Stable Diffusion Project: Reviving Old Photos

Machine Learning Mastery

There are many old photos around, and probably your family has some, too. Limited by the camera and film of the time, you may have photos of low resolution, blurry, or with folds or scratches. Photography has been around for more than a century.

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Iceland built 1,756 wheelchair ramps in the past 4 years. Why can’t other countries do that?

Fast Company Tech

Four years later, the project has delivered far more ramps than initially promised and well beyond Reykjavk to additional Icelandic cities, garnering a fitting name change to Ramp Up Iceland. The goal of Ramp Up Reykjavk was to install 100 ramps within a year; the project finished it in half the time and under budget.

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[DATA] The 10 Most Effective Digital Marketing & Fundraising Tools

Nonprofit Tech for Good

The 2021 Open Data Project [ español , français ] seeks to gain a better understanding of how nonprofits, NGOs, and charities worldwide use technology for digital marketing and fundraising. To access the complete data, please take the 2021 Global NGO Technology Survey and then visit the Open Data Project Hub.

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This magical California camp is designed by—and for—visually impaired people

Fast Company Tech

This really was never designed with the thought of access in mind, says Helen Schneider, associate principal and project manager at Perkins & Will , the architecture firm that redesigned the camp.

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The unusual layout of this clinic is designed to help children with chronic pain

Fast Company Tech

Photo: NBBJ/courtesy UCSF] It was specifically designed in a way to start the healing before children even see the first doctor, says Dr. Stefan Friedrichsdorf, medical director of the Stad Center. Natural-looking materials, abundant daylight, and spacious common areas are intended to exude calm. I see this all the time.

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In Texas, ‘water is the new oil’ as cities square off over aquifers that may soon dry out

Fast Company Tech

In Central Texas, a bitter fight over a $1 billion water project offers a preview of the future for much of the state as decades of rapid growth push past the local limits of its most vital natural resource. The site of a water pipeline project by the company Recharge through Lee County into Williamson County is pictured on March 28.

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