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Nerd Night: The Limits of the Human Body

Nerd Night: The Limits of the Human Body

October 3, 2013October 4, 2013 Jacob Ward

At Nerd Nite in San Francisco, Popular Science Editor-in-Chief Jacob Ward explains why technology’s biggest limitation is the human body itself.

 

 

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