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70 Years of Instant Photos, Thanks to Inventor Edwin Land's Polaroid Camera
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70 Years of Instant Photos, Thanks to Inventor Edwin Land's Polaroid Camera

It probably happens every minute of the day: A little girl demands to see the photo her parent has just taken of her. Today, thanks to smartphones and other digital...

Software Will Help Researchers Interact With Data in New Ways
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Software Will Help Researchers Interact With Data in New Ways

Brookhaven National Laboratory computer scientist Wei Xu is building software to help researchers visualize data and create an interactive environment that helps...

Batteries Still Suck, But Researchers Are Working on It
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Batteries Still Suck, But Researchers Are Working on It

Better batteries mean better products. They give us longer-lasting smartphones, anxiety-free electric transport, and potentially, more efficient energy storage...

How China Acquires 'the Crown Jewels' of ­.S. Technology
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How China Acquires 'the Crown Jewels' of ­.S. Technology

The U.S. government was well aware of China's aggressive strategy of leveraging private investors to buy up the latest American technology when, early last year...

Wrigley Field Serves as Classroom for Lane Tech Students
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Wrigley Field Serves as Classroom for Lane Tech Students

Lane Tech College Prep High School students, in collaboration with the University of Chicago, have installed sensor boxes at Wrigley Field to measure sound levels...

Improving Security Against Quantum Computers
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Improving Security Against Quantum Computers

Sean Hallgren of Penn State has received an award from the U.S. Department of Defense to work on algorithms that cannot be broken by quantum computers.

Algorithm More Accurately Predicts Life Expectancy After Heart Failure
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Algorithm More Accurately Predicts Life Expectancy After Heart Failure

A risk prediction algorithm developed by UCLA researchers more accurately predicts which people will survive heart failure, and for how long. The algorithm would...

The Surprising Return of the Repo Man
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The Surprising Return of the Repo Man

The computer in the spotter car shouted "Hide!," and repo agent Derek Lewis knew that meant to keep driving like nothing had happened.

How Tech Can Turn Doctors Into Clerical Workers
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How Tech Can Turn Doctors Into Clerical Workers

There are times when the diagnosis announces itself as the patient walks in, because the body is, among other things, a text.

Disabled Videogamers Get a New Controller
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Disabled Videogamers Get a New Controller

Microsoft Corp. is making a videogame controller designed for people with disabilities, the latest in a growing number of industry efforts to accommodate players...

The Most Important Inventor You've Never Heard Of
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The Most Important Inventor You've Never Heard Of

When The Economist called Stanford Ovshinsky "the Edison of our age," the name might have been unfamiliar to most people, but the comparison was apt.

Subcutaneous Fitbits? These Cows Are Modeling the Tracking Technology of the Future
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Subcutaneous Fitbits? These Cows Are Modeling the Tracking Technology of the Future

Somewhere on a dairy farm in Wellsville, Utah, are three cyborg  cows, indistinguishable from the rest of the herd.

Supersonic Waves May Help Electronics Beat the Heat
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Supersonic Waves May Help Electronics Beat the Heat

Researchers at the U.S. Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory made the first observations of waves of atomic rearrangements, known as phasons, a...

Boycott Highlights AI's Publishing Rebellion
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Boycott Highlights AI's Publishing Rebellion

A growing boycott of a high-profile artificial intelligence journal shows how computer science's rebellious, hacker spirit lives on in the publishing culture of...

In Silicon Valley, Chinese 'Accelerators' Aim to Bring Startups Home
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In Silicon Valley, Chinese 'Accelerators' Aim to Bring Startups Home

Beijing's unslakeable thirst for the latest technology has spurred a proliferation of "accelerators" in Silicon Valley that aim to identify promising startups and...

­C Berkeley Graduate Recognized with 2017 ACM Doctoral Dissertation Award
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­C Berkeley Graduate Recognized with 2017 ACM Doctoral Dissertation Award

Aviad Rubinstein is the recipient of the ACM 2017 Doctoral Dissertation Award for his dissertation "Hardness of Approximation Between P and NP," which established...

Some Hard Numbers on Science's Leadership Problems
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Some Hard Numbers on Science's Leadership Problems

Scientists pride themselves on being keen observers, but many seem to have trouble spotting the problems right under their noses.

India Leads in Number of Students Opting for Science, Tech Degrees
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India Leads in Number of Students Opting for Science, Tech Degrees

India leads the world in the number of students getting bachelors degrees in STEM subjects, according to the UN Conference on Trade and Development's Technology...

CM­ Launches ­ndergraduate Degree in Artificial Intelligence
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CM­ Launches ­ndergraduate Degree in Artificial Intelligence

Carnegie Mellon University's School of Computer Science will offer a new undergraduate degree in artificial intelligence beginning in the fall of 2018, a first...

The First Wireless Flying Robotic Insect Takes Off
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The First Wireless Flying Robotic Insect Takes Off

Engineers at the University of Washington have created a tiny flying robot that can be powered remotely without a wire tether.
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