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Attention Students: Put Your Laptops Away
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Attention Students: Put Your Laptops Away

As laptops become smaller and more ubiquitous, and with the advent of tablets, the idea of taking notes by hand just seems old-fashioned to many students today.

You Pay to Read Research You Fund. That's Ludicrous
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You Pay to Read Research You Fund. That's Ludicrous

In 2011, developer and researcher Alexandra Elbakyan launched Sci-Hub, an online archive that shares research articles freely and openly without paywalls or restrictions...

Artificial Intelligence For Everyday ­se: Coming Soon
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Artificial Intelligence For Everyday ­se: Coming Soon

Real-world artificial-intelligence applications are popping up in unexpected places—and much sooner than you might think.

Patching ­p Web Applications
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Patching ­p Web Applications

By exploiting some peculiarities of the popular Web programming framework Ruby on Rails, MIT researchers have developed a system that can quickly comb through tens...

Wi-Fi Capacity Doubled at Less Than Half the Size
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Wi-Fi Capacity Doubled at Less Than Half the Size

Columbia Engineering researchers have integrated a non-reciprocal circulator and a full-duplex radio on a nanoscale silicon chip.

All Hail Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg, King of the Bots
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All Hail Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg, King of the Bots

Mark Zuckerberg was once the boy king of Silicon Valley. Now he wants to be the bot king of Silicon Valley.

Every Shot Kobe Bryant Ever Took. All 30,699 of Them
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Every Shot Kobe Bryant Ever Took. All 30,699 of Them

Kobe Bryant's 30,699th and final field goal came from 19 feet with 31 seconds left against the Utah Jazz.

Arms Control Groups ­rge Human Control of Robot Weaponry
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Arms Control Groups ­rge Human Control of Robot Weaponry

Two international arms control groups on Monday issued a report that called for maintaining human control over a new generation of weapons that are increasingly...

Insanely Detailed 3-D Globe of the Moon Shows Every Dimple
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Insanely Detailed 3-D Globe of the Moon Shows Every Dimple

Four years ago, fresh out of graduate school at the Royal College of Art in London, Oscar Lhermitte stumbled across some high-resolution images of the moon.

Team Wins Lemelson-MIT Student Prize For Gloves That Translate Sign Language
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Team Wins Lemelson-MIT Student Prize For Gloves That Translate Sign Language

Two University of Washington undergraduates have won a $10,000 Lemelson-MIT Student Prize for gloves that can translate sign language into text or speech.

Billing by Millionths of Pennies, Cloud Computing's Giants Take In Billions
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Billing by Millionths of Pennies, Cloud Computing's Giants Take In Billions

Imagine building an enormous beach resort, maybe the best in the world.

System Helps Aircraft Automatically Avoid Mid-Air Collisions
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System Helps Aircraft Automatically Avoid Mid-Air Collisions

DARPA has successful tested a shoebox-sized, plug-and-play system designed to enable manned and unmanned aircraft to automatically detect nearby aircraft and avoid...

Our Top 5 Wacky Nasa Missions that Might Just Happen
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Our Top 5 Wacky Nasa Missions that Might Just Happen

Meet the space technologies of tomorrow—or maybe a decade after that.

Search For New Medical Treatments Zeroes in on Genetic Superheroes
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Search For New Medical Treatments Zeroes in on Genetic Superheroes

The hunt is on for people who are healthy—even though their genes say they shouldn't be.

Physicists Discover New Type of Material That May Speed Computing
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Physicists Discover New Type of Material That May Speed Computing

Physicists at Ames Laboratory have discovered a topological metal, PtSn4, with a unique electronic structure that may someday lead to energy efficient computers...

Universities Aren't Doing Enough to Train the Cyberdefenders America Desperately Needs
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Universities Aren't Doing Enough to Train the Cyberdefenders America Desperately Needs

The threat of hacking seems to lurk around every corner, but American universities may not be doing enough to prepare the next generation of cyberdefenders.

Dear Silicon Valley: The Pentagon Has Sent You a Friend Request
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Dear Silicon Valley: The Pentagon Has Sent You a Friend Request

When Defense Secretary Ashton Carter first spoke about the Pentagon's startup in Silicon Valley, the former Harvard physicist said he had great expectations.

Scientists Invent Robotic 'artist' That Spray Paints Giant Murals
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Scientists Invent Robotic 'artist' That Spray Paints Giant Murals

Researchers have invented a "smart" paint spray can that robotically reproduces photographs as large-scale murals.

Using Data From Social Networks to Understand and Improve Systems
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Using Data From Social Networks to Understand and Improve Systems

Research at MIT's Institute for Data, Systems, and Society merges social science with data processing and analysis to examine interactions and dynamics over large...

Why the Nba Slapped the Wrist of Matthew Dellavedova
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Why the Nba Slapped the Wrist of Matthew Dellavedova

Something seemed off about Cleveland Cavaliers point guard Matthew Dellavedova during last Thursday night's game against the Brooklyn Nets.
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