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Documentation Academy Aims to Empower Open Source Newcomers
Canonical's Open Documentation Academy aims to help newcomers participate in the open source community, offering mentorship and…
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STEM Education Policy Fellowship Announced
The American Physical Society and the American Institute of Physics, in partnership with the U.S. Department of Education, will send science advisors to Washington...
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The Nsa Sponsors 'cyber Operations' Training at niversities. Here's What Students Learn.
Last week, Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh became one of the latest—and most prestigious—schools to partner with the National Security Agency on a program...
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Nsa Announces Four New Schools For Cyber Initiative
Four new schools have been selected for the National Security Agency's National Centers of Academic Excellence in Cyber Operations Program, which was designed to...
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Apple's New Iphone 'touch Id' Makes Fingerprint Scans Easy, But Don't Ditch Passcodes Yet
The latest iPhone has arrived, and along with it what may be the slickest integration of biometric security yet: A fingerprint scanner built seamlessly into the...
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With Horses and Ipads, Autistic Children Learn to Communicate
Equine therapy coupled with iPads has helped children with autism make significant breakthroughs in communication.
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Detecting Program-Tampering in the Cloud
A new version of 'zero-knowledge proofs' allows cloud customers to verify the proper execution of their software with a single packet of data.
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Artificial-Intelligence Research Revives Its Old Ambitions
The birth of artificial-intelligence research as an autonomous discipline is generally thought to have been the monthlong Dartmouth Summer Research Project on Artificial...
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The New Era of Toy Robotics
In olden times, the most an ambitious young tinkerer could hope for in a toy was to be able to stick one funny-shaped piece onto another. Kids built airplanes with...
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Fed Says Tech Demand Outstripping Supply in Boston, San Francisco
The U.S. Federal Reserve's recently released Beige Book states that demand for certain types of technology skills is outpacing supply in some markets, particularly...
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MOOC Spells New Skills for Job Seekers, Can Fill Gaps
Companies struggling to fill high-tech jobs are considering expanding their applicant pool by tapping people trained in massive open online courses (MOOCs).
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Should Students se a Laptop in Class?
There's a widely shared image on the Internet of a teacher's note that says: "Dear students, I know when you're texting in class. Seriously, no one just looks down...
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Nsa Surveillance Makes For Strange Bedfellows
The controversy over U.S. government surveillance has produced a king-size collection of strange bedfellows. Beneath the covers one finds both amusing ironies and...
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A Peek nder the Hood at the Brains of Self-Driving Cars
What car maker today doesn't seem to have an autonomous car bumbling around its test lot?
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Terramechanics Research Aims to Keep Mars Rovers Rolling
In May 2009, the Mars rover Spirit cracked through a crusty layer of Martian topsoil, sinking into softer underlying sand.
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Masculine Open Online Courses
Men appear to outnumber women by a significant margin as teachers of massive open online courses (MOOCs), although the gap might be closing.
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The Big Data Employment Boom
Big data has been favorably cast as "the new oil" and held up as the economic counterweight to America's sinking manufacturing sector.
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Wireless Network Detects Falls by the Elderly
University of Utah electrical engineers have developed a network of wireless sensors that can detect a person falling. This technology could be linked to a service...
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Touch Goes Digital
Researchers at the University of California, San Diego report a breakthrough in touch technology that could pave the way for digital systems to record, store,...
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How Power Poses Can Help Your Career
The key to future career success might have less to do with technical skills, and more with the ability to strike a "power pose." Researchers have found that a...
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Engineers Make Golden Breakthrough to Improve Electronic Devices
In work that may greatly improve future electronics, a Kansas State University research team has studied a new three-atom-thick material and found that manipulating...
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