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Cleanroom: The Machine That Manufactures Air
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Cleanroom: The Machine That Manufactures Air

You can scrub all you want but you'll never get your room *ultra* clean. Why? Because of air—filthy, filthy air.

Current Collector Could Limit the Life of Hybrid and Electric Car Batteries
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Current Collector Could Limit the Life of Hybrid and Electric Car Batteries

A new study of the batteries commonly used in hybrid and electric-only cars has revealed an unexpected factor that could limit the performance of batteries currently...

Workplace Distractions: Here's Why You Won't Finish This Article
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Workplace Distractions: Here's Why You Won't Finish This Article

In the few minutes it takes to read this article, chances are you'll pause to check your phone, answer a text, switch to your desktop to read an email from the...

Silicon Valley's Dirty Secret – Age Bias
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Silicon Valley's Dirty Secret – Age Bias

There are some disturbing indications that age bias is part of the culture in Silicon Valley. As a result, some older candidates are taking steps to appear younger...

Women in It: How Deep Is the Bench?
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Women in It: How Deep Is the Bench?

While the IT industry has had a number of female role models — most recently Marissa Mayer at Yahoo! — there is a growing concern that not enough women are making...

Youtube's New Los Angeles Complex 'a Wonderland' For Aspiring Film-Makers
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Youtube's New Los Angeles Complex 'a Wonderland' For Aspiring Film-Makers

It was the hangar which incubated Howard Hughes's aviation dreams, each aircraft model more fanciful than the last, and half a century later it is the launchpad...

Silicon Valley Straps on Pads
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Silicon Valley Straps on Pads

The San Francisco 49ers have a long tradition of borrowing ideas from Silicon Valley.

How London's Silicon Roundabout Really Got Started
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How London's Silicon Roundabout Really Got Started

Four years ago developer Matt Biddulph jokingly coined "Silicon Roundabout" as a description of East London's small but growing startup scene—now it's become the...

Device Helps Children with Disabilities Access Tablets
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Device Helps Children with Disabilities Access Tablets

Researchers at Georgia Tech have created Access4Kids, a wireless input device that attempts to open the world of tablet computers to children whose limited mobility...

Do We Live in a Computer Simulation? Researchers Say Idea Can Be Tested
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Do We Live in a Computer Simulation? Researchers Say Idea Can Be Tested

A decade ago, a British philosopher put forth the possibility that the universe might be a computer simulation run by our descendants. Now, a team of physicists...

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NASA Offers High School Girls a Chance to Jump-Start Their Future

NASA is offering high school junior girls from across the United States an opportunity to jump-start their future by participating in the Women In STEM High School...

In South Korea, the Republic of Samsung
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In South Korea, the Republic of Samsung

So sprawling is Samsung’s modern-day empire that some South Koreans say it has become possible to live a Samsung-only life: You can use a Samsung credit card to...

Tim Cook's Freshman Year: The Apple Ceo Speaks
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Tim Cook's Freshman Year: The Apple Ceo Speaks

Prior to his death on Oct. 5, 2011, Steve Jobs made sure that the elevation of Tim Cook—his longtime head of operations and trusted deputy—to Apple chief executive...

Cisco Aims to Wake ­p Sleepy Brand With New Campaign
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Cisco Aims to Wake ­p Sleepy Brand With New Campaign

Having spent the better part of two years re-inventing and re-sizing itself through layoffs, restructurings and acquisitions, networking giant Cisco Systems has...

Billion-Dollar Flop: Air Force Stumbles on Software Plan
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Billion-Dollar Flop: Air Force Stumbles on Software Plan

In policy circles, problems that are mind-bogglingly difficult or impossible to solve, like global warming, are formally termed "wicked."

Crowdsourcing Site Compiles New Sign Language For Math and Science
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Crowdsourcing Site Compiles New Sign Language For Math and Science

A crowdsourced website aims to be a combination of Wikipedia and Urban Dictionary for deaf people in math and science, creating a common sign language for technical...

Tiny Compound Semiconductor Transistor Could Challenge Silicon's Dominance
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Tiny Compound Semiconductor Transistor Could Challenge Silicon's Dominance

MIT researchers develop the smallest indium gallium arsenide transistor ever built.

Neil Degrasse Tyson Helps His New 'bud' Superman Get a Glimpse of Home
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Neil Degrasse Tyson Helps His New 'bud' Superman Get a Glimpse of Home

DC Comics, Tyson explains, approached him for permission to use the Planetarium—as well as his likeness—in a story where Superman witnesses the destruction of Krypton...

Mobile Browsers Fail Safety Test
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Mobile Browsers Fail Safety Test

How unsafe are mobile browsers? Unsafe enough that even cyber-security experts are unable to detect when their smartphone browsers have landed on potentially dangerous...

Report Shows How High-Tech Jobs are Transforming the ­.S. Economy
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Report Shows How High-Tech Jobs are Transforming the ­.S. Economy

A new report, "Technology Works: Patterns of High Technology Employment and Wages in the United States," suggests the high-tech sector is responsible for outsized...
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