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Businesses Bet on Iron Man-Like Exoskeletons
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Businesses Bet on Iron Man-Like Exoskeletons

In the 1960s, the Incredible Hulk rose to fame as Marvel Comics' green mutant antihero with superhuman strength and some serious anger issues.

Police Dept. Sets Rules For Officers' ­se of Social Media
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Police Dept. Sets Rules For Officers' ­se of Social Media

Looking to avoid troublesome social media postings by its officers, the New York Police Departmenthas issued strict guidelines and ordered its members to comb through...

72% Of Professors Who Teach Online Courses Don't Think Their Students Deserve Credit
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72% Of Professors Who Teach Online Courses Don't Think Their Students Deserve Credit

This is not a good sign for online education: 72 percent of professors who have taught Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) don't believe that students should...

Researcher Awarded Nsf Grant to Develop Novel Flexible Electronics
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Researcher Awarded Nsf Grant to Develop Novel Flexible Electronics

Advances in organic semiconductor technology could one day lead to video screens that bend like paper and to electronics that can be sewn into clothing.

Qualcomm Wants to Be Famous
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Qualcomm Wants to Be Famous

Qualcomm sells chips that go inside TVs, BMW dashboards, game consoles, and, most important, one-third of smartphones sold.

Women Make Better Corporate Leaders Than Men, Study Finds
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Women Make Better Corporate Leaders Than Men, Study Finds

Women make better corporate leaders than men because they are more likely to make fair decisions when competing interests are at stake, according to a new study...

The Messaging Apps Taking on Facebook, Phone Giants
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The Messaging Apps Taking on Facebook, Phone Giants

On a recent Saturday, Johan Dijkland, a 23-year-old student in Emmen, Netherlands, opened a free messaging app called Line on his iPhone. Then he tapped on a virtual...

­niversity Enhances Visual Identification Technologies For Retail Applications
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­niversity Enhances Visual Identification Technologies For Retail Applications

The RFID Research Center and the Center for Advanced Spatial Technologies at the University of Arkansas have partnered to conduct research that will integrate...

Computer Science Enrollments Rise 29% in 2011-12
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Computer Science Enrollments Rise 29% in 2011-12

Enrollment in computer-related degree programs has risen for the fifth straight year, according to the Computing Research Association. The association called the...

Backpack Mapping System Captures Intelligence in Tough-to-Get-to Places
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Backpack Mapping System Captures Intelligence in Tough-to-Get-to Places

Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory has developed a portable device — carried in a backpack — that can be used to automatically create maps in...

Apps: The New Corporate Cost-Cutting Tool
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Apps: The New Corporate Cost-Cutting Tool

The biggest mall in town stopped staffing its customer-service desk in January. But perched on that same desk recently was a plastic cutout of a hand holding a...

At 17, App Builder Rockets to Riches From Yahoo Deal
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At 17, App Builder Rockets to Riches From Yahoo Deal

Seventeen-year-old Nick D'Aloisio is taking some time off from school in London, where he lives with his parents. He will let mom and dad help manage his money.

States Answer Help Wanted Ad to Be Drone Test Site
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States Answer Help Wanted Ad to Be Drone Test Site

It's the land where Chuck Yeager broke the sound barrier, where the space shuttle fleet rolled off the assembly line and where the first private manned rocketship...

Making Sense of Big Data
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Making Sense of Big Data

MIT Ph.D. student Jameson Toole wants to harness seemingly innocuous data to improve human lives. 

Tearing Down the Technological 'Tower of Babel' at the Borders
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Tearing Down the Technological 'Tower of Babel' at the Borders

A joint experiment between the United States and Canada proved the effectiveness of interoperable communications systems during a disaster.

Carnegie Mellon, Nsa Seek High School Hackers
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Carnegie Mellon, Nsa Seek High School Hackers

Bored with classes? Carnegie Mellon University and one of the government's top spy agencies want to interest high school students in a game of computer hacking.

Hong Kong Looks to Build ­nderground Datacentre Caves
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Hong Kong Looks to Build ­nderground Datacentre Caves

With more than seven million people squeezed in to around 1,100sq km of land space, and property prices regularly ranking among the highest in the world, Hong Kong...

U.s. Cybersecurity Policy Draws Interest from Companies, Lobbyists
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U.s. Cybersecurity Policy Draws Interest from Companies, Lobbyists

The determination by Congress and President Obama to protect networks of critical U.S. industries from hackers and cyberspies is creating an explosive growth opportunity—for...

Apple Buys Indoor Mapping Company Wifislam
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Apple Buys Indoor Mapping Company Wifislam

Apple has bought WifiSLAM, a company providing indoor mobile location services, which lets people figure out their location inside a building using the strength...

Radio Frequency Chip Makers Tune In to Smartphone Race
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Radio Frequency Chip Makers Tune In to Smartphone Race

Radio frequency chip makers are set to gain as Samsung Electronics Co Ltd and Apple Inc unveil ever more sophisticated smartphones and tablets to battle for the...
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