Assistant Professor of Computer Engineering - Union College - Schenectady, NY
Schenectady, NY, United States
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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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New Law Paves the Way for Asteroid Mining—But Will It Work?
Mining asteroids may sound like a concept ripped from science fiction, but a new law is aiming to make it a reality.
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Advanced Robotics on a Dime
The robotic butlers and sentries of sci-fi fantasies already roam our planet, but you can't have them—not yet.
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Alien Transit Systems May Be a Giveaway in the Search For Et
Avi Loeb has an unorthodox new idea about how to search for alien civilizations—and it is hardly a surprise.
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Why Neuroscience Needs Hackers
There was a time when neuroscientists could only dream of having such a problem.
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Smartphone Screen Lets You Reach Out and Touch Some 'thing'
A tiny startup outside Chicago has created external hardware for a smartphone that enables a user to feel as well as see an image on flat glass.
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Search For Alien Life Ignites Battle Over Giant Telescope
There is a gaping hole in the latest effort to reinvigorate the search for extraterrestrial intelligence (SETI), one so big it could hold an estimated 357 million...
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Tricorder Xprize Competition Heats p
On the classic TV series Star Trek, Dr. McCoy made his job look easy.
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Future 'top Guns' Will Be Battle Managers Flying Bigger, Slower Aircraft
At the dawn of aerial combat 100 years ago, World War I flying aces frequently closed to within 15 meters before firing at enemy aircraft with their machine guns...
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Fateful Phone Call Spawned Moore's Law
In their new book, Moore's Law: The Life of Gordon Moore, Silicon Valley's Quiet Revolutionary, authors Arnold Thackray, David C. Brock and Rachel Jones chronicle...
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Dating Services Tinker with the Algorithms of Love
You may have seen the Parks and Recreation episode where Tom Haverford makes 26 different online dating profiles to increase his odds of matching with every woman...
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How to Choose the Form of an Infographic: It's All About Context
As a graphics designer, I have a love/hate relationship with circles.
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Nanotech Pioneer Langer Wins Award By Thinking Small
Bioengineer Robert Langer has spent his career looking for the next not-so-big thing.
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Virtual Dissection Method Could Reinvigorate Zoology
Last summer, researchers demonstrated that non-invasive imaging combined with a staining technique enables the fast comparison and study of earthworm species and...
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Astrobiologist Aims to Make Science Education More Interactive
I remember battling sleepiness as I slouched in a large lecture hall, squinting to make out the writing on the blackboard during my freshman introductory physics...
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Power to the Internet of Things
As many as 50 billion devices will be online by the end of the decade.
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Citizen Science Is Stimulating a Wealth of Innovative Projects
Opening science to public participation, the "citizen science" mode of research, has done more than simply enhance existing research. It has also engaged a range...
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Crime Ring Revelation Reveals Cybersecurity Conflict of Interest
A small cybersecurity firm claimed this summer to have uncovered a scam by Russian Internet thieves to amass a mountain of stolen information from 420,000 Web and...
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Map of Body's Protein-Folding Machinery Wins a Major Medical Prize
It's speculation season once again for Nobel Prize watchers.
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Beyond Classic Brain Illustrations That Make S Drool
I threw down a bit of a challenge last month at the Association of Medical Illustrators Conference in Minnesota.
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Squiggly Lines Secure Smartphones
To protect your financial and personal data, most mobiles come with PIN-based security, biometrics or number grids that require you to retrace a particular pattern...
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