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Canonical's Open Documentation Academy aims to help newcomers participate in the open source community, offering mentorship and…
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NASA's Curiosity rover is in the prime of its life, exploring the rocks, soil and air of Mars. But the agency is already planning its successor—and this time, the...
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There are few technologies as comprehensive as Google.
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Has the age of the Robocop and Terminator arrived?
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Put some "crap" technology with some smart software and you get one life-changing solution.
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Catalyst Supercomputer Available for Collaborative Research
Catalyst, a first-of-a-kind supercomputer at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, is available to industry collaborators to test big data technologies, architectures...
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Braille E-Books: Why Can't You Buy a Budget E-Reader?
A budget-priced Braille e-reader seems like an obvious, uncontroversial idea that should be relatively easy to pull off.
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Scientific Computing's Future: Can Any Coding Language Top a 1950s Behemoth?
Take a tour through the research laboratories at any university physics department or national lab, and much of what you will see defines "cutting edge."
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The Wizard of Minecraft
It's a wet monday morning in Stockholm, and the door to Markus Persson's office is closed.
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An Inside Look at the Insanely Complex Formula 1 Steering Wheel
The modern Formula 1 car is among the most amazing machines ever made. And when you're going wheel-to-wheel with someone like four-time world champ Sebastian Vettel...
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Chemist Turns Software Developer After Son's Cancer Diagnosis
A scientist's ambitious plan to create an early detection system for eye cancer using people's home cameras is coming along.
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Self-Assembly Required: One Scientist's Bid to Build Cancer-Killing Nanorobots
The term "cancer killing nanorobot" could conjure up all sorts of images, the best involving teeny tiny laser eyebeams.
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Carnegie Mellon Awarded $7.5 Million Department of Defense Grant to Reshape Mathematics
Carnegie Mellon University's Steve Awodey has received a $7.5 million, five-year grant from the Department of Defense to reshape the foundations of mathematics...
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Devices That Know How We Really Feel
Admit it: Sometimes you just want to punch your PC, or slap your smartphone, or knock your notebook.
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Basic Science Finds Corporate Refuge
Microsoft makes Windows, Word, and the Xbox. But it also employs scientists who make sensors to stick on the hides of elephants and rhinoceroses.
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To Remember a Lecture Better, Take Notes By Hand
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Future Macbook Keyboards May Come Loaded with In-Key Displays, Capacitive Touch
Showing the company is still making advances in more traditional tech, an Apple patent filing for "Multi-functional keyboard assemblies" describes a keyboard consisting...
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What's The Nsa Doing Now? Training More Cyber Warriors
The U.S. needs more cyber warriors, and it needs them fast, according to Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel.
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sing ltrasound to Feel Virtual Objects
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