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Nasa Plans Mars Sample-Return Rover
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Nasa Plans Mars Sample-Return Rover

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...

Natural-Language Processing Techniques Aid Activity-Recognition Algorithm
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Natural-Language Processing Techniques Aid Activity-Recognition Algorithm

Techniques from natural-language processing enable computers to efficiently search video for actions.

Amy Robinson, Creative Director
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Amy Robinson, Creative Director

Amy Robinson pulls no punches.

One Day, You'll Google the Physical World With a Scanner Like This
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One Day, You'll Google the Physical World With a Scanner Like This

There are few technologies as comprehensive as Google.

It's Judgment Day For Killer Robots at the ­nited Nations
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It's Judgment Day For Killer Robots at the ­nited Nations

Has the age of the Robocop and Terminator arrived?

Cheap Gadget Lets You Steer a Wheelchair with Your Eyes
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Cheap Gadget Lets You Steer a Wheelchair with Your Eyes

Put some "crap" technology with some smart software and you get one life-changing solution.

Your Digital Trail Follows You to the Border
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Your Digital Trail Follows You to the Border

Information, money and jobs flow easily around the world, yet it’s getting tougher for travelers to cross some borders.

Braille E-Books: Why Can't You Buy a Budget E-Reader?
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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.

As Tech Firms Crank Out Apps For Children, Demand For Junior Consultants Rises
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As Tech Firms Crank Out Apps For Children, Demand For Junior Consultants Rises

Owen Radtke, like many of his peers in the San Francisco Bay Area, is in hot demand as a product-design consultant for technology startups.

Scientific Computing's Future: Can Any Coding Language Top a 1950s Behemoth?
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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."

Nsa's Encrypted Tweet: We're Hiring Code Breakers
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Nsa's Encrypted Tweet: We're Hiring Code Breakers

What better way to recruit potential code breakers than to advertise in cipher?

The Wizard of Minecraft
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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.

An Inside Look at the Insanely Complex Formula 1 Steering Wheel
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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...

The Plug-and-Play Luxury Home
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The Plug-and-Play Luxury Home

When it is completed in early 2018, Muse, a 49-story luxury-condo development in Sunny Isles Beach, Fla., will have an automated parking system with push-button...

Chemist Turns Software Developer After Son's Cancer Diagnosis
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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.

The Secret Messages Inside Chinese ­rls
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The Secret Messages Inside Chinese ­rls

An American friend living in Beijing once said she refused to communicate with anyone whose email address consisted of a string of numbers, such as 62718298454@163...

Self-Assembly Required: One Scientist's Bid to Build Cancer-Killing Nanorobots
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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.

Carnegie Mellon Awarded $7.5 Million Department of Defense Grant to Reshape Mathematics
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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...

Devices That Know How We Really Feel
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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.

Basic Science Finds Corporate Refuge
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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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