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Harnessing the Energy of Small Bending Motions
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Harnessing the Energy of Small Bending Motions

Researchers at MIT have developed an electrochemical-based method of generating electrical power that could harvest energy from a broad range of natural motions...

Organ-on-a-Chip
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Organ-on-a-Chip

In a step toward patient-specific drug testing, researchers coax human stem cells to form complex tissues.

The Brain-Computer Duel: Do We Have Free Will?
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The Brain-Computer Duel: Do We Have Free Will?

Researchers at Charité–Universitätsmedizin Berlin used computer-based brain experiments to study the decision-making processes involved in voluntary movements.

Learning to Apply Data Science to Business Problems
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Learning to Apply Data Science to Business Problems

One of the most exciting parts of data science is that it can be applied to many domains of knowledge, given our newfound ability to gather valuable data on almost...

Tackling World's Problems with Human-Computer Intelligence
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Tackling World's Problems with Human-Computer Intelligence

The combination of human and computer intelligence might be just what's needed to find solutions to problems that neither can solve alone, say researchers from...

How a Nation of Tech Copycats Transformed Into a Hub for Innovation
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How a Nation of Tech Copycats Transformed Into a Hub for Innovation

The young programmer had an idea, and everyone thought it was nuts.

Filling in Digital Blanks of Historic Texts
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Filling in Digital Blanks of Historic Texts

Engineering students at Northwestern University have come to the rescue of the marred and sometimes indecipherable words that populate the translated versions...

Two-Dimensional Metamaterial Could Speed Up Computers
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Two-Dimensional Metamaterial Could Speed Up Computers

A team of scientists has proposed a two-dimensional metamaterial composed of silver elements, that refracts light in an unusual way.

What's He Building in There? The Stealth Attempt to Defeat Aging at Google's Calico.
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What's He Building in There? The Stealth Attempt to Defeat Aging at Google's Calico.

Talk about a headline that sings. "Google vs. Death." The Time magazine cover story from September 2013 heralded the creation of California Life Company, or Calico...

Here's Why the ­niversity of California Is Getting Into the Venture Capital Business
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Here's Why the ­niversity of California Is Getting Into the Venture Capital Business

In September of last year, the University of California Board of Regents approved the creation of an independent venture fund that would launch with $250 million...

Machines That Learn Like People
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Machines That Learn Like People

Researchers at MIT have developed a machine-learning system based on a computational model of visual representation that could make highly reliable object discriminations...

What You Need to Know About Artificial Intelligence, and the Imminent Robot Future
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What You Need to Know About Artificial Intelligence, and the Imminent Robot Future

Do androids dream of electric sheep? That's unclear, but I know for sure that every kid dreams of intelligent, thinking robots—certainly every kid who goes on to...

Teaching Machines to See
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Teaching Machines to See

Two newly-developed systems for driverless cars can identify a user's location and orientation in places where GPS does not function, and identify the various components...

The Death of American Research and Development
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The Death of American Research and Development

When rumors began to fly about a merger between chemical giants Dow Chemical  and DuPont , it was obvious the deal was not your ordinary fee-driven scheme dreamed...

The First Person to Hack the Iphone Built a Self-Driving Car. In His Garage
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The First Person to Hack the Iphone Built a Self-Driving Car. In His Garage

A few days before Thanksgiving, George Hotz, a 26-year-old hacker, invites me to his house in San Francisco to check out a project he’s been working on.

It Pays to Be a Privacy Officer
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It Pays to Be a Privacy Officer

Who's your company's CPO? That's chief privacy officer.

Nsf and Federal Partners Award $37m to Advance Co-Robots
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Nsf and Federal Partners Award $37m to Advance Co-Robots

The NSF — in partnership with the several U.S. government departments and agencies — has announced $37 million in new awards to spur the development and use of...

Supercomputer Benchmark Gains Adherents
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Supercomputer Benchmark Gains Adherents

A software program that ranks supercomputers on their ability to solve complex problems rather than on raw speed continues to gain traction in the high-performance...

SynTouch Is Giving Robots the Ability to Feel Textures Like Humans Do
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SynTouch Is Giving Robots the Ability to Feel Textures Like Humans Do

There's just nothing like holding a new product in your hands.

Grandfather of Vr: The Virtual Can Show the Beauty of the Real
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Grandfather of Vr: The Virtual Can Show the Beauty of the Real

Thomas Furness is known as the pioneer who stood at the inception of what we know today as virtual reality.
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