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Finger-Mounted Reading Device for the Blind
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Finger-Mounted Reading Device for the Blind

Researchers at the MIT Media Laboratory have built a prototype of a finger-mounted device with a built-in camera that converts written text into audio for visually...

Mediators Call For Change to Science of Human Brain Project
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Mediators Call For Change to Science of Human Brain Project

Mediators appointed to analyse the rifts within Europe’s ambitious €1-billion (US$1.1 billion) Human Brain Project (HBP) have called for far-reaching changes both...

Silicon Valley Is Trying to Make Humans Immortal—and Finding Some Success
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Silicon Valley Is Trying to Make Humans Immortal—and Finding Some Success

Peter Thiel, the billionaire co-founder of PayPal, plans to live to be 120. Compared with some other tech billionaires, he doesn't seem particularly ambitious.

Here's What Will Truly Change Higher Education: Online Degrees That Are Seen as Official
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Here's What Will Truly Change Higher Education: Online Degrees That Are Seen as Official

Three years ago, technology was going to transform higher education. What happened?

Google Ventures and the Search For Immortality
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Google Ventures and the Search For Immortality

"If you ask me today, is it possible to live to be 500? The answer is yes," Bill Maris says one January afternoon in Mountain View, California.

Sensor Array Changes the Data Collection Game
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Sensor Array Changes the Data Collection Game

Researchers can add their own mix of sensors and programs to Argonne National Laboratory's Waggle smart sensor platform to collect data in real time.

CIA to Make Sweeping Changes, Focus More on Cyber Ops: Agency Chief
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CIA to Make Sweeping Changes, Focus More on Cyber Ops: Agency Chief

The Central Intelligence Agency is launching one of the biggest reorganizations in its history, aimed in part at sharpening its focus on cyber operations and incorporating...

To Bring Virtual Reality to Market, Furious Efforts to Solve Nausea
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To Bring Virtual Reality to Market, Furious Efforts to Solve Nausea

Few technologies have generated more attention than virtual reality, which promises to immerse people in 3-D games and video.

Dusting For Cyber Fingerprints: ­sing Coding Style to Identify Anonymous Programmers
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Dusting For Cyber Fingerprints: ­sing Coding Style to Identify Anonymous Programmers

Using layout, lexical, and syntactic features of computer code, experts can identify the person who created a strain of malware the same way police would use...

Year Zero: Our Life Timelines Begin
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Year Zero: Our Life Timelines Begin

In 10 years, every human connected to the Internet will have a timeline.

Twenty-Five Teams to Participate in DARPA Robotics Challenge Finals
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Twenty-Five Teams to Participate in DARPA Robotics Challenge Finals

Twenty-five teams from the international robotics community will compete for $3.5 million in prizes in the DARPA Robotics Challenge Finals, a test of capabilities ...

Robo-Rescuers Battle It Out in Disaster Challenge
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Robo-Rescuers Battle It Out in Disaster Challenge

When the humanoid robot SAFFiR gets a shove, it reflexively moves to maintain its balance. SAFFiR can also walk over uneven terrain, turn its head to scan its surroundings...

Smartglass Roof Will Cover Usa Pavilion at Next World's Fair
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Smartglass Roof Will Cover Usa Pavilion at Next World's Fair

A roof featuring Research Frontiers Inc.'s SPD-SmartGlass technology is being constructed for the USA Pavilion at this year's World's Fair, Expo Milano 2015.

Research Could Lead to More Efficient Electrical Energy Storage
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Research Could Lead to More Efficient Electrical Energy Storage

Lawrence Livermore research has opened a new window toward more efficient electrochemical energy storage systems.

Researchers Report Milestone in Developing Quantum Computer
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Researchers Report Milestone in Developing Quantum Computer

Scientists at the University of California, Santa Barbara, and at Google reported on Wednesdayin the journal Nature that they had made a significant advance that...

China Says Tech Firms Have Nothing to Fear from Anti-Terror Law
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China Says Tech Firms Have Nothing to Fear from Anti-Terror Law

China's proposed anti-terrorism law will not affect the legitimate interests of technology firms, a top Chinese spokeswoman said Wednesday after U.S. President ...

Which Conservation News Gets Shared Online? Cute Animal Photos Help
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Which Conservation News Gets Shared Online? Cute Animal Photos Help

A team led by researchers from the University of Singapore found that news sites have the greatest impact on how popular an online article will be on Facebook...

Grant Will Help STEM Majors Become Teachers
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Grant Will Help STEM Majors Become Teachers

The National Math and Science Initiative has selected the George Washington University to implement UTeach, the undergraduate STEM teacher preparation program...

There Is Actually One Thing You Can Do to Fight the Surveillance Machine
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There Is Actually One Thing You Can Do to Fight the Surveillance Machine

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Get Creative at Your Desk With a Little Playtime
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Get Creative at Your Desk With a Little Playtime

Playing with a geometric puzzle or stress ball at your desk can seem like idle diversion. It may also spark clearer or more creative thinking.
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