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Astrobiologist Aims to Make Science Education More Interactive
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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...

Self-Powered Intelligent Keyboard Could Provide a New Layer of Security
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Self-Powered Intelligent Keyboard Could Provide a New Layer of Security

By analyzing such parameters as the force applied by key presses and the time interval between them, a new self-powered non-mechanical intelligent keyboard could...

Telling Stories Using Computer Science
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Telling Stories Using Computer Science

MIT senior Shannon Kao's knack for storytelling informs her research in computer graphics.

10 Cool Network and Computing Research Projects
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10 Cool Network and Computing Research Projects

If you think the latest enterprise and consumer network and computer technologies rolling into your data center and being snuck into your offices by end users are...

Revealed at Last: Magic Leap’s Vision For Augmented Reality, in 32 Patent Illustrations
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Revealed at Last: Magic Leap’s Vision For Augmented Reality, in 32 Patent Illustrations

A new patent application titled Planar Waveguide Apparatus with Diffraction Element(s) and System Employing Same sounds like a scientific snoozefest, but just also...

Have We Found Alien Life?
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Have We Found Alien Life?

Kenneth Nealson is looking awfully sane for a man who’s basically just told me that he has a colony of aliens incubating in his laboratory.

Degree-Free It: Can College-Skippers Thrive in Tech?
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Degree-Free It: Can College-Skippers Thrive in Tech?


Nanotextures Create Antireflective Surface on Silicon Solar Cells
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Nanotextures Create Antireflective Surface on Silicon Solar Cells

Nanostructured surface textures — with shapes inspired by the structure of moths' eyes — prevent the reflection of light off silicon, improving conversion of sunlight...

Computer Scientists Enhance Robotic Manufacturing
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Computer Scientists Enhance Robotic Manufacturing

Robotics manufacturers have begun experimenting with a new generation of "cobots" designed to work side-by-side with humans, and researchers help make these human...

Facebook Touts Its 'economic Impact' but Economists Question Numbers
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Facebook Touts Its 'economic Impact' but Economists Question Numbers

Facebook has more than a billion users and generated an estimated $12 billion in revenue last year. But the company says its economic impact is far greater.

A Retreat For Google Glass and a Case Study in the Perils of Making Hardware
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A Retreat For Google Glass and a Case Study in the Perils of Making Hardware

You won't have Glass to kick around anymore. At least not for a while.

Project Aims For Faster, Better Coding
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Project Aims For Faster, Better Coding

DARPA's recently announced Pliny project could produce a valuable tool that enables professional software developers and students to write good code faster.

'soft' Artificial Intelligence Is Suddenly Everywhere
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'soft' Artificial Intelligence Is Suddenly Everywhere


The Hidden Ways Traffic Flows Around ­s
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The Hidden Ways Traffic Flows Around ­s

Get in your car and drive.

Need Some Espionage Done? Hackers Are For Hire Online
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Need Some Espionage Done? Hackers Are For Hire Online

A man in Sweden says he will pay up to $2,000 to anyone who can break into his landlord’s website.

Google Tries to Translate in India
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Google Tries to Translate in India

Internet giants such as Amazon.com and SoftBank are investing in India to cash in on the country's spiking Web use. In less than two years, 100 million people have...

Hirise Camera Spots Long-Lost Space Probe on Mars
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Hirise Camera Spots Long-Lost Space Probe on Mars

The Beagle 2 Mars Lander, thought lost on Mars since 2003, has been found partially deployed on the surface of the planet, ending the mystery of what happened to...

Software That Knows the Risks
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Software That Knows the Risks

Planning algorithms developed at MIT evaluate the probability of success for a plan, such as a travel route, and suggest low-risk alternatives.

How Today's Young It Talent Is Different From Previous Generations
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How Today's Young It Talent Is Different From Previous Generations

As a professor teaching software architecture at the National Technology University for the past 10 years, I've witnessed a lot of changes in students today. What's...

Theoretical Physicist Works at the Intersection of Art and Science
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Theoretical Physicist Works at the Intersection of Art and Science

Ágnes Mócsy, a theoretical physicist and tenured associate professor at Pratt Institute, the prestigious art and design university, is an advocate for big science...
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