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World Cup Kickoff Looms For Demo of Brain-Controlled Machine
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World Cup Kickoff Looms For Demo of Brain-Controlled Machine

During the World Cup next week, there may be 1 minute during the opening ceremony when the boisterous stadium crowd in São Paulo falls silent: when a paraplegic...

Computer Programming Is a Dying Art
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Computer Programming Is a Dying Art

Writing code is a terrible way for humans to instruct computers.

How Ebay's Research Laboratories Are Tackling the Tricky Task of Fashion Recommendations
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How Ebay's Research Laboratories Are Tackling the Tricky Task of Fashion Recommendations

If you've ever puzzled over what to wear in the morning, you might also have wondered whether you could leave the choice to an algorithm that could recommend a...

Prototype Electrolyte Sensor Provides Immediate Read-Outs
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Prototype Electrolyte Sensor Provides Immediate Read-Outs

Researchers have developed a wearable technology that can analyze a person's electrolyte levels on the spot, potentially decreasing the time spent in doctors'...

A Day at the Miami Beach Cyberarms Fair
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A Day at the Miami Beach Cyberarms Fair

Thomas Lim, the founder of a boutique company that sells cybermunitions and hacking tools to governments and corporations around the world, has mischievous taste...

Making Artificial Vision Look More Natural
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Making Artificial Vision Look More Natural

Researchers have used electrical stimulation of retinal cells to produce the same patterns of activity that occur when the retina sees a moving object. This is...

Theoretical Physics: Complexity on the Horizon
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Theoretical Physics: Complexity on the Horizon

When physicist Leonard Susskind gives talks these days, he often wears a black T-shirt proclaiming "I ♥ Complexity".

360-Degree Camera Shoots Vr Movies For Oculus Rift
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360-Degree Camera Shoots Vr Movies For Oculus Rift

Step into the silver screen with movies shot using the Panopticam.

Spy vs. Spy
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Spy vs. Spy

Last month, Attorney General Eric Holder announced that the United States was charging members of the Chinese military with economic espionage.

Surprising Nanotubes: Some Slippery, Some Sticky
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Surprising Nanotubes: Some Slippery, Some Sticky

New research discovers unexpected variations in the behavior of nanotubes made of carbon and those made of boron nitride.

New Chip to Bring Holograms to Smartphones
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New Chip to Bring Holograms to Smartphones

In the future, virtual reality won't require strapping a bulky contraption to your head.

Passwords No More?
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Passwords No More?

Researchers from the University of Alabama at Birmingham have develop mechanisms that enable users to log in to a system or vehicle securely without passwords...

Computer Model Predicts Academic Success
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Computer Model Predicts Academic Success

The mantra "publish or perish" is drilled into every early-career scientist—and for good reason, a computer model suggests.

50 College Diplomas with the Highest Pay
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50 College Diplomas with the Highest Pay

Students who recently graduated from Carnegie Mellon University's School of Computer Science are making a handsome average salary of $89,800.

Bake Your Own Robot
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Bake Your Own Robot

Printable robots—those that can be assembled from parts produced by 3-D printers—have long been a topic of research in the lab of Daniela Rus, the Andrew and Erna...

A Rare Look Inside the Air Force's Drone Training Classroom
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A Rare Look Inside the Air Force's Drone Training Classroom

Learning how to drop bombs and fire Hellfire missiles is more like sitting in a regular college classroom than you might expect.

Proactive Approach Detects Malicious Software in Networked Computers and Data
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Proactive Approach Detects Malicious Software in Networked Computers and Data

New research has unveiled the causal relations among computer network events. The work effectively isolates infected computer hosts and detects in advance stealthy...

Why Coders Are Going Nuts Over Apple's New Programming Language
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Why Coders Are Going Nuts Over Apple's New Programming Language

When Apple unveiled a new programming language at its World Wide Developers Conference on Monday, the place went "nuts," erupting with raucous cheers and applause...

Just Add Water
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Just Add Water

Using only a drop of water, scientists from the University of Twente have folded flat sheets of silicon nitride into cubes, pyramids, and half soccer-ball-shaped...

A Stellar Discovery on the Milky Way's Far Side
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A Stellar Discovery on the Milky Way's Far Side

A single Hubble Space Telescope image can capture scores of distant galaxies, but the one galaxy we'll never see from the outside is our own.
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