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An Inventor Wants One Less Wire to Worry About
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An Inventor Wants One Less Wire to Worry About

Sometimes, there is an actual eureka moment.

Ibm, Universities Partner on 'big Data' Skills Training
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Ibm, Universities Partner on 'big Data' Skills Training

IBM recently announced nine partnerships with global universities to help prepare the next generation of big data professionals.

A New 'dawn' in Exchanges' War on Hackers
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A New 'dawn' in Exchanges' War on Hackers

When prices on some U.S. stocks suddenly zoomed one day last month and others unexpectedly plunged, stock-market officials set out to detect a possible computer...

Research Collaboration Aims to Improve Wireless Technology, Smartphones
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Research Collaboration Aims to Improve Wireless Technology, Smartphones

Kansas State University's Electronics Design Laboratory and Lawrence-based Avatekh Inc. are improving the technology behind wireless communication systems and...

ORNL Superconducting Wire Yields Unprecedented Performance
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ORNL Superconducting Wire Yields Unprecedented Performance

The ability to control nanoscale imperfections in superconducting wires results in materials with unparalleled and customized performance, according to a new study...

­.s. Brain Project Puts Focus on Ethics
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­.s. Brain Project Puts Focus on Ethics

The false mouse memories made the ethicists uneasy. By stimulating certain neurons in the hippocampus, Susumu Tonegawa and his colleagues caused mice to recall...

Meet the Hackers Who Want to Jailbreak the Internet
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Meet the Hackers Who Want to Jailbreak the Internet

One guy is wearing his Google Glass. Another showed up in an HTML5 t-shirt. And then there's the dude who looks like the Mad Hatter, decked out in a top hat with...

How to Think About Drones
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How to Think About Drones

Consider David. The shepherd lad steps up to face in single combat the Philistine giant Goliath.

Weather Channel Now Also Forecasts What You'll Buy
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Weather Channel Now Also Forecasts What You'll Buy

The Weather Channel knows the chance for rain in St. Louis on Friday, what the heat index could reach in Santa Fe on Saturday, and how humid Baltimore may get on...

Google Glasses Head to Ballpark With Oakland A's Pitchers
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Google Glasses Head to Ballpark With Oakland A's Pitchers

There are a lot of places where Google Glasses are prohibited, but the Oakland A's bullpen is not one of them. A's pitchers Ryan Cook and Sean Doolittle are the...

Image-Processing 1,000 Times Faster Is Goal of $5m DARPA Contract
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Image-Processing 1,000 Times Faster Is Goal of $5m DARPA Contract

A University of Michigan researcher is leading a project to build alternative computer hardware that could process images and video 1,000 times faster with 10,000...

Dragonflies Can See By Switching 'on' And 'off'
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Dragonflies Can See By Switching 'on' And 'off'

Researchers at the University of Adelaide have discovered a novel and complex visual circuit in a dragonfly's brain that could one day help to improve vision...

Robot Classes in China Set Students ­p For Future Careers
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Robot Classes in China Set Students ­p For Future Careers

Many primary and middle schools in China are providing robot education to students. Lego, the largest educational robot provider in China, says there are now...

Owner of Snowden's Email Service on Why He Closed Lavabit Rather Than Comply With Gov't
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Owner of Snowden's Email Service on Why He Closed Lavabit Rather Than Comply With Gov't

Lavabit, an encrypted email service believed to have been used by National Security Agency leaker Edward Snowden, has abruptly shut down.

Berlin Start-Ups: Cool and Commerce Coming Together?
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Berlin Start-Ups: Cool and Commerce Coming Together?

When new businesses based on the computer chip began to cluster in Santa Clara Valley, it did not take long for someone to come up with the name Silicon Valley....

Encryption Is Less Secure Than We Thought
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Encryption Is Less Secure Than We Thought

Since 1948, when Claude Shannon's seminal paper on information theory first appeared, most information-theoretic analyses of secure schemes have depended on a common...

Wireless Devices Go Battery-Free with New Communication Technique
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Wireless Devices Go Battery-Free with New Communication Technique

University of Washington engineers have created a new wireless communication system that allows devices to interact with each other without relying on batteries...

The Best Way to Teach Kids Math and Science? Zombies
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The Best Way to Teach Kids Math and Science? Zombies

Texas Instruments, the company that made the graphing calculator the most ubiquitous learning tool since the book, is giving teachers everywhere an invaluable...

As New Targets For Hackers, Your Car and Your House
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As New Targets For Hackers, Your Car and Your House

Imagine driving on the freeway at 60 miles per hour and your car suddenly screeches to a halt, causing a pileup that injures dozens of people.

New Electron Beam Writer Enables Next-Gen Information Technologies
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New Electron Beam Writer Enables Next-Gen Information Technologies

The new electron beam writer housed in the Nano3 cleanroom facility at the University of California, San Diego's Qualcomm Institute is important for two major areas...
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