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The Hut Where the Internet Began
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The Hut Where the Internet Began

Let's start at the end point: what you're doing right now. You are pulling information from a network onto a screen, enhancing your embodied experience with a communication...

Finding Harmony with Big Data
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Finding Harmony with Big Data

Technology developed by two MIT alumni entrepreneurs is helping developers create smarter online music-streaming services.

Professor Jack Dongarra Announces New Supercomputer Benchmark
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Professor Jack Dongarra Announces New Supercomputer Benchmark

The way the power of supercomputers is measured is about to change.

Bag Your Dream Job With a Little Help From an Avatar
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Bag Your Dream Job With a Little Help From an Avatar

Nervous about that job interview? You'd better have a chat with Mach: an avatar designed to help people succeed in nerve-wracking social situations.

What Your Metadata Says About You
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What Your Metadata Says About You

As recently as a few weeks ago, "metadata" was an obscure term known mainly to techies and academics.

Britain Battles to Build Tech Giant As Home-Grown Talent Goes West
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Britain Battles to Build Tech Giant As Home-Grown Talent Goes West

East London's technology hub is established well beyond start-up status: Thousands of new Web firms now work in the offices around Old Street and on any given day...

This Is the Woman at the Heart of Everything Google Builds
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This Is the Woman at the Heart of Everything Google Builds

There was a time when Melody Meckfessel juggled two wardrobes: one for one Google, and one for the rest of her life.

Samsung, Intel Dangle $4m in Prizes For Tizen Apps
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Samsung, Intel Dangle $4m in Prizes For Tizen Apps

Samsung Electronics and Intel are banking that a little bit of cash will jump-start interest in Tizen, their upstart operating system.

Scientists Spy on Lithium Ions to Design the Next Big Battery
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Scientists Spy on Lithium Ions to Design the Next Big Battery

A Michigan Technological University scientist has developed a device that lets researchers spy on the actions of lithium ions inside a nanobattery — and use that...

2013 R&D 100 Awards Winners Announced
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2013 R&D 100 Awards Winners Announced

The editors of R&D Magazine have announced the winners of the 51st annual R&D 100 Awards, which recognize the 100 most technologically significant products introduced...

New Language Helps Quantum Coders Build Killer Apps
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New Language Helps Quantum Coders Build Killer Apps

Quantum software has finally left the dark ages with the creation of the first practical, high-level programming language for quantum computers.

Future Cops: How Technology Is Set to Change Policing
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Future Cops: How Technology Is Set to Change Policing

The sci-fi vision of police officers rushing to the scene of a crime before any crime has even been committed may be rather far-fetched but technology is increasingly...

How Nasa Steers the International Space Station Around Space Junk
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How Nasa Steers the International Space Station Around Space Junk

Orbiting about 250 miles (400-ish km) above our heads is one of the most complex and expensive engineering projects that the human race has ever put together: the...

Huawei's Best-Kept Secret: An Army of Engineers
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Huawei's Best-Kept Secret: An Army of Engineers

Huawei Technologies Co. has made a name supplying network equipment to clients world-wide, but the Chinese company's emphasis on research and development over manufacturing...

Portable Imaging System Provides Real-Time Inspection of Sealed Containers
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Portable Imaging System Provides Real-Time Inspection of Sealed Containers

A unique, lightweight, compact, low-cost X-ray system that uses the MiniMAX camera to provide real-time inspection of sealed containers and facilities.

Technology ­nlocks a Secret About a 10th Century Poem
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Technology ­nlocks a Secret About a 10th Century Poem

With the help of computer analysis, a team of Wheaton scholars has uncovered a 1,200-year-old secret about an Old English poem.

Why the Airline Industry Needs Another Data Revolution
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Why the Airline Industry Needs Another Data Revolution

Over the years, airline travel has been a prime testbed for advanced computing and data tools.

The Only Thing Programmers Have to Fear Is... All of These Things
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The Only Thing Programmers Have to Fear Is... All of These Things

Software developer is generally considered a pretty good job, and with good reason.

Evolution Makes the Grade
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Evolution Makes the Grade

Five US states have adopted science education standards that recommend introducing two highly charged topics—climate-change science and evolution—into classrooms...

High Potential
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High Potential

In 2006, when Tomás Palacios completed his PhD in electrical and computer engineering at the University of California at Santa Barbara, he was torn between taking...
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