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X-Rays Reveal Interior of Nasa Spacesuits
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X-Rays Reveal Interior of Nasa Spacesuits

"Suited for Space," a traveling exhibit now on tour, pairs spacesuits from the Smithsonian's National Air and Space Museum with X-rays that reveal of the interiors...

New ­niversity of ­tah Program Prepares Students to Work at New Nsa Center
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New ­niversity of ­tah Program Prepares Students to Work at New Nsa Center

A few years ago, the National Security Agency, the country's top electronic spy agency, pondered a question with national security implications.

Wanted For the Internet of Things: Ant-Size Computers
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Wanted For the Internet of Things: Ant-Size Computers

If the Internet is to reach everywhere—from the pills you swallow to the shoes on your feet—then computers will need to get a whole lot smaller.

The Robot Revolution Is For the Birds
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The Robot Revolution Is For the Birds

Human flight has become boring.

How to Build the Digital Subway Map of the Future
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How to Build the Digital Subway Map of the Future

The spotless white walls of Control Group's workshop differ so much from the dark, brooding interior of the historic Woolworth Building's lobby that it's hard not...

In China, Big Data Is Becoming Big Business
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In China, Big Data Is Becoming Big Business

With 1.3 billion people, a quickly expanding urban economy, and rising rates of Internet and smartphone penetration, China generates an immense amount of data annually...

How Instant Messaging Rules the Internet
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How Instant Messaging Rules the Internet

If you strip away the flashy interfaces, expensive ad campaigns, and layers of hype, you'll notice that for the past 15 years, the dominant unit of social technology...

Skill Shortages? Not If You Pay or Train
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Skill Shortages? Not If You Pay or Train

Companies in search of workers with the most sought-after IT skills may be better off investing in training programs than hiring, according to IDC. One analysts...

Coursera Partners With 10 Universities For Online Classes
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Coursera Partners With 10 Universities For Online Classes

Online learning startup Coursera has formed partnerships with 10 public universities and university systems to develop courses that can be taken for credit either...

This Pentagon Project Makes Cyberwar as Easy as Angry Birds
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This Pentagon Project Makes Cyberwar as Easy as Angry Birds

The target computer is picked. The order to strike has been given. All it takes is a finger swipe and a few taps of the touchscreen, and the cyberattack is prepped...

Why the New Google-Nasa Partnership Marks a New Era in the History of Computing
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Why the New Google-Nasa Partnership Marks a New Era in the History of Computing

It's easy to become jaded about announcements in the tech world.

Galaxies Fed By Funnels of Fuel
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Galaxies Fed By Funnels of Fuel

Computer simulations of galaxies growing over billions of years have revealed a likely scenario for how they feed: a cosmic version of swirly straws.

Play Your Way to Work With Interactive Games
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Play Your Way to Work With Interactive Games

New interactive games are designed to make commuting to work more of an entertaining experience, with possible application toward boosting the efficiency of transport...

Beer-Pouring Robot Programmed to Anticipate Human Actions
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Beer-Pouring Robot Programmed to Anticipate Human Actions

A team from Cornell University has created a robot that can foresee human actions based on past observations and can step in to offer a helping hand.

Graphics Gurus Master Wispy Hair, Snowballs, Torn Paper
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Graphics Gurus Master Wispy Hair, Snowballs, Torn Paper

The computer graphics industry has an insatiable appetite for realism, and researchers next month will show how they plan to feed it with innovations in computerized...

Just Look Me in the Eye Already
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Just Look Me in the Eye Already

You're having a conversation with someone and suddenly his eyes drop to his smartphone or drift over your shoulder toward someone else. 

A Legacy Feud in Tech
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A Legacy Feud in Tech

If the Hatfields and McCoys lived in Silicon Valley, they'd be fighting with piles of cash and lines of software code instead of knives and shotguns.

Xbox? More Like Xbody: Future Game Consoles Will Get ­nder Your Skin
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Xbox? More Like Xbody: Future Game Consoles Will Get ­nder Your Skin

Imagine playing through a level of the popular zombie shooter "Left 4 Dead" on a system that tracks your heart rate, eye movements, even how clammy your skin is...

Government Plan to Build 'back Doors' For Online Surveillance Could Create Dangerous Vulnerabilities
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Government Plan to Build 'back Doors' For Online Surveillance Could Create Dangerous Vulnerabilities

Recently, the FBI has been attacking the "going dark" problem—that is, its inability to read all electronic communications—from both legal and technological angles...

Inside Google's Secret Lab
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Inside Google's Secret Lab

Last February, Astro Teller, the director of Google's secretive research lab, Google X, went to seek approval from Chief Executive Officer Larry Page for an unlikely...
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