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'brave' Director Talks About the Pixar Process
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'brave' Director Talks About the Pixar Process

Mark Andrews has worked in animation and live-action as a storyboard artist, story supervisor, writer, and even as a voice actor, including The Incredibles, John...

How To Fix the Gender Gap in Technology
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How To Fix the Gender Gap in Technology

The United States has produced viable female presidential candidates, women athletes who command millions of dollars in endorsements, and the first female Nobel...

Asu to Digitize Vast Arthropod Collection
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Asu to Digitize Vast Arthropod Collection

Arizona State University's insect collection is going high-tech and will soon be available for viewing as a virtual museum.

Computer Scientists Show What Makes Movie Lines Memorable
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Computer Scientists Show What Makes Movie Lines Memorable

Cornell researchers who applied computer analysis to a database of movie scripts think they may have found the secret to a memorable movie line.

5 Questions with the Creator of the First Ipad-Made Ios Game
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5 Questions with the Creator of the First Ipad-Made Ios Game

Rui Viana isn't a full-time app developer and he hasn't learned how to use Apple's iOS software development kit.

What Makes Valve Software the Best Office Ever?
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What Makes Valve Software the Best Office Ever?

Valve Software is good at three things: developing first-person shooter games, such as Half-Life and Counter-Strike, digitally distributing its games on its 35...

Paper from FiftyThree Hits 1.5 Million Downloads in Two Weeks
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Paper from FiftyThree Hits 1.5 Million Downloads in Two Weeks

Former Microsoft employees who worked on the ill-fated Courier dual-screen tablet and started their own mobile-development house have hit some early success.

Rhythm and Music Help Math Students
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Rhythm and Music Help Math Students

Kids who learned fractions through a music-based curriculum outperformed peers in traditional math classes.

Student-Designed Robots Take on March Madness
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Student-Designed Robots Take on March Madness

Sixty-six national and international high school teams will take their robots to the courts this weekend to compete in the 21st season of the Los Angeles regional...

Computer System Predicts Kentucky to Win Ncaa Tournament
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Computer System Predicts Kentucky to Win Ncaa Tournament

Georgia Tech's Logistic Regression Markov Chain method has a history of accuracy as a predictor of the men's NCAA basketball tournament. It predicts this year's...

New Controller Tugs at Thumb Tips to Enhance Video Gaming
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New Controller Tugs at Thumb Tips to Enhance Video Gaming

University of Utah engineers designed a new kind of video game controller that not only vibrates like existing devices, but pulls and stretches the thumb tips...

Computer Science Profs Clowning Around with Robots
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Computer Science Profs Clowning Around with Robots

Two computer science professors will demonstrate at the SIGCSE 2012 technical symposium that clowning around can help teach robotics.

Over-the-Air Tv Catches Second Wind, Aided By Web
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Over-the-Air Tv Catches Second Wind, Aided By Web

It's cool to have rabbit ears again.

Mathematician Sees Artistic Side to Father of Computer
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Mathematician Sees Artistic Side to Father of Computer

This year the world will celebrate the work of Alan Turing, the father of the modern computer, as the 100th anniversary of his birthday approaches on June 23. Mathematician...

Silicon Valley Sets Up Shop in New York
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Silicon Valley Sets Up Shop in New York

Start spreadin' the news: Silicon Valley is invading New York. In the past year, Facebook, Twitter, Skype, game maker Zynga, and other technology players have opened...

Why Nasa's Really Into Making Video Games
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Why Nasa's Really Into Making Video Games

Most people think of NASA as an organization full of rocket scientists. But while the U.S. space agency has spent decades launching spaceships and working on other...

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Still Creating Otherworldly Adventures

When the special-effects whiz and director Douglas Trumbull receives a special Oscar on Saturday—the Gordon E. Sawyer Award for filmmakers "whose technological...

Oscars Vote Vulnerable to Cyber Attack ­nder New Online System, Experts Warn
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Oscars Vote Vulnerable to Cyber Attack ­nder New Online System, Experts Warn

Academy to switch to electronic ballots in 2013 — but move from paper voting does not eliminate prospect of foul play.

Ge Wang: In Concert With Technology
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Ge Wang: In Concert With Technology

Stanford University Assistant Professor Ge Wang is dedicated to pushing the boundaries of computer music.

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Engage: Apple's New Tools For Interactive Books on Ipad

Engagement is a big word in education. It combines both objective participation and subjective emotion. It's one of the few psychological terms in education that...
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