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SynTouch Is Giving Robots the Ability to Feel Textures Like Humans Do
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SynTouch Is Giving Robots the Ability to Feel Textures Like Humans Do

There's just nothing like holding a new product in your hands.

Grandfather of Vr: The Virtual Can Show the Beauty of the Real
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Grandfather of Vr: The Virtual Can Show the Beauty of the Real

Thomas Furness is known as the pioneer who stood at the inception of what we know today as virtual reality.

Hands-On With Microsoft's Hololens, One Year Later
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Hands-On With Microsoft's Hololens, One Year Later

One year after showing off HoloLens, Microsoft's augmented reality rig remains very much a work in progress.

Spinoff 2016 Highlights Space Technologies Used in Daily Life on Earth
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Spinoff 2016 Highlights Space Technologies Used in Daily Life on Earth

NASA technology is all around us, turning trash into oil, saving women from a deadly complication of childbirth, and putting the bubbles in beer.

In Virtual Reality, Exercise Bike Becomes a Race Car
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In Virtual Reality, Exercise Bike Becomes a Race Car

A new stationary bike from Boston startup VirZoom requires an unusual accessory while you’re pedaling: a virtual-reality headset, so you can turn your workout into...

Twists and Turns in Path from Lab to Startup to Major Acquisition
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Twists and Turns in Path from Lab to Startup to Major Acquisition

How Berkeley Lab battery spinoff Seeo got acquired by a major multinational company.

Artificial-Intelligence Research Center Is Founded By Silicon Valley Investors
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Artificial-Intelligence Research Center Is Founded By Silicon Valley Investors

A group of prominent Silicon Valley investors and technology companies said on Friday that they would establish an artificial-intelligence research center to develop...

Scott Aaronson on Google's New Quantum-Computing Paper
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Scott Aaronson on Google's New Quantum-Computing Paper

Google researchers released a paper last week suggesting that the D-Wave computer exploits quantum phenomena. Scott Aaronson of MIT helps make sense of the new...

Small Variations Mean Big Changes in Oxide's Insulator-to-Conductor Transformation
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Small Variations Mean Big Changes in Oxide's Insulator-to-Conductor Transformation

Scientists have identified a surprising non-uniformity in vanadium dioxide that could one day enable more energy-efficient technologies.

To Get More Oomph From an Electron Gun, Tip It with Diamondoids
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To Get More Oomph From an Electron Gun, Tip It with Diamondoids

Scientists have increased the flow from electron guns 13,000-fold by applying a single layer of diamondoids — tiny, perfect diamond cages — to the's sharp gold...

The Football Mouthguards of Tomorrow Will Detect Dehydration and Head Injuries
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The Football Mouthguards of Tomorrow Will Detect Dehydration and Head Injuries

The humble mouthguard—that C-shaped piece of plastic that protects an athlete's teeth—has remained relatively unchanged for the past 60 years.

China Wants to Replace Millions of Workers with Robots
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China Wants to Replace Millions of Workers with Robots

China is laying the groundwork for a robot revolution by planning to automate the work currently done by millions of low-paid workers.

The High-Stakes Race to Rid the World of Human Drivers
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The High-Stakes Race to Rid the World of Human Drivers

The race to bring driverless cars to the masses is only just beginning, but already it is a fight for the ages.

Columbia Engineers Build Biologically Powered Chip
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Columbia Engineers Build Biologically Powered Chip

Columbia Engineering researchers have harnessed the molecular machinery of living systems to power an integrated circuit, opening the door to creating artificial...

Storing Electricity in Paper
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Storing Electricity in Paper

Researchers at Linköping University's Laboratory of Organic Electronics, Sweden, have developed power paper — a new material with an outstanding ability to store...

Google Cultural Institute Puts Viewers Onstage
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Google Cultural Institute Puts Viewers Onstage

Practicing—or buying a ticket—isn't the only way to get to Carnegie Hall.

Making 3-D Imaging 1,000 Times Better
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Making 3-D Imaging 1,000 Times Better

MIT researchers have shown that by exploiting the polarization of light they can boost the resolution of conventional 3-D imaging sensors as much as 1,000 times...

Helping Hand
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Helping Hand

In late October, when the Apple TV was relaunched, Bandit’s Shark Showdown was among the first apps designed for the platform.

ORNL Process Could Be White Lightning to Electronics Industry
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ORNL Process Could Be White Lightning to Electronics Industry

A new era of electronics and even quantum devices could be ushered in with the fabrication of a virtually perfect single layer of "white graphene," according to...

Artificial Intelligence Called In to Tackle Lhc Data Deluge
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Artificial Intelligence Called In to Tackle Lhc Data Deluge

The next generation of particle-collider experiments will feature some of the world's most advanced thinking machines, if links now being forged between particle...
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