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Tackling the Limits of Touch Screens
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Tackling the Limits of Touch Screens

Touch screens are ubiquitous on tablets and smartphones, but their flat glass surfaces can hinder close reading and accurate typing.

IBM's Watson Gains Presence at Top Technical ­niversities
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IBM's Watson Gains Presence at Top Technical ­niversities

IBM recently announced it is partnering with several top U.S. technology universities to launch cognitive computing courses that give students access to its Watson...

A Sad Day
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A Sad Day

We lost Nereus today

3D Printing Reveals the Power of Shark Skin
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3D Printing Reveals the Power of Shark Skin

Viewed up close, a shark's skin bristles with tiny teeth or "denticles" which aid swimming.

Google's Self-Driving Car Turns Out to Be a Very Smart Ride
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Google's Self-Driving Car Turns Out to Be a Very Smart Ride

A white Lexus hybrid SUV inches to the left, creating a slightly wider buffer as it passes a bicyclist in the bike lane on a busy and unseasonably hot Tuesday afternoon...

Nasa Plans Mars Sample-Return Rover
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Nasa Plans Mars Sample-Return Rover

NASA's Curiosity rover is in the prime of its life, exploring the rocks, soil and air of Mars. But the agency is already planning its successor—and this time, the...

Amy Robinson, Creative Director
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Amy Robinson, Creative Director

Amy Robinson pulls no punches.

One Day, You'll Google the Physical World With a Scanner Like This
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One Day, You'll Google the Physical World With a Scanner Like This

There are few technologies as comprehensive as Google.

It's Judgment Day For Killer Robots at the ­nited Nations
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It's Judgment Day For Killer Robots at the ­nited Nations

Has the age of the Robocop and Terminator arrived?

Cheap Gadget Lets You Steer a Wheelchair with Your Eyes
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Cheap Gadget Lets You Steer a Wheelchair with Your Eyes

Put some "crap" technology with some smart software and you get one life-changing solution.

Catalyst Supercomputer Available for Collaborative Research
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Catalyst Supercomputer Available for Collaborative Research

Catalyst, a first-of-a-kind supercomputer at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, is available to industry collaborators to test big data technologies, architectures...

Braille E-Books: Why Can't You Buy a Budget E-Reader?
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Braille E-Books: Why Can't You Buy a Budget E-Reader?

A budget-priced Braille e-reader seems like an obvious, uncontroversial idea that should be relatively easy to pull off.

Scientific Computing's Future: Can Any Coding Language Top a 1950s Behemoth?
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Scientific Computing's Future: Can Any Coding Language Top a 1950s Behemoth?

Take a tour through the research laboratories at any university physics department or national lab, and much of what you will see defines "cutting edge."

The Wizard of Minecraft
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The Wizard of Minecraft

It's a wet monday morning in Stockholm, and the door to Markus Persson's office is closed.

An Inside Look at the Insanely Complex Formula 1 Steering Wheel
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An Inside Look at the Insanely Complex Formula 1 Steering Wheel

The modern Formula 1 car is among the most amazing machines ever made. And when you're going wheel-to-wheel with someone like four-time world champ Sebastian Vettel...

Chemist Turns Software Developer After Son's Cancer Diagnosis
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Chemist Turns Software Developer After Son's Cancer Diagnosis

A scientist's ambitious plan to create an early detection system for eye cancer using people's home cameras is coming along.

Self-Assembly Required: One Scientist's Bid to Build Cancer-Killing Nanorobots
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Self-Assembly Required: One Scientist's Bid to Build Cancer-Killing Nanorobots

The term "cancer killing nanorobot" could conjure up all sorts of images, the best involving teeny tiny laser eyebeams.

Carnegie Mellon Awarded $7.5 Million Department of Defense Grant to Reshape Mathematics
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Carnegie Mellon Awarded $7.5 Million Department of Defense Grant to Reshape Mathematics

Carnegie Mellon University's Steve Awodey has received a $7.5 million, five-year grant from the Department of Defense to reshape the foundations of mathematics...

Devices That Know How We Really Feel
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Devices That Know How We Really Feel

Admit it: Sometimes you just want to punch your PC, or slap your smartphone, or knock your notebook.

Basic Science Finds Corporate Refuge
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Basic Science Finds Corporate Refuge

Microsoft makes Windows, Word, and the Xbox. But it also employs scientists who make sensors to stick on the hides of elephants and rhinoceroses.
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