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The Fascinating Story of the Man Who Invented Stereo (and Pioneered Tv and Radar Too)
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The Fascinating Story of the Man Who Invented Stereo (and Pioneered Tv and Radar Too)

When you're rocking out to your favourite music or surroundsound has slapped you in the heart of your favourite movie, you know how important stereo sound is.

AI Interns: Software Already Taking Jobs from Humans
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AI Interns: Software Already Taking Jobs from Humans

Forget Skynet. Hypothetical world-ending artificial intelligence makes headlines, but the hype ignores what's happening right under our noses.

After Snowden, the Nsa Faces Recruitment Challenge
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After Snowden, the Nsa Faces Recruitment Challenge

Daniel Swann is exactly the type of person the National Security Agency would love to have working for it.

Hi-Tech and Big Data Offer Hope to Battered ­.s. Oil Industry
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Hi-Tech and Big Data Offer Hope to Battered ­.s. Oil Industry

The tech geeks are coming to the oil industry's rescue.

Reviewing Online Homework at Scale
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Reviewing Online Homework at Scale

The OverCode system examines thousands of programming solutions by MOOC students and identifies broad trends to give teachers a high-level view of students' understanding...

How Facebook's Chief Geek Will Meld Reality with the Oculus
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How Facebook's Chief Geek Will Meld Reality with the Oculus

Facebook chief technology officer Mike Schroepfer turned 40 last month. He (just barely) blew out a row of 40 candles during a mini-celebration at company headquarters...

Why Organism Engineering Could Be a Foodie's Dream Come True
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Why Organism Engineering Could Be a Foodie's Dream Come True

Thanks to recent advances in synthetic biology—a hybrid discipline of engineering and biology that makes possible the manipulation of DNA of microorganisms such...

Stanford's Most Popular Class Isn't Computer Science—it's Something Much More Important
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Stanford's Most Popular Class Isn't Computer Science—it's Something Much More Important

Before Kanyi Maqubela became an investment partner at the Collaborative Fund, an early-stage venture capital firm focused on social enterprises, he was a typical ...

A Brief History of the Atm
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A Brief History of the Atm

Eyes glaze over when I mention my interest in researching automated teller machines.

Why Kevin Mitnick, the World's Most Notorious Hacker, Is Still Breaking Into Computers
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Why Kevin Mitnick, the World's Most Notorious Hacker, Is Still Breaking Into Computers

Look no further than Kevin Mitnick's business card to see how some things never change.

Why the Tsarnaev Juror Questionnaire Screened For Computer Scientists
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Why the Tsarnaev Juror Questionnaire Screened For Computer Scientists

As we approach the second anniversary of the Boston Marathon bombing, many of us here in Massachusetts and beyond are riveted by the ongoing trial of Dzhokhar Tsarnaev...

How Crashing Drones Are Exposing Secrets About ­.s. War Operations
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How Crashing Drones Are Exposing Secrets About ­.s. War Operations

Crashing drones are spilling secrets about U.S. military operations.

For a Brighter Robotics Future, It's Time to Offload Their Brains
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For a Brighter Robotics Future, It's Time to Offload Their Brains

Robots already stand in for humans in some of the dullest and most dangerous jobs there are, handling everything from painting cars to drilling rocks on Mars.

Better Debugger
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Better Debugger

An algorithm developed at MIT CSAIL automatically identifies integer overflow bugs.

Now Algorithms Are Deciding Whom to Hire, Based on Voice
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Now Algorithms Are Deciding Whom to Hire, Based on Voice

If you're trying out for a job in sales, the person who judges your pitch may not be a person.

'space Lawyers' Help Startups Navigate the Final Legal Frontier
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'space Lawyers' Help Startups Navigate the Final Legal Frontier

When Sagi Kfir meets people and tells them he is a "space attorney," they usually think he has a strange way of saying he is in real estate.

Nasa Went to Space and All Humans Got Was This Acne Treatment
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Nasa Went to Space and All Humans Got Was This Acne Treatment

Earlier this week, researchers from Imperial College London announced that they had developed a way to make dialysis more effective for patients with kidney failure—inspired...

Dj Patil Talks Nerdy to ­S
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Dj Patil Talks Nerdy to ­S

DJ Patil was recently named the White House's deputy chief technology officer for data policy and chief data scientist, making him the first-ever national datacoined...

How 'game of Thrones' Creates Its Dragons
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How 'game of Thrones' Creates Its Dragons

When you hear the words "CGI" or "3-D animation," complex computer languages probably come to mind.

Virtual Zombie Apocalypse Can Prepare ­S For Disaster
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Virtual Zombie Apocalypse Can Prepare ­S For Disaster

Why use online games to study our responses to catastrophic events?
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