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The Digital Public Library of America: Adding Gravitas to Your Internet Search
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The Digital Public Library of America: Adding Gravitas to Your Internet Search

One year ago, a group of professors, librarians, and futurists gathered in San Francisco to discuss how they would go about building a Digital Public Library of...

How Wireless Carriers Are Monetizing Your Movements
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How Wireless Carriers Are Monetizing Your Movements

Wireless operators have access to an unprecedented volume of information about users' real-world activities, but for years these massive data troves were put to...

Is High-Tech Security at Public Events Counterproductive?
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Is High-Tech Security at Public Events Counterproductive?

Which is more intrusive: security screening and metal detectors every few blocks, or a drone flying high above it taking video of every little thing you do?

5 New Things to Know About Google Glass
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5 New Things to Know About Google Glass

Google is pulling back the curtain a bit more on Google Glass, the high-tech spectacles with an eye-mounted display for accessing the Internet.

How New Military Technologies Can Help Prevent the Next Boston or Newtown
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How New Military Technologies Can Help Prevent the Next Boston or Newtown

This week, it's bombs. In December, it was guns.

Consortium Aims to Harness Big Data as U.s. Economic Engine
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Consortium Aims to Harness Big Data as U.s. Economic Engine

A new collaboration called the National Consortium for Data Science aims to create a national hub for data-intensive business and data science research and education...

How Pixar ­sed Moore's Law to Predict the Future
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How Pixar ­sed Moore's Law to Predict the Future

Whether you call it a data-driven prediction or think of it as a self-fulfilling prophecy, Moore's Law has been going strong.

Interview with Brain Project Pioneer: Miyoung Chun
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Interview with Brain Project Pioneer: Miyoung Chun

Brain Research through Advancing Innovative Neurotechnologies (BRAIN) project, which President Obama announced in his State of the Union address in February, will...

'chinese Google' Opens Artificial-Intelligence Lab in Silicon Valley
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'chinese Google' Opens Artificial-Intelligence Lab in Silicon Valley

It doesn't look like much.

How Technology Is Slowly Developing Its Sense of Smell
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How Technology Is Slowly Developing Its Sense of Smell

Last week I attended what was, I think it is fair to say, the oddest conference I have been to yet. It was the first world congress of the Digital Olfaction Society...

Mathematicians Predict the Future With Data From the Past
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Mathematicians Predict the Future With Data From the Past

In Issac Asimov's classic science fiction saga Foundation, mathematics professor Hari Seldon predicts the future using what he calls psychohistory.

The Modern Data Nerd Isn't as Nerdy as You Think
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The Modern Data Nerd Isn't as Nerdy as You Think

Data scientists are fast becoming the rock stars of the 21st century.

Crash Course: Training the Brain of a Driverless Car
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Crash Course: Training the Brain of a Driverless Car

Early attempts at driverless cars have had little difficulty gathering the loads of data required to operate autonomously.

Nasa Associate Administrator on Asteroid Initiative
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Nasa Associate Administrator on Asteroid Initiative

"The mission to find, capture and redirect an asteroid robotically, and then visit it with astronauts to study it and return samples takes advantage of expertise...

Tracking Workers' Every Move Can Boost Productivity—and Stress
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Tracking Workers' Every Move Can Boost Productivity—and Stress

Phil Richards used to like his job driving a forklift in a produce and meat warehouse. He took pride in steering a case of beef with precision.

17 of Apple's Favorite Apps
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17 of Apple's Favorite Apps

Steve Jobs was a stickler for detail, requiring final approval on everything from ads to wording on his Keynote presentations. It's no surprise then that the company...

Stephen Lake's Muscle-Reading Remote Control
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Stephen Lake's Muscle-Reading Remote Control

Over microbrews last April at a pub near Ontario's University of Waterloo, engineering student Stephen Lake, 23, and two friends discussed using wearable devices...

How Google Remade the Computer Science Researcher
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How Google Remade the Computer Science Researcher

John Wilkes spent a year negotiating his move to Google, and when he finally agreed to join the company, he still didn’t know what he’d be working on.

Qnx: The Little-Known Company That Controls Your Car
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Qnx: The Little-Known Company That Controls Your Car

Under the bright lights of the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas last January, a stunning black Bentley sat with the top down on the showroom floor.

Why Big Data Is I.b.m.'s Friend
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Why Big Data Is I.b.m.'s Friend

For big sellers of computer technology to business that are looking to stay relevant, there's no friend quite like Big Data.
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