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Google's Project Glass Engineers: Who Are They?
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Google's Project Glass Engineers: Who Are They?

Google’s Project Glass has put new focus on Google X, the lab at the tech giant where engineers work to develop the next big thing.

Turning Dumbphones to Smartphones
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Turning Dumbphones to Smartphones

"I'm not a mobile phone guy," says Guy Kamgaing with a chuckle.

Microsoft Banks on Mobile Apps
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Microsoft Banks on Mobile Apps

Microsoft Corp., struggling to dent the dominance of Apple Inc. and Google Inc. in the smartphone market, is stepping up efforts to court app makers like Hemi Weingarten...

Rutgers Teams With IBM on Supercomputer Center
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Rutgers Teams With IBM on Supercomputer Center

Rutgers has launched a high-performance computing center focused on the application of "big data" analytics in life sciences, finance, and other industries aimed...

Researchers ­nveil Robot Jellyfish Built on Nanotechnology
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Researchers ­nveil Robot Jellyfish Built on Nanotechnology

UT Dallas and Virginia Tech researchers have created an undersea vehicle inspired by the common jellyfish that runs on renewable energy.

NASA GRAIL Returns First Student-Selected Moon Images
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NASA GRAIL Returns First Student-Selected Moon Images

One of two NASA spacecraft orbiting the moon has beamed back the first student-requested pictures of the lunar surface from its onboard camera. Fourth grade students...

Six Research Teams Begin ­sing Blue Waters Early Science System
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Six Research Teams Begin ­sing Blue Waters Early Science System

Six research teams have begun using the first phase of the Blue Waters sustained-petascale supercomputer to study some of the most challenging problems in science...

The Robots Are Coming! Better Get Used to It
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The Robots Are Coming! Better Get Used to It

For those of you reluctant to welcome our new robot overloads, it might be time to reconsider your stance.

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...

Physicists Identify and Suppress Barrier to Faster Graphene Devices
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Physicists Identify and Suppress Barrier to Faster Graphene Devices

A team of physicists from Vanderbilt University report that they have nailed down the source of the interference inhibiting the rapid flow of electrons through...

Berkeley Supports It Startups High Atop the Campus
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Berkeley Supports It Startups High Atop the Campus

High above the University of California, Berkeley campus, IT entrepreneurs are being given the opportunity to grow their startups in the four-month-old Skydeck...

Where 4,000,000 Phones a Year Go to Be Resurrected
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Where 4,000,000 Phones a Year Go to Be Resurrected

The first thing I noticed when I stepped into Recellular's Ann Arbor warehouse was the flags. From the rafters, the flags of the world oversee the processing of...

Nintendo Wii Game Controllers Help Diagnose Eye Disorder
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Nintendo Wii Game Controllers Help Diagnose Eye Disorder

Scientists are using Wii remotes to assess and diagnose children with ocular torticollis, an abnormal head position caused by eye diseases.

Supercomputer Center Announces 2012 Internships For High School Students
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Supercomputer Center Announces 2012 Internships For High School Students

The San Diego Supercomputer Center at UC San Diego is holding a volunteer internship program for high school students this summer to assist them in gaining experience...

Building Blocks: Awesome Lego Science Models
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Building Blocks: Awesome Lego Science Models

There may be no better way to engage kids of all ages in learning about science than with a Lego-based DNA molecule, robot or rocket.

Gordon Supercomputer: Ready for Researchers
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Gordon Supercomputer: Ready for Researchers

The Gordon supercomputer at the San Diego Supercomputer Center has begun helping national academic researchers as well as industry and government agencies perform...

Community College Scholars Selected to Design Rovers
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Community College Scholars Selected to Design Rovers

Community college students will have the chance to design robotic rovers in cooperation with NASA.

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...

In Space and on Earth, Why Build It, When a Robot Can Build It For You?
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In Space and on Earth, Why Build It, When a Robot Can Build It For You?

Like something out of "Star Wars," armies of robots could nimbly crawl up towers and skyscrapers to make repairs in the not-so-distant future, so humans don’t have...

Ornl Completes First Phase of Titan Supercomputer Transition
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Ornl Completes First Phase of Titan Supercomputer Transition

Oak Ridge National Laboratory's Jaguar supercomputer has completed the first phase of an upgrade that will keep it among the most powerful scientific computing...
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