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Next List 2017 20 Tech Visionaries Who Are Creating the Future
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Next List 2017 20 Tech Visionaries Who Are Creating the Future

Microsoft will build computers even more sleek and beautiful than Apple's. Robots will 3-D-print cool shoes that are personalized just for you.

Tech's Diversity Issues Could Cost It $16 Billion a Year
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Tech's Diversity Issues Could Cost It $16 Billion a Year

Unfair treatment at work is a big reason tech workers leave. It affects underrepresented groups and it's costing the industry, a study shows.

Can Early Experiences With Computers, Robots Increase STEM Interest Among Young Girls?
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Can Early Experiences With Computers, Robots Increase STEM Interest Among Young Girls?

Incorporating more programming activities in the classroom or at home may ignite and sustain girls' interest in technology and boost confidence in their abilities...

Light Has New Capacity For Electronics
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Light Has New Capacity For Electronics

Researchers have demonstrated a photo-dielectric effect that is not due to photo-conduction, a finding expected to contribute to the development of photo-capacitors...

Wireless Power Could Enable Ingestible Electronics
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Wireless Power Could Enable Ingestible Electronics

Researchers have devised a way to wirelessly power small sensors or drug delivery devices that could reside in the digestive tract indefinitely after being swallowed...

The Big Missed Opportunity With Big Data
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The Big Missed Opportunity With Big Data

A seemingly endless trove of data is available from increasingly connected consumers, but most companies continued to operate as if it was business as usual. Professor Raj...

Researcher Takes the Driver's Seat for Safe, Autonomous Vehicles
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Researcher Takes the Driver's Seat for Safe, Autonomous Vehicles

ORNL researcher Jackeline Rios-Torres sees connected and automated vehicles as a key to safer, more efficient future transportation.

New Colorado Law Calls For State Standard In Computer Science Education
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New Colorado Law Calls For State Standard In Computer Science Education

Gov. John Hickenlooper signed a bill aimed at boosting computer science education in Colorado's public schools. The goal is to prepare Colorado students for jobs...

Inside China's Plans For World Robot Domination
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Inside China's Plans For World Robot Domination

Scenes from China's quest to dominate the robotic future: At startup E-Deodar, a human-looking droid serves coffee to employees who are building $15,000 industrial...

­ci Aims to Become First ­niversity to Launch Rocket Into Space
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­ci Aims to Become First ­niversity to Launch Rocket Into Space

A $1 million gift from a nonprofit STEM workforce development firm will establish a rocketry program at the University of California, Irvine with the intent of...

Defending Science: How the Art of Rhetoric Can help
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Defending Science: How the Art of Rhetoric Can help

Science seems to be under attack in America, so much so that scientists and their supporters are marching in the streets.

Why Is Russia So Good at Encouraging Women Into Tech?
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Why Is Russia So Good at Encouraging Women Into Tech?

Irina Khoroshko, from Zelenograd near Moscow, had learned her times tables by the age of five.

Why Tech Workers Showed Up to March For Science
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Why Tech Workers Showed Up to March For Science

Demonstrators turned out in an estimated 600 cities around the world on Saturday (April 22) to rally for science and its role in policy-making, many tech workers...

Facebook Plays Vital Role in Reducing Government Corruption, Researchers Find
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Facebook Plays Vital Role in Reducing Government Corruption, Researchers Find

A Virginia Tech economics researcher says the popular social media website – and its open sharing of information – is a vital and often a significant tool against...

President Trump's New Order Gives China Tech Opportunity To 'hire American' Too
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President Trump's New Order Gives China Tech Opportunity To 'hire American' Too

The same week that President Trump issued his hire American executive order, the president of one of China's top tech companies said his company wants to do the...

How to Build Your Own Moonshot Lab, According to Astro Teller
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How to Build Your Own Moonshot Lab, According to Astro Teller

From balloon-based Internet to self-driving cars, Astro Teller and his team have produced some of the world's most ambitious technology products.

Sensor-Filled Glove Could Help Doctors Take Guesswork Out of Physical Exams
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Sensor-Filled Glove Could Help Doctors Take Guesswork Out of Physical Exams

An interdisciplinary team of researchers has developed a glove with wearable sensors and robotics technology that could be used to accurately measure muscle stiffness...

Not Stuck on Silicon
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Not Stuck on Silicon

A technique developed by MIT engineers may vastly reduce the overall cost of semiconductor wafer technology and enable devices made from more exotic, higher-performing...

50 Years Ago, a Computer Pioneer Got a New York Subway Race Rolling
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50 Years Ago, a Computer Pioneer Got a New York Subway Race Rolling

Fifty years ago, Peter Samson, one of the inventors of Spacewar, considered the world's first video game, began another craze underground.

Find Out If a Robot Will Take Your Job 
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Find Out If a Robot Will Take Your Job 

At a community college in upstate New York, 12 cafeteria workers recently learned that they will lose their jobs—and be replaced by self-serve machines.
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