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For Popular Khan Academy, a Critical Voice Amid the Adulation
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For Popular Khan Academy, a Critical Voice Amid the Adulation

In the past year, education-reform icon Sal Khan has been lauded by Bill Gates as the "teacher to the world" and has been listed among Time magazine's 100 most...

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World-Class Cryptos Wanted: Researchers Seek Help Decoding "Encrypted Warhead"

Researchers have renewed their call for help in cracking an "encrypted warhead" they believe was unleashed by a powerful nation-state and may be poised to search...

Despite Layoffs, Google's Motorola Strategy Aims at Innovation
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Despite Layoffs, Google's Motorola Strategy Aims at Innovation

Google is shaking things up at its new subsidiary Motorola Mobility, announcing Monday that it will lay off 20 percent of the company's global workforce. Its strategy...

Nasa Mohawk Guy Bobak Ferdowsi on Sci-Fi, Legos, and Becoming a Meme
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Nasa Mohawk Guy Bobak Ferdowsi on Sci-Fi, Legos, and Becoming a Meme

As space geeks watched nervously to see if NASA's Curiosity rover would land safely on Mars, many found themselves wondering, "Hey, who's that cool dude with the...

My Life as a Telecommuting Robot
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My Life as a Telecommuting Robot

I was strolling down the hall to a meeting on a Wednesday afternoon when I suddenly blacked out, coming to a halt.

Robot Master
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Robot Master

When you visit Manuela Veloso at Carnegie Mellon University, you're not guided to her office by a security officer or even issued instructions by a secretary at...

Russian Tech Giants Aim to Replicate Success Abroad
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Russian Tech Giants Aim to Replicate Success Abroad

The gleaming, glass-fronted building towers over its more traditional neighbors in this quiet street in central Moscow. But it is not just Yandex's headquarters...

Commercial Blue-Sky Research Lives on at Ibm's Watson Center
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Commercial Blue-Sky Research Lives on at Ibm's Watson Center

In the decades following World War II, the U.S. emerged as the leading center of scientific research through the efforts of three types of institutions: its research...

Curiosity's Martian Playground Is Technically Located in Pasadena
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Curiosity's Martian Playground Is Technically Located in Pasadena

Seventeen miles from downtown L.A., on the campus of NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, there's a small stretch of earth covered in beach sand, decomposed...

Software to Help Cities Monitor Traffic More Accurately
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Software to Help Cities Monitor Traffic More Accurately

New software developed at Ohio State University helps in-road traffic detectors count cars more accurately — and save city planners money.

His Other Car Is on Mars
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His Other Car Is on Mars

On Earth, Scott Maxwell drives his red Prius without paying much attention to the San Gabriel Mountains in the distance.

I've Inherited 200k Lines of Spaghetti Code—what Now?
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I've Inherited 200k Lines of Spaghetti Code—what Now?

kmote asks: I am newly employed as the sole "SW Engineer" in a fairly small shop of scientists who have spent the last 10–20 years cobbling together a vast code...

In the Olympics of Algorithms, a Russian Keeps Winning Gold
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In the Olympics of Algorithms, a Russian Keeps Winning Gold

If Vladimir Putin glances out the Kremlin window at just the right moment, he has a chance of glimpsing the world's best computer programmer in Google's Moscow...

Brogrammers Wanted
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Brogrammers Wanted

"What is best in life? Is it to crush your enemies, to see them driven before you, and to hear the lamentation of their women? Well, that's a pretty good start....

Computer Scientist Explores Device-Independent Mobile Apps
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Computer Scientist Explores Device-Independent Mobile Apps

Eli Tilevich of Virginia Tech has garnered a Microsoft Research Software Engineering Innovation Foundation Award to solve the problems of porting applications across...

Identifying Dolphins With Technology
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Identifying Dolphins With Technology

A computer program developed by students at Eckerd College simplifies the process of manual photo identification of bottlenose dolphins and other species.

Writing Graphics Software Gets Much Easier
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Writing Graphics Software Gets Much Easier

A new programming language for image-processing algorithms yields code that's much shorter and clearer — but also faster.

Why Investors Willingly Pay Speed Traders Extra Billions
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Why Investors Willingly Pay Speed Traders Extra Billions

When high-frequency traders defend themselves against criticism that they're screwing up the stock market by distorting prices or making it more volatile, their...

Startup's Software Simulates Wireless Environments
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Startup's Software Simulates Wireless Environments

A Tennessee company, Networcsim, has licensed software from Oak Ridge National Laboratory that will help industries install wireless networks more cost-effectively...

Visualization Tool Analyzes Large-Scale Data Sets
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Visualization Tool Analyzes Large-Scale Data Sets

A research team at the Georgia Tech Research Institute has developed a software tool that enables users to perform in-depth analysis of modeling and simulation...
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