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Mining 24 Hours a Day with Robots
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Mining 24 Hours a Day with Robots

Each of these trucks is the size of a small two-story house. None has a driver or anyone else on board.

Researcher explores Earwax's Potential as Robotic Filter
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Researcher explores Earwax's Potential as Robotic Filter

Alexis Noel, a doctoral student at the Georgia Institute of Technology, is exploring the innovative potential of earwax as a high-tech filter for use in robotics...

What's Your 'public Credit Score'? The Shanghai Government Can Tell You
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What's Your 'public Credit Score'? The Shanghai Government Can Tell You

The Shanghai city government thinks it can make citizens more honest through a smartphone app.

Implantable Microrobots: Manufacturing Platform Makes Intricate Biocompatible Micromachines
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Implantable Microrobots: Manufacturing Platform Makes Intricate Biocompatible Micromachines

A team of researchers has developed a way to manufacture microscale-sized machines from biomaterials that can safely be implanted in the human body.

The Man Selling Virtual Reality to China
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The Man Selling Virtual Reality to China

One afternoon in December, Kevin Geiger was giving one of his regular talks about storytelling in virtual reality.

Apple Removes New York Times App in China 
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Apple Removes New York Times App in China 

Apple has removed the New York Times app from its store in China after a government request, in an example of how far the company will go to please the authorities...

Computer Scientists Turn Memory Chips Into Processors to Speed Up Computing Tasks
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Computer Scientists Turn Memory Chips Into Processors to Speed Up Computing Tasks

A team of international scientists have found a way to make memory chips perform computing tasks, which is traditionally done by computer processors.

Here's What Happens to Tech in 2017 (unless 2016 Was All a Dream)
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Here's What Happens to Tech in 2017 (unless 2016 Was All a Dream)

What does 2017 hold for the world of tech and media?

Intel: We'll Be Your Net-Connected, Self-Driving Car's Brains
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Intel: We'll Be Your Net-Connected, Self-Driving Car's Brains

It's go time for Intel.

Watch Out Hackers: Deploying Ransomware Is Now a Crime in California
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Watch Out Hackers: Deploying Ransomware Is Now a Crime in California

As of January 1, the delivery of ransomware is illegal in California thanks to Senate Bill 1137 going into effect.

Electrons 'puddle' ­nder High Magnetic Fields, Study Reveals
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Electrons 'puddle' ­nder High Magnetic Fields, Study Reveals

In a new study from the U.S. Department of Energy's Argonne National Laboratory, researchers used extremely high magnetic fields — equivalent to those found in...

Additive Manufacturing: A New Twist For Stretchable Electronics?
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Additive Manufacturing: A New Twist For Stretchable Electronics?

A 3-D printing-like approach to manufacturing may help make stretchable electronics more prevalent, say researchers at Missouri University of Science and Technology...

Engineers Create Programmable Silk-Based Materials With Embedded, Pre-Designed Functions
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Engineers Create Programmable Silk-Based Materials With Embedded, Pre-Designed Functions

Tufts University engineers have created a new format of solids made from silk protein that can be preprogrammed with biological, chemical, or optical functions,...

Novel Hardware-Based Modeling Approach For Multi-Robot Tasks
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Novel Hardware-Based Modeling Approach For Multi-Robot Tasks

Researchers at the Moscow Power Engineering Institute propose implementing a hardware-based modeling system for multi-robot collaborative tasks concentrating on...

How Russia Recruited Elite Hackers For Its Cyberwar
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How Russia Recruited Elite Hackers For Its Cyberwar

Aleksandr B. Vyarya thought his job was to defend people from cyberattacks until, he says, his government approached him with a request to do the opposite.

The Last of New York's Commodity Trading Pits Are Closing for Good on Dec. 30
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The Last of New York's Commodity Trading Pits Are Closing for Good on Dec. 30

Starting in the late 19th century, commodities traders and brokers crammed each day into New York City's trading pits, shouting, and signaling their way to a deal...

How One Reporter Turned to His Readers to Investigate Donald Trump
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How One Reporter Turned to His Readers to Investigate Donald Trump

David Fahrenthold's coverage of Donald Trump’s charities this year for The Washington Post stood out for its quality and depth. It also stood out the way he did...

Rewriting the Code of Life
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Rewriting the Code of Life

Early on an unusually blustery day in June, Kevin Esvelt climbed aboard a ferry at Woods Hole, bound for Nantucket Island.

Why Hire Engineers With Disabilities? They're Practiced Problem Solvers
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Why Hire Engineers With Disabilities? They're Practiced Problem Solvers

After graduating, mechanical engineer Kurt Driscoll endured more than 100 interviews over 10 months before he was finally hired.

Smart Gadgets Need Security. Startups, That's Your Cue
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Smart Gadgets Need Security. Startups, That's Your Cue

At CES next week, expect booth after booth of smart devices—and a host of approaches to their security.
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