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Can Detroit Beat Google to the Self-Driving Car?
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Can Detroit Beat Google to the Self-Driving Car?

"I like to drive cars," says Mark Reuss, product development chief at General Motors, "so this is a little funny."

On the Road to Ang Vehicles
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On the Road to Ang Vehicles

Berkeley Lab researchers have found a way to store natural gas as a transportation fuel, which could help make the driving range of an adsorbed-natural-gas (ANG)...

Change the Shape, Change the Sound
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Change the Shape, Change the Sound

Computer scientists have demonstrated that sound can be controlled by 3-D-printed shapes. 

How Activists Are Forcing the White House to Say Where It Stands on Encryption
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How Activists Are Forcing the White House to Say Where It Stands on Encryption

A petition calling for President Obama to support strong encryption and "reject any law, policy or mandate" that would undermine digital security reached 100,000...

Behind the Scenes of the Internet's First Football Game
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Behind the Scenes of the Internet's First Football Game

At 5:05 AM Sunday, long before the rest of Sunnyvale, California, will wake up, Yahoo's control room is packed.

A Basis For All Cryptography
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A Basis For All Cryptography

A tool that would provide a secure foundation for any cryptographic system may be close at hand.

Beyond Siri: Colorado State Researchers Are Bridging Human-Computer Interaction
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Beyond Siri: Colorado State Researchers Are Bridging Human-Computer Interaction

Looking to transform human-computer interaction, Colorado State University researchers are developing technologies to help computers recognize non-verbal commands...

The Gop Has a Tech Talent Problem It Might Not Solve
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The Gop Has a Tech Talent Problem It Might Not Solve

Scott Walker's withdrawal from the 2016 presidential race last month was tough on staffers like Matt Oczkowski—as it turns out, tougher than he thought.

Do Women Place Less Importance on Their Careers Than Men? Professor Rebuts Misconceptions
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Do Women Place Less Importance on Their Careers Than Men? Professor Rebuts Misconceptions

There is a pre-existing assumption that women place less importance on their careers than men. A new study by an Ithaca College professor challenges this assumption...

Unraveling the Complex, Intertwined Electron Phases in a Superconductor
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Unraveling the Complex, Intertwined Electron Phases in a Superconductor

Scientists may have discovered a link between key components of the "electron density wave" state and the pseudogap phase in a high-temperature superconductor

Former NSA Head's Cyber-Security Startup Raises $32.5 million
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Former NSA Head's Cyber-Security Startup Raises $32.5 million

Former U.S. National Security Agency Director Keith Alexander's cyber security startup, IronNet Cybersecurity Inc, said on Monday it had raised $32.5 million in...

Google Turning Its Lucrative Web Search Over to AI Machines
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Google Turning Its Lucrative Web Search Over to AI Machines

When Google-parent Alphabet Inc. reported eye-popping earnings last week its executives couldn’t stop talking up the company's investments in machine learning and...

Faster Optimization
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Faster Optimization

A general-purpose optimization algorithm described in the winner of the best-student-paper award at the FOCS 2015 symposium promises order-of-magnitude speedups...

­p to 27 Seconds of Inattention After Talking to Your Car or Smartphone
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­p to 27 Seconds of Inattention After Talking to Your Car or Smartphone

It takes a driver up to 27 seconds to regain full attention after issuing voice commands to a smartphone or car infotainment system while driving, University of...

Flying Robobees Will Soon Have Laser Eyes
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Flying Robobees Will Soon Have Laser Eyes

Flying insects designed for agriculture and disaster relief will rely on technology used by driverless cars.

You Wouldn't Think It, But Typeface Piracy Is a Big Problem
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You Wouldn't Think It, But Typeface Piracy Is a Big Problem

It's safe to assume that most people have no idea that fonts, like music or movies, are protected by intellectual property laws, they usually come with a hefty...

Where Are the Hoverboards? Ithaca College Professor Says Not Too Far Off
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Where Are the Hoverboards? Ithaca College Professor Says Not Too Far Off

The levitating technology Marty McFly encountered in his jaunt through Oct. 21, 2015 during the 1989 film "Back to the Future II" isn't as far-fetched as it might...

Penn State Develops Technology to Create Robot-Written Textbooks
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Penn State Develops Technology to Create Robot-Written Textbooks

Penn State has developed a technology that works with faculty to automatically build complete textbooks from open resources on the Web according to topics and keywords...

Museum Specimens Find New Life Online
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Museum Specimens Find New Life Online

In a brightly lit room on the third floor of the Museum of Natural History here, stacks of wooden drawers are covered in glass, some panes so dusty that it is difficult...

Tiny Dancers: Can Ballet Bugs Help US Build Better Robots?
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Tiny Dancers: Can Ballet Bugs Help US Build Better Robots?

A team of researchers at Johns Hopkins University studied the hopping skills and landing patterns of spider crickets in the hope of paving the way for a new generation...
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