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Getting 'physical' and Emotional in Virtual Reality
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Getting 'physical' and Emotional in Virtual Reality

If you think about virtual reality, you probably think of it as the place where gamers don an Oculus headset and go shoot up enemies in 3D or travel space.

Facebook to Open AI Lab in Paris
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Facebook to Open AI Lab in Paris

Facebook is to expand its artificial intelligence research, opening its first lab outside the US, in Paris.

Deciphering the 'Book of Life' With Supercomputers
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Deciphering the 'Book of Life' With Supercomputers

Novel algorithms, computational techniques, and an innovative programming language have helped scientists simplify and speed up genome assembly, reducing a months...

Google Wants to Turn Your Clothes Into a Computer
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Google Wants to Turn Your Clothes Into a Computer

If you thought it was only a matter of time before Google tried to turn your pants into a computer, well, guess what, you were right.

The Inside Story of Google's Bizarre Plunge Into Vr
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The Inside Story of Google's Bizarre Plunge Into Vr

David Coz worked in Google's Paris office, but what he really wanted was a job at the mothership in Silicon Valley.

Online Course Targets High-School Teachers of Computer Science
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Online Course Targets High-School Teachers of Computer Science

Jeff Gray, professor of computer science at The University of Alabama, will lead a free, online course, sponsored by Google, this summer to train high-school...

Can Google Fix Gesture Tech with Tiny, All-Knowing Sensors?
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Can Google Fix Gesture Tech with Tiny, All-Knowing Sensors?

Ivan Poupyrev looks like he's playing the world's smallest violin.

Nasa Begins Testing Mars Lander For Next Mission to Red Planet
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Nasa Begins Testing Mars Lander For Next Mission to Red Planet

Testing is underway on NASA's next mission on the journey to Mars, a stationary lander scheduled to launch in March 2016.

MIT Cheetah Robot Lands the Running Jump
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MIT Cheetah Robot Lands the Running Jump

MIT researchers have trained a robotic cheetah to see and jump over hurdles while maintaining an average running speed of 5 miles per hour.

Darpa's Online Games Produce Thousands of Formal Verification Annotations
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Darpa's Online Games Produce Thousands of Formal Verification Annotations

DARPA has launched a second round of online games to extend its success using crowdsourced games as an effective means of producing software annotations

'deep Learning' Will Soon Give ­S Super-Smart Robots
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'deep Learning' Will Soon Give ­S Super-Smart Robots

Yann LeCun is among those bringing a new level of artificial intelligence to popular internet services from the likes of Facebook, Google, and Microsoft.

Raptor Code Selected For Next-Gen Supercomputer Readiness Project
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Raptor Code Selected For Next-Gen Supercomputer Readiness Project

Raptor, a turbulent combustion code developed at Sandia National Laboratories, was selected as a partnership project for the CAAR program focused on optimizing...

Spiraling Laser Pulses Could Change the Nature of Graphene
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Spiraling Laser Pulses Could Change the Nature of Graphene

A new study predicts that researchers could use spiraling pulses of laser light to change the nature of graphene, paving the way for experiments on new states...

At Mit, Mastering the Science of Working from Home
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At Mit, Mastering the Science of Working from Home

A group of employees at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology's business school is experimenting with policies that could usher in a new era of flexible work...

A New Kind of Wood Chip: Collaboration Yields Biodegradable Computer Chips
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A New Kind of Wood Chip: Collaboration Yields Biodegradable Computer Chips

In an effort to alleviate the environmental burden of electronic devices, researchers have developed a semiconductor chip made almost entirely of wood.

Helping Robots Put It All Together
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Helping Robots Put It All Together

An algorithm developed at MIT lets autonomous robots divvy up assembly tasks on the fly.

Behind the Downfall at Blackberry
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Behind the Downfall at Blackberry

Ever since Jim Balsillie and Mike Lazaridis stepped down as co-chairmen and co-chief executives of BlackBerry, neither has spoken much in public about the once-dominant...

Speak, Toy! Welcome to the Age of Chatting with Your Teddy Bear
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Speak, Toy! Welcome to the Age of Chatting with Your Teddy Bear

Sitting in his company's small Midtown Manhattan office, JP Benini speaks casually into his smartphone. "Hello!"

Speak, Toy! Welcome to the Age of Chatting with Your Teddy Bear
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Speak, Toy! Welcome to the Age of Chatting with Your Teddy Bear

Sitting in his company's small Midtown Manhattan office, JP Benini speaks casually into his smartphone. "Hello!"

Harvesting Tech Extends Smart Phone Charge by 30 Percent
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Harvesting Tech Extends Smart Phone Charge by 30 Percent

Technology developed at Ohio State University captures wasted cell phone energy and feeds it back to battery to extend battery life by 30 percent on a single charge...
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