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World's First 'cybathlon' Pits High-Tech Prosthetics Against One Another
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World's First 'cybathlon' Pits High-Tech Prosthetics Against One Another

Bob Radocy finished screwing a light bulb into a lamp perched on the desk ... and the crowd went wild.

Facebook Has Repeatedly Trended Fake News Since Firing Its Human Editors
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Facebook Has Repeatedly Trended Fake News Since Firing Its Human Editors

The Intersect ran a little experiment a few weeks ago: During the work day, we’d check in with Facebook each hour, on the hour, and record which topics were trending...

The Search For Virtual Reality's Killer App
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The Search For Virtual Reality's Killer App

Sony Corp.'s release of the PlayStation VR on Thursday brings virtual reality to the cusp of mainstream adoption.

Vr Started with Gaming, But It Will Take Over Every Other Industry
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Vr Started with Gaming, But It Will Take Over Every Other Industry

"We are looking at sensory immersion.

Synchronizing Optical Clocks To One Quadrillionth Of A Second
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Synchronizing Optical Clocks To One Quadrillionth Of A Second

Despite distance and turbulence challenges, a team of researchers has successfully used a frequency comb to demonstrate femtosecond-level optical clock synchronization...

Welcome Your New Robot Overlords: Humans
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Welcome Your New Robot Overlords: Humans

I became a robot.

Highlights from the 2016 World Maker Faire
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Highlights from the 2016 World Maker Faire

The chill in the air last weekend was a reminder that fall has arrived in New York City.

Smallest. Transistor. Ever.
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Smallest. Transistor. Ever.

A research team at the U.S. Department of Energy's Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory has created a transistor with a working 1-nanometer gate.

Science at Cusp of 'transformational' Grasp of Life via Cell Modeling, Researchers Say
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Science at Cusp of 'transformational' Grasp of Life via Cell Modeling, Researchers Say

A new paper recently published in the Journal of Molecular Biology shows how advances in molecular biology and computer science around the world soon may lead to...

3-D-Printed Robots With Shock-Absorbing Skins
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3-D-Printed Robots With Shock-Absorbing Skins

By "programming" customized soft materials, an MIT CSAIL team can 3-D print safer, nimbler, more durable robots.

Even with Rising Wages, Robot Revolution Skips Restaurants
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Even with Rising Wages, Robot Revolution Skips Restaurants

Clamshell grills are making burger flipping obsolete at McDonald’s, Johnny Rockets and other burger chains. Digital kiosks, tabletop tablets and mobile phones are...

The Myths and Reality About Interstellar Travel
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The Myths and Reality About Interstellar Travel

Science fiction writers and moviemakers have shown us countless visions of humanity spread out across the Universe, so you might be forgiven for thinking that we've...

The Computer Voting Revolution Is Already Crappy, Buggy, and Obsolete
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The Computer Voting Revolution Is Already Crappy, Buggy, and Obsolete

Six days after Memphis voters went to the polls last October to elect a mayor and other city officials, a local computer programmer named Bennie Smith sat on his...

Turning to the Brain to Reboot Computing
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Turning to the Brain to Reboot Computing

With computation stuck in a rut, computer scientists are scrambling for new ideas.

Why Big Pharma Wants to Collect 2 Million Genomes
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Why Big Pharma Wants to Collect 2 Million Genomes

Five months after announcing its intentions to gather genome sequences from 2 million people, pharmaceutical giant AstraZeneca has selected geneticist David Goldstein...

Iphone Exploit Bounty Surges to an Eye-Popping $1.5 Million
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Iphone Exploit Bounty Surges to an Eye-Popping $1.5 Million

A controversial broker of security exploits is offering $1.5 million (£1.2 million) for attacks that work against fully patched iPhones and iPads, a bounty that's...

Room-Temp Superconductors Could Be Possible
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Room-Temp Superconductors Could Be Possible

Scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy's Brookhaven National Laboratory are one step closer to understanding how to harness the power of superconductivity...

Baseball Was Way Easier to Predict in 2016, Except For Fly Balls
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Baseball Was Way Easier to Predict in 2016, Except For Fly Balls

Heading into the final week of the regular season, the MLB playoff picture is almost settled.

Why Data Is the New Coal
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Why Data Is the New Coal

"Is data the new oil?" asked proponents of big data back in 2012 in Forbes magazine. By 2016, and the rise of big data's turbo-powered cousin deep learning, westated Fortune...

Scientists Visualize Quantum Behavior of Hot Electrons
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Scientists Visualize Quantum Behavior of Hot Electrons

Scientists have, for the first time, identified a method of visualizing the quantum behavior of electrons on a surface. The findings present a possible step forward...
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