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Drone Catcher: 'robotic Falcon' Can Capture, Retrieve Renegade Drones
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Drone Catcher: 'robotic Falcon' Can Capture, Retrieve Renegade Drones

Researchers at Michigan Technological University have developed a drone-catching system that pursues and captures rogue drones by shooting a big net attached to...

Drones Aren't Just Toys Anymore
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Drones Aren't Just Toys Anymore

When you think of a certain kind of drone—the quadcopter, not those UAVs running missions in Waziristan—you might picture overeager dads abandoning their Christmas...

Automakers, Not Silicon Valley, Lead in Driverless Car Patents: Study
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Automakers, Not Silicon Valley, Lead in Driverless Car Patents: Study

Automakers, not technology companies, are in the driver's seat in developing self-driving, "autonomous" cars, and Japan's Toyota Motor Corp is best positioned to...

Learning to Apply Data Science to Business Problems
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Learning to Apply Data Science to Business Problems

One of the most exciting parts of data science is that it can be applied to many domains of knowledge, given our newfound ability to gather valuable data on almost...

How a Nation of Tech Copycats Transformed Into a Hub for Innovation
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How a Nation of Tech Copycats Transformed Into a Hub for Innovation

The young programmer had an idea, and everyone thought it was nuts.

What's He Building in There? The Stealth Attempt to Defeat Aging at Google's Calico.
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What's He Building in There? The Stealth Attempt to Defeat Aging at Google's Calico.

Talk about a headline that sings. "Google vs. Death." The Time magazine cover story from September 2013 heralded the creation of California Life Company, or Calico...

Here's Why the ­niversity of California Is Getting Into the Venture Capital Business
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Here's Why the ­niversity of California Is Getting Into the Venture Capital Business

In September of last year, the University of California Board of Regents approved the creation of an independent venture fund that would launch with $250 million...

What You Need to Know About Artificial Intelligence, and the Imminent Robot Future
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What You Need to Know About Artificial Intelligence, and the Imminent Robot Future

Do androids dream of electric sheep? That's unclear, but I know for sure that every kid dreams of intelligent, thinking robots—certainly every kid who goes on to...

The First Person to Hack the Iphone Built a Self-Driving Car. In His Garage
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The First Person to Hack the Iphone Built a Self-Driving Car. In His Garage

A few days before Thanksgiving, George Hotz, a 26-year-old hacker, invites me to his house in San Francisco to check out a project he’s been working on.

It Pays to Be a Privacy Officer
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It Pays to Be a Privacy Officer

Who's your company's CPO? That's chief privacy officer.

Nsf and Federal Partners Award $37m to Advance Co-Robots
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Nsf and Federal Partners Award $37m to Advance Co-Robots

The NSF — in partnership with the several U.S. government departments and agencies — has announced $37 million in new awards to spur the development and use of...

SynTouch Is Giving Robots the Ability to Feel Textures Like Humans Do
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SynTouch Is Giving Robots the Ability to Feel Textures Like Humans Do

There's just nothing like holding a new product in your hands.

Grandfather of Vr: The Virtual Can Show the Beauty of the Real
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Grandfather of Vr: The Virtual Can Show the Beauty of the Real

Thomas Furness is known as the pioneer who stood at the inception of what we know today as virtual reality.

China's Internet Forum May Provide a Peek at Its Cyber-Ambitions
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China's Internet Forum May Provide a Peek at Its Cyber-Ambitions

Heads of state, including the prime ministers of Pakistan and Russia, and major technology firms will gather Wednesday in Wuzhen, a picturesque little town of canals...

Hands-On With Microsoft's Hololens, One Year Later
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Hands-On With Microsoft's Hololens, One Year Later

One year after showing off HoloLens, Microsoft's augmented reality rig remains very much a work in progress.

Spinoff 2016 Highlights Space Technologies Used in Daily Life on Earth
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Spinoff 2016 Highlights Space Technologies Used in Daily Life on Earth

NASA technology is all around us, turning trash into oil, saving women from a deadly complication of childbirth, and putting the bubbles in beer.

Inside the 2016 Black Market for Donor Emails
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Inside the 2016 Black Market for Donor Emails

Scott Walker has begun selling access to his email list to pay off his leftover presidential debt, renting out the email addresses of hundreds of thousands of supporters...

In Virtual Reality, Exercise Bike Becomes a Race Car
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In Virtual Reality, Exercise Bike Becomes a Race Car

A new stationary bike from Boston startup VirZoom requires an unusual accessory while you’re pedaling: a virtual-reality headset, so you can turn your workout into...

How Researchers Are Turning 'star Wars' Droids Into Reality
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How Researchers Are Turning 'star Wars' Droids Into Reality

Researchers at the University of Notre Dame are working to make droids more science fact than science fiction.

How Artificial Intelligence Could Change the Way We Watch Sports
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How Artificial Intelligence Could Change the Way We Watch Sports

Computers have already been trained how to write up quick summaries of sporting events after studying the box score, putting the jobs of sports journalists at risk...
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