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How Facebook's Chief Geek Will Meld Reality with the Oculus
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How Facebook's Chief Geek Will Meld Reality with the Oculus

Facebook chief technology officer Mike Schroepfer turned 40 last month. He (just barely) blew out a row of 40 candles during a mini-celebration at company headquarters...

Why Organism Engineering Could Be a Foodie's Dream Come True
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Why Organism Engineering Could Be a Foodie's Dream Come True

Thanks to recent advances in synthetic biology—a hybrid discipline of engineering and biology that makes possible the manipulation of DNA of microorganisms such...

A Brief History of the Atm
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A Brief History of the Atm

Eyes glaze over when I mention my interest in researching automated teller machines.

Can 'Tandem' Photovoltaics Boost Solar Cell Efficiencies?
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Can 'Tandem' Photovoltaics Boost Solar Cell Efficiencies?

By stacking perovskites atop conventional silicon solar cells, a team of researchers created "tandem" photovoltaics that may achieve significantly higher energy...

How Crashing Drones Are Exposing Secrets About ­.s. War Operations
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How Crashing Drones Are Exposing Secrets About ­.s. War Operations

Crashing drones are spilling secrets about U.S. military operations.

For a Brighter Robotics Future, It's Time to Offload Their Brains
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For a Brighter Robotics Future, It's Time to Offload Their Brains

Robots already stand in for humans in some of the dullest and most dangerous jobs there are, handling everything from painting cars to drilling rocks on Mars.

Better Debugger
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Better Debugger

An algorithm developed at MIT CSAIL automatically identifies integer overflow bugs.

Now Algorithms Are Deciding Whom to Hire, Based on Voice
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Now Algorithms Are Deciding Whom to Hire, Based on Voice

If you're trying out for a job in sales, the person who judges your pitch may not be a person.

Engineers Skeptical About Tim Cook (Marketers Love Him), Says Survey
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Engineers Skeptical About Tim Cook (Marketers Love Him), Says Survey

Engineers and marketers like to think they think different.

Turning Packing Peanuts Into Battery Components
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Turning Packing Peanuts Into Battery Components

Researchers have developed a way to turn discarded packing peanuts into components for rechargeable batteries that could outperform materials in use today.

How 'game of Thrones' Creates Its Dragons
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How 'game of Thrones' Creates Its Dragons

When you hear the words "CGI" or "3-D animation," complex computer languages probably come to mind.

Nature Guides Developer of Wearable Micro-Sensors
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Nature Guides Developer of Wearable Micro-Sensors

Wei Tang, assistant professor at New Mexico State University, is taking a cue from nature to devise the next generation of integrated low-power, wearable micro...

On Pi Day, How Scientists Use This Number
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On Pi Day, How Scientists Use This Number

If you like numbers, you will love March 14, 2015.

Teaching Robots to Be Moral
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Teaching Robots to Be Moral

"Chappie," the highest-grossing movie in America last weekend, is, to put it mildly, not a great film; the critics have given it a twenty-nine on Rotten Tomatoes...

Complex Molecules Made to Order in Synthesis Machine
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Complex Molecules Made to Order in Synthesis Machine

Synthesizing complex molecules is a notoriously fiendish art—and a daily toil for many chemists.

Apple's Contribution to the Smartwatch: An App-Centric Approach and Wi-Fi
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Apple's Contribution to the Smartwatch: An App-Centric Approach and Wi-Fi

As much as patent and trade-dress lawsuits would like to stop it, getting to today's idea of a modern, mature smartphone was a collaborative effort.

Developers Wrestle with Making 'killer App' For Apple Watch
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Developers Wrestle with Making 'killer App' For Apple Watch

Software developers say it will not be easy to come up with a "killer app" for Apple Inc's Watch—few have seen the product and the software is still in test mode...

Patented Process Builds Better Semiconductors, Improves Electronic Devices
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Patented Process Builds Better Semiconductors, Improves Electronic Devices

Kansas State University chemical engineer Jim Edgar has received a patent for a process that may improve electronic devices and benefit manufacturers of semiconductor...

Here's What Will Truly Change Higher Education: Online Degrees That Are Seen as Official
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Here's What Will Truly Change Higher Education: Online Degrees That Are Seen as Official

Three years ago, technology was going to transform higher education. What happened?

To Bring Virtual Reality to Market, Furious Efforts to Solve Nausea
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To Bring Virtual Reality to Market, Furious Efforts to Solve Nausea

Few technologies have generated more attention than virtual reality, which promises to immerse people in 3-D games and video.
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