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The Quantum Company
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The Quantum Company

"I've been doing combative stuff since I was born," says Geordie Rose, leaning back in a chair in his small, windowless office in Burnaby, Canada, as he describes...

The Most Amazing Map You'll See Today (no Matter What Day It Is)
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The Most Amazing Map You'll See Today (no Matter What Day It Is)

There are many way to celebrate your 70th birthday.

What the Digital Brains of the Future Might Be Like
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What the Digital Brains of the Future Might Be Like

It is the rare entrepreneur who hits it truly big twice. Those who do—such as Ev Williams, Ted Turner, and Elon Musk—tend to stay within the original industry that...

Nvidia's Graphics Brawn Powers Supercomputing Brains
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Nvidia's Graphics Brawn Powers Supercomputing Brains

Nvidia, trying to move its graphics chips into the supercomputing market, has found a niche helping engineers build brain-like systems called neural networks.

Scientists Reach Milestone for Quantum Networks
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Scientists Reach Milestone for Quantum Networks

Researchers at Georgia Tech are reporting a quantum network milestone: they've entangling light with an optical atomic coherence composed of interacting atoms...

Chiral Ferromagnet Demo Hints at High-Performance Storage Systems
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Chiral Ferromagnet Demo Hints at High-Performance Storage Systems

MIT researchers have demonstrated efficient control of magnetism in chiral ferromagnets, which could lead to better data storage systems.

Now You Can Build Google's $1m Artificial Brain on the Cheap
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Now You Can Build Google's $1m Artificial Brain on the Cheap

Andrew Ng wants to bring deep learning—an emerging computer science field that seeks to mimic the human brain with hardware and software into the DIY era.

Can You Feel Me Now?
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Can You Feel Me Now?

An array that tracks motor vibrations through the skin may help engineers design wearable tactile displays that use the skin as a medium of communication.

Why Google Is the Big Data Company That Matters Most
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Why Google Is the Big Data Company That Matters Most

Every now and then, someone asks "Who’ll be the Google of big data?"

DARPA Robotics Challenge: The Search For the Perfect Robot Soldier
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DARPA Robotics Challenge: The Search For the Perfect Robot Soldier

The Atlas robot looks something out of the post-apocalyptic future, or maybe a Will Smith blockbuster. It's a 330lb cyborg with eerily human-like hands and a head...

The Body Electric: Researchers Move Closer to Low-Cost, Implantable Electronics
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The Body Electric: Researchers Move Closer to Low-Cost, Implantable Electronics

New technology under development at Ohio State University is paving the way for low-cost electronic devices that work in direct contact with living tissue inside...

Securing the Cloud
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Securing the Cloud

A new algorithm solves a major problem with homomorphic encryption, which would let Web servers process data without decrypting it.

How You and I Could Become Nodes in the Internet of Things
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How You and I Could Become Nodes in the Internet of Things

Ever wonder what the network infrastructure of the future will be? Try looking in the mirror.

Spintronics Approach Enables New Quantum Technologies
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Spintronics Approach Enables New Quantum Technologies

Researchers highlight the power of emerging quantum technologies in two papers recently published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

Hack a Virus, Win a Prize: Scientist Recognized For 'useful' Germ Modding
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Hack a Virus, Win a Prize: Scientist Recognized For 'useful' Germ Modding

The inventor of a viral technology behind tomorrow's electric car batteries, flexible touchscreen computers, and non-invasive cancer screening was awarded a $500...

How and Why to Teach Your Kids to Code
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How and Why to Teach Your Kids to Code

Whether or not your child grows up to be the next Zuckerberg, programming is a highly useful skill for him or her to learn.

Is Coding the New Second Language?
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Is Coding the New Second Language?

It's first period at Harlem's Cristo Rey high school, a private Catholic school for motivated low-income kids.

Sri International Is an Innovation Powerhouse Trying to Rise Above the Noise of Apple, Google, and Facebook
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Sri International Is an Innovation Powerhouse Trying to Rise Above the Noise of Apple, Google, and Facebook

When Intel worried years ago that its marvelous innovation wasn't being noticed by consumers-at-large, it launched the ubiquitous "Intel Inside" campaign.

The Robot Revolution Is For the Birds
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The Robot Revolution Is For the Birds

Human flight has become boring.

Galaxies Fed By Funnels of Fuel
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Galaxies Fed By Funnels of Fuel

Computer simulations of galaxies growing over billions of years have revealed a likely scenario for how they feed: a cosmic version of swirly straws.
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