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Big Data: When Cars Can Talk
The technologies already exist to allow vehicles to communicate with each other, with an ultimate benefit of safer roads.
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The Body Electric: Researchers Move Closer to Low-Cost, Implantable Electronics
Technology currently under development could lead to low-cost electronic devices that work in direct contact with living tissue inside the human body.
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Carnegie Mellon Method Uses Network of Cameras to Track People in Complex Indoor Settings
Researchers have developed a method for tracking the locations of multiple individuals in complex, indoor settings using a network of video cameras.
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New Tasks Become as Simple as Waving a Hand With Brain-Computer Interfaces
People could learn to control robotic or prosthetic limbs without ongoing concentration, thanks to the way the human brain approaches brain-computer interfaces. ...
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China Could Supplant U.S. as the Supercomputing Superpower
Two weeks ago, Jack Dongarra flew to Changsha, China for a meeting with researchers at the National University of Defense Technology, home to the country's top...
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The Remarkable Properties of Mythological Social Networks
Ten years ago, few people would have heard of a social network.
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Study Gauges Value of Technology in Schools
With school districts rushing to buy computers, tablets, digital white boards, and other technology, a new report questions whether the investment is worth it.
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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?"
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Quantum Invisibility Cloak Hides Objects from Reality
Invisibility cloaks are all the rage these days.
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Graffiti Codes Let You Surf With a Wave of Your Phone
Researchers want to enable people to create quick response (QR) codes on the spot, like graffiti.
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Study Suggests Second Life For Possible Spintronic Materials
Researchers have made two important changes that will allow them to combine manganese and gallium nitride, which could allow them to create spintronics.
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Graphene and Semiconductor Technology Together: Smaller, Cheaper, Better
Researchers are developing semiconductors grown on graphene, which is 200 times stronger than steel, conducts electricity 100 times faster than silicon, and is...
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NIST Researchers Offer Tool to Aid Standards Development, Implementation
Researchers at the U.S. National Institute of Standards and Technology are creating a computer-aided method for developing standards.
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Supreme Court Says Human Genes Aren't Patentable
The Supreme Court unanimously ruled Thursday that human genes isolated from the body can't be patented, a victory for doctors and patients who argued that such...
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1st Web Page Proves as Elusive as Mysteries of the Universe
Scientists may never make a clear-cut discovery of the first Web page ever created because of the nature of how data is stored.
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The Nsa Could Collect Far More Than Your Phone Records from Mobile Operators
The revelation that the National Security Agency is collecting our phone records has generated considerable outrage, but phone call metadata is just the beginning...
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Using Robots to Treat Autism
Therapists and researchers are experimenting with robots to interact with children with autism; the technology, and the technique, could revolutionize the field...
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How Thoughts Can Control a Flying Robot
It's a staple of science fiction: people who can control objects with their minds.
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New Tasks Become As Simple As Waving a Hand with Brain-Computer Interfaces
Small electrodes placed on or inside the brain allow patients to interact with computers or control robotic limbs simply by thinking about how to execute those...
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