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How Technology Is Slowly Developing Its Sense of Smell
Last week I attended what was, I think it is fair to say, the oddest conference I have been to yet. It was the first world congress of the Digital Olfaction Society...
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Mathematicians Predict the Future With Data From the Past
In Issac Asimov's classic science fiction saga Foundation, mathematics professor Hari Seldon predicts the future using what he calls psychohistory.
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Coming Soon: A Truly Chinese Internet
Replete with its own thriving news portals, social media, and gaming sites, the Chinese Internet could take a major step toward becoming fully Chinese by the end...
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Never Mind Facebook; Winklevoss Twins Rule in Digital Money
The Winklevoss twins, Cameron and Tyler—Olympic rowers, nemeses of Mark Zuckerberg—are laying claim to a new title: bitcoin moguls.
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Virtual Reality Creates Infinite Maze in a Single Room
A new virtual reality system enables users to step into a labyrinth and wander an endless maze of rooms and corridors, but without actually leaving their living...
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Mechanical Computer Flexes Its Muscle
An artificial, muscle-based computer could have significant potential for the field of robotics.
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New Kit Pumps Up 3D Feedback
Lancaster University scientist Eduardo Velloso is building on the technology behind his augmented reality-based feedback system to link computers to emotions.
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Advancing Secure Communications: A Better Single-Photon Emitter For Quantum Cryptography
Researchers say they have developed a more efficient single-photon emitter than can be made using traditional semiconductor processing techniques.
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A Smartphone to Verify Halal Products the Upm Way
The smartphone application MyHalal uses Android-based mobile devices to scan the barcode of a product to confirm its halal status from a database. I
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Tiny Chiplets: A New Level of Micro Manufacturing
Under a microscope, four slivers of silicon—electronic circuits called chiplets—perform an elaborate, jerky dance as if controlled by a hidden puppet master.
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Nasa 2014 Budget: More For Asteroids, Less For Planets and Education
The White House released its requested federal budget yesterday, which includes NASA funding.
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Obama Budget Makes Cybersecurity a Growing .s. Priority
President Barack Obama proposed on Wednesday increased spending to protect U.S. computer networks from Internet-based attacks in a sign that the government aims...
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Redesigned Material Could Lead to Lighter, Faster Electronics
A new technique generates one-atom-thick sheets of germanium that it conduct electrons more than 10 times faster than silicon.
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AT&T Researchers Set a Long-Haul Data Record
A new method increases the distance that large amounts of data can travel through a fiber-optic connection.
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Will Bitcoins Make Me Rich?
Let me begin this column with a lengthy disclosure. One morning last week, I stopped at my bank, filled out a withdrawal slip for $1,027.51, and walked away with...
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Futuristic 'Transient Electronics' Disappear When No Longer Needed
Tiny, biocompatible electronic devices could be implanted into the body to relieve pain or battle infection for a specific period of time before dissolving.
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This Humanoid Robot Gets Pushed Around but Stays on Its Feet
The COmpliant huMANoid (COMAN) robot features joints with variable stiffness.
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British Library Sets Out to Archive the Web
The British Library is archiving every British website and e-book for future researchers.
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Robot Truck Platoons Roll Forward
Imagine cruising down a three-lane highway and rounding a bend to find four trucks rolling along in single-file. They are all traveling close together—perhaps too...
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