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Stanford Researchers Build Complex Circuits Made of Carbon Nanotubes
Stanford University researchers say they have developed one of the most complex carbon nanotube circuits to date.
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Stuxnet Missing Link Found, Resolves Some Mysteries Around the Cyberweapon
As Iran met in Kazakhstan this week with members of the UN Security Council to discuss its nuclear program, researchers announced that a new variant of the sophisticated...
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The Art of Cyberwar
The New York Times’ front-page report last week that the Chinese army is hacking into America's most sensitive computer networks from a 12-story building outside...
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Three Radical New Brain-Mapping Tools Scientists Want Obama to Deliver
The Obama administration wants to make a huge investment in mapping the human brain,according to The New York Times. How can they get the most bang for their buck...
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What's Next For the Presidential Innovation Fellows?
The Presidential Innovation Fellows program is seeking its next wave of fellows, to build on the foundation of the projects launched by the first wave.
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Linux-Savvy It Pros Are in High Demand, Low Supply
A new survey finds that businesses and government agencies are aggressively seeking to hire IT professionals with Linux skills.
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Sandia Draws From Nuclear Science in Inaugurating New Cyber Lab
Sandia National Laboratories has launched the Cybersecurity Engineering Research Laboratory, testing hardware vulnerabilities and modeling cyberweapons on supercomputers...
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Could a Computer on the Police Beat Prevent Violence?
A team of University of Michigan researchers have used police data to show how computer models can help identify a city's most violent areas.
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Human-Robot Relations: Why We Should Worry
Technology is eroding social connections between human beings as machines step in to fill social needs, according to one researcher.
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The Next Frontier Is Inside Your Brain
The Obama administration is planning a multiyear research effort to produce an "activity map" that would show in unprecedented detail the workings of the human,...
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A Genetic Code For Genius?
At a former paper-printing factory in Hong Kong, a 20-year-old wunderkind named Zhao Bowen has embarked on a challenging and potentially controversial quest: uncovering...
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How Augmented-Reality Content Might Actually Work
Augmented reality is very exciting. The promise of it is this: all the information on the Internet overlaid on the real world exactly where and when you need it...
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The Ar-15 Is More Than a Gun. It's a Gadget
I was shaking as I shouldered the rifle and peered through the scope at the small steel target 100 yards downrange.
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New Ipad App For People With Sight Loss Needs Backing From Publishers
A new iPad app could make it easier for people with macular disease to read.
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Researchers Find Way to Pinpoint Location Where Online Video Was Shot
New video-recognition technology under development can analyze video and determine the time and place it was shot, according to researchers.
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MIT Researchers Build Quad Hd Tv Chip
A new high-efficiency video coding (HEVC) chip demonstrates that implementing HEVC algorithms in silicon chips is possible.
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Touchy-Feely Bionic Hand Closer to Reality
A bionic hand under development features an interface that links the hand to a person's nervous system.
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Writing Without Keyboard: Handwriting Recognition on the Wrist
Researchers have developed an "air-writing" system that uses sensors attached to a glove to recognize hand movements as a user writes letters in the air.
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