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Movement in Space
Microsoft's drive to integrate Kinect technology into a wide array of products is not slowing.
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Hacking Cars to Keep Them Safe
Tiffany Rad got interested in hacking cars because she wanted to drive her Land Rover off-road on rugged terrain without worrying about setting off the air bags...
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Russia Blames Mars Probe Failure on Space Radiation
Russia blamed radiation on Tuesday for a computer glitch that doomed its Mars moon mission, but space industry experts cast doubt on the findings of an investigation...
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New Breed of Electron Interactions in Quantum Systems
University of New South Wales scientists have published research suggesting that quantum electronics could be driven by the orbital nature of electrons, and not...
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Apple Introduces S to the Wild World of Coded Magnets
Once in a while we're treated to a new Apple invention that virtually contains a new self-contained world of possibilities and vocabulary to enrich it.
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Pinch-Screen Puts All Your Fingers in Control
Tablet computers and smartphones are designed to be used by a person's thumbs, but a new device developed by the Technical University of Berlin's Katrin Wolf enables...
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sing Real-Time Road Traffic Data to Evaluate Congestion
Cambridge University researchers are working on the Transport Information Monitoring Environment (TIME) project, which aims to provide data that enables businesses...
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Researchers Devise New Means For Creating Elastic Conductors
North Carolina State University researchers have developed a method for creating elastic conductors made of carbon nanotubes, which they say could lead to the large...
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Researchers Corral Chip Power-Performance Requirements
Researchers are exploring ways to improve the energy efficiency of microprocessor hardware and software as next-generation chips and languages grow even more power...
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What The Fbi Wants In A Social Media Monitoring App
The FBI has raised eyebrows in the tech world with a public document that asks for advice on how to harvest information from social networking sites.
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Build p Your Phone's Defenses Against Hackers
Chuck Bokath would be terrifying if he were not such a nice guy. A jovial senior engineer at the Georgia Tech Research Institute in Atlanta, Mr. Bokath can hack...
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Intel Sees Exabucks in Supercomputing's Future
Last Monday, Intel shelled out $125 million to buy Infiniband from Qlogic, a little-known maker of data-center networking switches and cards. At first blush, it...
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Car Control Software Chaos Revealed in Major Safety Study
While automated software control systems are increasingly being used in vehicles, safety authorities do not have enough expertise to measure or regulate them, according...
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Oxford, Harvard Scientists Lead Data-Sharing Effort
More than 50 collaborators at over 30 scientific organizations worldwide have developed a common standard that will enable scientists to share data from different...
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Fbi Seeks Data-Mining App For Social Media
The U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation wants to develop a data-mining application that will enable the agency to monitor social media network activity for intelligence...
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Sensor Networks Could End Parking Rage
The anger many drivers feel from having to search and wait for parking spaces to open up might be quelled by arrays of networked sensors embedded in city streets...
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Technology That Translates Content to the Internet Protocol of the Future
Carlos III University of Madrid researchers working on the Trilogy project have developed technology that enables Internet protocol version 6 (IPv6) users to access...
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Pursuing Iphone Thief, Officer Knew Right Buttons to Push
As crime-solving tools go, it may not have the same pedigree as, say, the oversize magnifying glass.
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Humans Lose, Robots Win in New Defense Budget
The big loser in the Pentagon’s new budget? Ordinary human beings.
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