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The First Computer Musician
In 1957 a 30-year-old engineer named Max Mathews got an I.B.M. 704 mainframe computer at the Bell Telephone Laboratories in Murray Hill, NJ, to generate 17 seconds...
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Why There's No Nobel Prize in Computing
When Nobel Prizes are dished out each fall, the most accomplished professionals in computing, telecom, and IT have usually been left out in the cold. That's...
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Brain Calisthenics For Abstract Ideas
Like any other high school junior, Wynn Haimer has a few holes in his academic game. Graphs and equations, for instance: He gets the idea, fine—one is a linear...
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The Defenders: Inside an Online Siege
In a quiet, windowless auditorium in Bristol, in the west of England, Lucy Robson and her team hunch over their laptops as the seconds on a giant clock above...
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Making the Case For Security
Major corporations have made serious mistakes with information security recently, resulting in spectacular failures to protect business and customer records....
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The Next Great Resource Shortage: U.S. Scientists
The word "stem" is tossed around so much at education meetings these days, you'd think you were at a gardening seminar. STEM is shorthand for "science, technology...
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The Rise of a New Science Superpower?
Since the turn of the 21st century, the number scientific papers published predominantly by Chinese researchers in any of the Nature journals has risen from six...
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Robot Wars Prepare Kids For Manufacturing Jobs
Robot battles have drawn kids into novels, TV shows, and movies for decades. Now companies are using robot wars to attract a new generation of employees to high...
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Funny Science Sparks Serious Spat
U.S. Sen. Tom Coburn, R-Okla., issued a 73-page report, "The National Science Foundation: Under the Microscope," after months of signals from GOP leaders that the...
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All the News That's Fit For You
Personalized news promises to make daily journalism profitable again, but technical and cultural obstacles have slowed the industry's adoption of automated personalization...
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The Promise of Flexible Displays
New screen materials could lead to portable devices that are anything but rectangular, flat, and unbendable.
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Biology-Inspired Networking
Researchers have developed a new networking algorithm, modeled after the neurological development of the fruit fly, to help distributed networks self-organize more...
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Tracking the Flow of Knowledge
Do scientists' job locations have any impact on the way their work spreads? Or, in today’s highly networked world, does research flow around the globe without...
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Calculating the Potential Return on Your Major
As the cost of college climbs ever higher each year, amid a national economic forecast that remains cloudy, questions about the value of a four-year degree are...
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Red Hot: The Computer Science Job Market
Across the United States, new computer science graduates from strong programs are receiving extraordinary job offers, with starting salaries as high as $105,000...
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Why Would-Be Engineers End Up As English Majors
Amenah Ibrahim vividly remembers her first introduction to thermodynamics.
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Awards Encourages Women to Break Tech Glass Ceiling
The Anita Borg Institute for Women and Technology recently held its annual Women In Vision Awards honoring women who are challenging the male-dominated technology...
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Bin Laden Compound Now a Virtual Training Ground for Commandos
To passers-by, T.J., a fit 20-something, is running around a red felt carpet about half the size of a basketball court inside a convention center. In his mind...
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Pressure Mounts on Western Washington University to Preserve Computer Science Department
The Washington Technology Industry Association and the Technology Alliance—two of the largest technology member organizations in the state—have joined the fight...
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