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CMU Launches Initiative Using Robots to Boost Science, Technology Majors
Carnegie Mellon University has launched Fostering Innovation through Robotics Exploration (FIRE), a new initiative that will leverage students' interest in robots...
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It Employment Jumps For First Time Since 2008
The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics' quarterly current population survey report shows that IT employment rose an estimated 5 percent during the second quarter,...
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ECS Releases All Public Data in Open Linked Data Format
The University of Southampton's School of Electronics and Computer Science (ECS) recently became the United Kingdom's first university department to release all...
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Robots as the Next Big Industry?
Although a lot of artificial intelligence (AI) research has moved away from robotics and into creating algorithms for business intelligence, finance, the Web, and...
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Tiny Springs Could Reduce Microchip Waste
Palo Alto Research Center researchers led by Eugene Chow have developed a technique involving microscale springs that make computer chips more reliable and less...
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Stony Brook University Receives Nsf Grant to Design 'holodeck'
Stony Brook University received a $1.4 million National Science Foundation grant to build what its creator described as the closest thing in the world to Star Trek's...
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Battery Research Could Shorten Recharge Time For Cell Phones
Researchers from Pacific Northwest National Laboratory have demonstrated that small quantities of graphene can dramatically improve the power and cycling stability...
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In a First, Full-Sized Robo-Copter Flies With No Human Help
In mid-June, a single-turbine helicopter took off from a test field in Mesa, Arizona, avoided obstacles in-flight, scoped out a landing site and landed safely....
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U.S. DOE Awards $2.04 Million to Rensselaer Nuclear Engineering Program
More than $2 million in funding from the U.S. Department of Energy will strengthen nuclear research and education, and help develop the next generation of nuclear...
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Rainbow Trapping in Light Pulses
A group of scientists at Nanjing University in China have shown how a rather wide spectrum of light—a rainbow of radiation—can be trapped in a single structure....
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Enhancing the ser Experience With Mixed Reality
What we perceive in the world is highly influenced by what we are looking for. Now European researchers have used this theory to create a convincing and engaging...
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China Seeks to Reduce Internet Users' Anonymity
A leading Chinese Internet regulator has vowed to reduce anonymity in China's portion of cyberspace, calling for requirements that people use their real names when...
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Voice Blogging Gains Momentum With Hibuddy
After social networking, blogging, micro blogging comes a new phenomenon called voice blogging. It indeed is what you think it is. It is a voice blogging service...
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China Loses Web Filter Battle
Green Dam, the company behind the controversial mandate to install filtering software on every computer in China, has closed its Beijing office and is running...
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nique Thz 'fingerprints' Will Identify Hidden Explosives from a Distance
A breakthrough in remote wave sensing by a team from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute opens the way for detecting hidden explosives, chemical or biological agents...
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Google's Do-It-Yourself App Creation Software
Google is bringing Android software development to the masses. The company will offer a software tool, starting Monday, that is intended to make it easy for people...
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Feds Publish Final Ehealth 'meaningful Use' Rules
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) today issued the final guidelines that will determine how doctors, hospitals and other medical care facilities...
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Sinister Take on Search Engine Optimization
Cybercriminals are increasingly using SEO to trick computer users into visiting malicious websites, according to security researchers. In one tactic, cybercriminals...
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Java Supplants IT Security as Most Sought-After Tech Skill Set, Survey Finds
Java/J2EE has become the most difficult skill set and position to fill, according to a new Dice.com survey. Java development has supplanted IT security and virtualization...
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