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Holograms Could Bring Videogame-Like Navigation to Your Car
There are plenty of ways to get directions in the car, but most have one big shortcoming.
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Resilience, Not Abstinence, May Help Teens Battle Online Risk
Researchers found keeping teens safe on the Internet can be achieved by boosting their ability to cope with online risks, rather than trying to stop them from going...
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c Berkeley Team Builds 'smart' Grocery Cart With Recycled Smartphones
A smart grocery cart was the winning product concept in the inaugural Smartphone Encore Challenge.
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Nasa Bids Farewell to Messenger, Its Mercury Orbiter
A bit over 3,900 days ago, NASA sent a probe on a meandering course through the inner Solar System.
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Microsoft Shows Hololens' Augmented Reality Is No Gimmick
Microsoft demonstrated how far its augmented-reality HoloLens wonderland project has come.
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One Way to Reduce Email Stress: Re-Invent the Mailing List
Researchers at MIT CSAIL have developed a prototype system called Murmur that they hope will improve the experience of using email mailing lists by incorporating...
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Online Fact-Checking Tool Gets a Big Test With Nepal Earthquake
A group of volunteer "digital humanitarians" is using an experimental Web platform to crowdsource rumor verification following the 7.8-magnitude earthquake in Nepal...
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Zero Downtime For Gnss Applications
The CALIBRA project team has developed new solutions for ionospheric disturbance, which can affect the positioning of global navigation satellite systems (GNSS)...
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sing Smartphones to Avoid Spatial Disorientation of Elderly
Researchers have turned to network operating technologies to locate and send alerts to elderly people with mild cognitive impairment during episodes of disorientation...
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You Can't Backdoor a Platform
According to law enforcement and intelligence agencies, encryption should come with a backdoor.
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Smartphone Secrets May Be Better Than a Password
Before you read this story, try to answer the following question: Who was the first person to text you today?
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Mercury Mission Set to End with Dramatic Crash
On 30 April, after more than four years in orbit around Mercury, NASA's MESSENGER probe will plunge to its doom.
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Researchers Plan to Demonstrate a Wireless Car Hack This Summer
A note of caution to anyone who works on the security team of a major automobile manufacturer: Don't plan your summer vacation just yet.
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Security Experts Hack Teleoperated Surgical Robot
University of Washington in Seattle researchers are studying the issues associated with the communications technology involved in telesurgery.
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Rosetta Captures Stunning New Images of Comet's Surface and Activity
What happens when you make a low-level flyby of a cometary nucleus?
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Online Discussion Forums Good For Well-Being, Study Shows
New research associates online forums with positive well-being and even increased community engagement offline.
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Prosthetics That Can Feel, Thanks to the Science of Touch
In 2012, Pennsylvania native Jan Scheuermann ate the most satisfying bite of chocolate of her life.
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Project Elysium Wants to se Vr to Revive Deceased Loved Ones
How far is too far when it comes to pushing the boundaries of virtual reality?
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nforgettable Hubble Space Telescope Photos
"This is a really new birthplace of stars," Jennifer Wiseman, senior project scientist for the Hubble Space Telescope, said of the new image, which shows a cluster...
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