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A New Recruitment Tool for Construction: The Joystick
Plastic excavators, bulldozers and cranes fueled by imagination have long captivated toddlers. Now, the construction industry is trying to attract teenagers with...
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Curiosity Tastes First Sample in 'Clay-Bearing nit'
Scientists working with NASA's Curiosity Mars rover have been excited to explore a region called "the clay-bearing unit" since before the spacecraft launched.
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Photons Trained for Optical Fiber Obstacle Course Will Deliver Stronger Cyber Security
Researchers have demonstrated a technique that will help pairs of entangled photons smoothly navigate optical fibers, enabling stronger cybersecurity.
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MTA's Initial Foray Into Facial Recognition at High Speed Is a Bust
New York's Metropolitan Transportation Authority program to identify high-speed drivers at the Robert F. Kennedy Bridge via facial-recognition technology is a failure...
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Robotic Heads Powered by AI to Help Passengers at Major German Airport
Frankfurt Airport in Germany is the site of a six-week trial of a robotic head powered by artificial intelligence as an information resource for travelers.
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Wormhole Travel Could Be Real, but Would also Be Really Slow
The first Avengers flick hit its dramatic peak when an alien army descended upon New York via a wormhole in the sky.
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Computer Model Automatically, Aesthetically Crops Photos
Researchers have developed a way to permit computers to automatically crop photos in an aesthetically satisfying manner.
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Serious Flaws Leave WPA3 Vulnerable to Hacks that Steal Wi-Fi Passwords
Security researchers has found several serious design flaws in the Wi-Fi Protected Access (WPA3) protocol.
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Google Turns Your Android Phone Into Security Key
Google says it has developed a Bluetooth-based authentication protocol that will enable smartphones to communicate with the Chrome Web browser.
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Amazon Workers Are Listening to What You Tell Alexa
Amazon employs thousands of people around the world to listen to voice recordings captured in Echo owners' homes and offices.
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3D Facial Analysis Could Help Identify Children with Rare Conditions
A new tool can identify subtle but important differences in facial geometry, allowing medical professionals to more quickly diagnose rare medical conditions in...
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Who Comes to the Rescue of Stranded Robots? Humans
Robot manufacturers think it is vitally important to win over pedestrians and local officials as they try to expand the emerging technology into communities.
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Radical Programming School '42' Still Solving for the Skills Gap
The radical educational experiment is geared to solving the tech industry's chronic shortage of skilled programmers.
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Hello World: Shining a Light onto the Culture of Computer Programmers
A chat with tech journalist Clive Thompson about his new book, Coders.
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A Revolutionary Imaging Technique ses a Single Pixel to Fill Our Terahertz Blind Spot
At almost every wavelength, engineers have electromagnetic antennae that can detect and record the waves and create exotic images of the world at radio, microwave...
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Researchers Develop Method to Improve 3D-Printed Prosthetics by Integrating Electronic Sensors
Researchers have integrated electronic sensors with personalized three-dimensionally-printed prosthetics, which could make electric-powered prosthetics more affordable...
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Google's Drone Delivery Business Wins Approval in Canberra
Project Wing, a branch of Google parent Alphabet, has received approval from Australia's aviation regulator to deploy its drone delivery service for the city of...
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Self-Driving Car Learns to Navigate Narrow European Streets Like a Human Driver
U.K. startup Wayve said it has created an autonomous vehicle that can learn to drive the way a human does, through trial and error, using cameras and satellite...
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