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Hail Cyborgs! The Line Between Robots and Humans Is Blurring
The advance of robotics heralds an increasingly porous boundary between machines and people.
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World Cup Kickoff Looms For Demo of Brain-Controlled Machine
During the World Cup next week, there may be 1 minute during the opening ceremony when the boisterous stadium crowd in São Paulo falls silent: when a paraplegic...
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Tetris at 30: An Interview with the Historic Puzzle Game's Creator
Thirty years ago today, a little game about dropping geometrically strange thingamajigs — originally clusters of punctuation marks—into neat, lookalike rows kicked...
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Baggage Claim: Airlines Are Winning the War on Lost Luggage
The number of bags delayed, damaged or lost by airlines has fallen by more than half since the industry hit a low point for lost luggage six years ago.
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Intelligent Machines for Tomorrow’s Factory
The European Union's SkillPro research project is developing a plug-and-produce process to speed mass manufacturing of industrial goods.
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A Fast Look at Swift, Apple's New Programming Language
If anyone outside Apple saw Swift coming, they certainly weren't making any public predictions.
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How Ebay's Research Laboratories Are Tackling the Tricky Task of Fashion Recommendations
If you've ever puzzled over what to wear in the morning, you might also have wondered whether you could leave the choice to an algorithm that could recommend a...
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Theoretical Physics: Complexity on the Horizon
When physicist Leonard Susskind gives talks these days, he often wears a black T-shirt proclaiming "I ♥ Complexity".
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New Nanotech May Provide Power Storage in Cables, Clothes
A new method to transmit and store electricity in a single lightweight copper wire could lead to smaller electronic devices because it could make batteries obsolete...
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Robots: Can We Trust Them with Our Privacy?
Joss Wright is training a robot to freak people out.
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2d Transistors Promise a Faster Electronics Future
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory researchers say they have developed the world's first fully two-dimensional field-effect transistor.
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Simple Sewing Machine Has High-Tech Role in Future 'soft' Machines
Purdue University researchers have altered a standard sewing machine so it can create ultra-stretchable interconnects out of conventional wire.
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360-Degree Camera Shoots Vr Movies For Oculus Rift
Step into the silver screen with movies shot using the Panopticam.
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Wearable Submarine to Hunt for 2000-Year-Old Computer
The world's most advanced robotic diving suit is getting ready to help search for one of the world's oldest computers.
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New Chip to Bring Holograms to Smartphones
In the future, virtual reality won't require strapping a bulky contraption to your head.
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E launches world’s largest civilian robotics program – 240,000 new jobs expected
The European Commission and 180 companies and research organizations have launched the world’s largest civilian research and innovation program in robotics.
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Bake Your Own Robot
Massachusetts Institute of Technology researchers recently introduced the concept of "bakable robots."
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American Businesses in China Feel Heat of a Cyberdispute
A top Chinese general was in a combative mood as he presided recently over an international security forum at a historic hotel near the Forbidden City. Among the...
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Bake Your Own Robot
Printable robots—those that can be assembled from parts produced by 3-D printers—have long been a topic of research in the lab of Daniela Rus, the Andrew and Erna...
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