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Did a U.s. Radar Research Station Disable Russia's Phobos Probe?
Soon after the ill-fated Phobos-Grunt spacecraft stalled in Earth orbit, a former Russian official implicated "powerful American radars" in Alaska. Is there a...
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Multi-Purpose Photonic Chip Paves the Way to Programmable Quantum Processors
University of Bristol researchers have developed an optical chip that generates, manipulates, and measures two quantum phenomena, entanglement and mixture, which...
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First Molybdenite Microchip
Researchers at Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne's Laboratory of Nanoscale Electronics and Structures have developed a molybdenite microchip that confirms...
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How seful Is a Captured Drone?
An American surveillance drone has been captured and filmed in Iran, where experts are apparently examining it.
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Streamlining Chip Design
MIT researchers have developed a system that enables hardware designers to specify, in a single programming language, all of the functions they want a device to...
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New '3-D' Transistors Promising Future Chips, Lighter Laptops
Researchers at Harvard and Purdue universities have developed a type of transistor made from indium-gallium-arsenide, a material that could replace silicon and...
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7 Real, Functional Robots You Can Buy Right Now
You don't need top military clearance or a degree from MIT to use some of today's most advanced robots.
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Putting the 'art' in Artificial Intelligence
Like many kids, Antonio Torralba began playing around with computers when he was 13 years old. Unlike many of his friends, though, he was not playing video games...
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Speed of Light Lingers in Face of New Camera
More than 70 years ago, the MIT electrical engineer Harold (Doc) Edgerton began using strobe lights to create remarkable photographs: a bullet stopped in flight...
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Flight of the Warbots
How a save-the-earth maker of solar-powered aircraft became the world's most prolific manufacturer of military drones.
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It Won't Be Easy For Iran to Dissect, Copy .s. Drone
Prepare the dissection table. Iran says it’s planning to disassemble its prized acquisition: a CIA-operated drone that apparently crashed in its territory. Its...
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Iranian Armed Forces to Simulate U.s. Rq-170 Drone
A senior parliamentarian underlined Tehran's advanced technological capabilities and possibilities, and said the Iranian Armed Forces intend to simulate the design...
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Pro-Grade (3D Printer-Made?) ATM Skimmer
In July 2011, a customer at a Chase Bank branch in West Hills, Calif., noticed something odd about the ATM he was using and reported it to police.
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Look, p in the Sky! It's a Drone, Looking at You
Unmanned aircraft—or drones—are playing a large role in U.S. military operations in Afghanistan, but they're starting to show up the the skies above the U.S....
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Voice Control, the End of the Tv Remote?
Before he died on Oct. 5, Steve Jobs left clues that he was working on a new product that would revolutionize how we interact with our TVs. "It will have the...
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Does Apple's Siri Threaten Google's Search Monopoly?
The future of search may look a little like Kirsten Goldenberg, a 14-year-old high-school student in Los Angeles. When she needs help with a homework problem,...
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IBM's 3 Big Chip Breakthroughs Explained
IBM has made three breakthroughs that could help chips continue following Moore's Law.
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Drone Crash in Iran Reveals Secret .s. Surveillance Effort
The stealth C.I.A. drone that crashed deep inside Iranian territory last week was part of a stepped-up surveillance program that has frequently sent the United...
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Body-Sharing Robot Lets You Experience Another Place
Ever wished you could be in two places at once? Now you can share your body with a telepresence robot created by Dzmitry Tsetserukou of Toyohashi University of...
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