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This Augmented-Reality Sandbox Turns Dirt Into a i
We've seen how kids take to touchscreens. To them, our unfathomably sophisticated smartphones and tablets are about as hard to figure out as a bucket full of blocks...
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Robots: Is the Uncanny Valley Real?
Mick Walters opens a door in his lab and points his computer's camera towards the small, blurry, tan-coloured object he has just revealed. "This is Kaspar Two,"...
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Beyond The Shadows: Apple's Ios 7 Is All About The Screen
At some point in the coming weeks, users of Apple iPhones and iPads will wake up to an alert that there is a new version of the company's mobile operating system...
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Your Phone Is Blabbing Your Location to Anyone Who Will Listen
Everywhere you go, your phone is sending out signals that can be assembled to form a picture of your movements.
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A Robot to Beat Humans at Foosball
Students from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne have developed a foosball-playing robot. The machine uses one computer to control the movement...
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Computer Science Teacher Certification 'deeply Flawed,' Report Says
State systems for certifying computer science teachers are fundamentally flawed, according to a report from the Computer Science Teachers Association.
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Why Video Games May Be Good For You
Games have long been accused of making players violent, but evidence has been building over the years that they can have positive effects.
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Twitter 'joke Bots' Shame Human Sense of Humor
Two Twitter bots generate phrases that are funny by virtue of not being particularly funny, to poke fun at human tweeters' own attempts at humor.
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These Patterns Move, But It's All an Illusion
Focus on the ball at the center of the image. The scene appears to vibrate. If you move your head slightly forward and backward, the color fields of the rosette...
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Ephemeral Data
Privacy issues can evaporate when embarrassing content does likewise.
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Remembering Douglas Engelbart
"Inspiring," "visionary," "humble," "honest," "impeccable integrity," "passionate and stubborn about his work." Tributes poured in for Douglas Engelbart, inventor...
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Carmakers Look to Video Games For New Routes to Market
The spoiler popped up automatically when the speedometer of the new Audi RS7 Sportback moved past 130 kilometers an hour on Charles Bridge in central Prague, creating...
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Apple Patents 3d Gesture i For Ios Based on Proximity Sensor Input
The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office on Tuesday published an Apple patent for a method of generating and manipulating a 3D object on a computing device, with the...
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Google Maps Trained S to Follow Directions. Now Its Former Developer Wants S to Explore.
It's not evident from the way his hair flops casually down and across, nor from his equally relaxed demeanor, but John Hanke is one of Google's most important idea...
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Research Shows Precisely Which Strategies Help Players Win Team-Oriented Video Games
A new technique can determine which strategies give players an advantage at multi-player, real-time strategy games.
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Nice Threads! Computer Scientists Develop New Model to Simulate Cloth on a Computer With Unprecedented Accuracy
A new model simulates the way cloth and light interact, making cloth look more realistic in animated movies and video games.
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More Connected Homes, More Problems
As a growing number of Internet-connected home appliances hit the market, David Bryan and Daniel Crowley worry that digital ne'er-do-wells will get new ways to...
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Views You Can se? How Online Ratings Affect Your Judgment
Are you influenced by the opinions of other people—say, in the comments sections of websites?
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The Science Behind the Netflix Algorithms That Decide What You'll Watch Next
If you liked 1960s Star Trek, the first non-Trek title that Netflix is likely to suggest to you is the original Mission: Impossible series (the one with the cool...
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