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German Railways to Test Anti-Graffiti Drones
The idea is to use airborne infra-red cameras to collect evidence, which could then be used to prosecute vandals who deface property at night.
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Century-Old Science Helps Confirm Global Warming
A new NASA and university analysis of ocean data collected more than 135 years ago by the crew of the HMS Challenger oceanographic expedition provides further confirmation...
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Hackers Find China Is Land of Opportunity
Hacking is openly discussed and promoted in China.
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Google nveils Tornado Crisis-Response Map Effort For Moore, Ok
Google's Crisis Response unit created a crisis map Web page to assist the community of Moore, OK, in its cleanup and recovery.
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Marketing to the Big Data Inside S
Companies market to you according to your shopping habits, your age, your salary, and your social-media activities. In the future, they may be able to advertise...
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Hackers Find China Is Land of Opportunity
Name a target anywhere in China, an official at a state-owned company boasted recently, and his crack staff will break into that person's computer, download the...
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Computational Tool Translates Complex Data Into 2-Dimensional Images
A new computational method lets scientists visualize high-dimensional data produced by single-cell measurement technologies such as mass cytometry.
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Energy-Efficient Computing Work Earns Science Foundation's Support
Arizona State University professor Carole-Jean Wu is researching how to convert waste heat in computing systems to usable electricity.
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ACM Honors Computing Innovators
ACM's awards celebrate achievements in networks, information retrieval, multi-agent systems, computer science education, versatile compiler technologies, and more...
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40 Years Ago, Ethernet's Fathers Were the Startup Kids
Bob Metcalfe, Dave Boggs, and the rest of the scientists at Xerox Palo Alto Research Center in 1973 were a lot like young developers at a Silicon Valley startup...
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3D Modeling Technology Offers Groundbreaking Solution for Engineers
New software will make it easier for engineers to develop real-world safety assessments of structures and foundations.
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Parcels Find Their Way to You Via the Crowd
A potential crowd-powered delivery system called TwedEx would deliver packages to consumers without requiring them to deviate from normal routes.
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Is This Virtual Worm the First Sign of the Singularity?
For all the talk of artificial intelligence and all the games of SimCity that have been played, no one in the world can actually simulate living things. Biology...
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The Audacious Plan to End Hunger with 3D Printed Food
Anjan Contractor's 3D food printer might evoke visions of the "replicator" popularized in Star Trek, from which Captain Picard was constantly interrupting himself...
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The Future of Propaganda: Sean Gourley on Big Data and the 'war of Ideas'
In 2009, Sean Gourley, an Oxford-trained physicist, gave a TED talk called "The Mathematics of War."
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How to Hack a Nation's Infrastructure
I'm watching a live video feed of people visiting a cafe in London.
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Intel Fuels a Rebellion Around Your Data
Intel Labs is launching a data economy initiative to help consumers realize more of the value of their personal digital information.
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Program Motivates Native Alaskans to Pursue STEM Careers
U.S. education needs improved quality control if it is to produce better results, says the founder of the Alaska Native Science and Engineering Program.
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How to Make a Less Creepy Robot? Simple, Just Add Data
Disney’s research arm has solved a problem that you probably didn’t even know robots have—their inability to accept objects from people in a natural way.
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