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Groundbreaking Edsac Computer to Be Recreated at Bletchley Park
The Computer Conservation Society has commissioned a working replica of the Electronic Delay Storage Automatic Calculator (EDSAC), the U.K.'s first fully operational...
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Wikipedia Is Turning 10, and Founder Jimmy Wales Has Big Plans
For a very long while, knowledge was privileged and so were books, and only privileged people had access to either. Then came printing presses and libraries,...
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Madrid Opts For Robotics For Its Citizens Services
The Autonomous Community of Madrid is sponsoring Robocity2030, a consortium aimed at developing new applications for service robots to help improve humans' quality...
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DARPA Wants a New Language to Explain Everything
Darpa has a well-earned rep for some of the most ambitious, over-the-top research programs of all time. But this might be the most over-the-toppest of all. The...
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Virtual Students Are Used to Train Teachers
University researchers have developed teaching simulation programs aimed at helping student teachers be better prepared when they first enter a classroom.
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Nsa's Home Base May Have Crappiest Web Site Ever
Through the gates of Fort George Meade pass the most powerful technical minds that the government employs. But Fort Meade's website contains pixelized, faux-shaded...
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U.s. Revamps Science, Technology Standard-Setting Efforts
As part of the America Competes Reauthorization Act of 2010, the U.S. National Institutes of Standards and Technology has been instructed to expand cooperation...
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U.s. Patent Awards Up 31 Percent in 2010
The number of U.S. patent awards rose 31 percent in 2010, with the U.S. Patent Office issuing a record 219,614 patents. "The number of grants continues to grow...
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White House Calls For Internet Identity Ecosystem to Protect Online Users
The Obama administration has announced a plan to establish an Internet identity ecosystem that will lower the incidence of fraud and identity theft while making...
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NFL Fighting Head Injuries with Technology
The NFL is turning to technology to both measure and mitigate pro football's effect on players' brains, pushing into unexplored territory as officials try to...
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Biometrics For Care Environments
U.K. researchers are exploring user-friendly ways to enable telecare systems and applications to recognize individuals from their facial and vocal characteristics...
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Algorithms Take Control of Wall Street
Last spring, Dow Jones launched a new service called Lexicon, which sends real-time financial news to professional investors. This in itself is not surprising...
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Local Coders Help Improve Government Functions
Local software programmers are helping to enhance U.S. government functions through efforts such as Code for America, a fellowship program that matches cities with...
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How New COMPETES Science Law Broadens NSF Education Programs
The reauthorization of the America COMPETES Act outlines program changes designed to guarantee that all the elements of the U.S. National Science Foundation are...
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2011: The Year of the Personal Robot?
Willow Garage's PR2 personal robot platform, released last year, could lead to new advances in robotic technology. Georgia Tech professor Charles Kemp. Kemp and...
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Keeping Women in Science on a Tenure Track
More women are obtaining Ph.D.s in science than ever before, but those women—largely because of pressures from having a family—are far more likely than their...
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Hackers Find New Way to Cheat on Wall Street
High-frequency trading networks, which complete stock market transactions in microseconds, are vulnerable to manipulation by hackers who can inject tiny amounts...
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