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Victoria Team Defends Title With Speedy Robot
Victoria University of Wellington students will travel to Sydney, Australia, to defend their title at the Australasian National Instruments Autonomous Robotics...
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.s. Official: Chinese Want Nsa Cyber Schools
Corporate leaders in China believe cyber-relations with the U.S. could improve if Chinese universities taught U.S. National Security Agency-approved curricula.
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Oculus Brings the Virtual Closer to Reality
Virtual reality is virtually here—although its first incarnation will come with short battery life, images that do not quite track eye movements and a tendency...
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Boosting Hispanic Share of Tech Workforce Could Be Key to Closing STEM Gap
Greater Hispanic participation could play a crucial role in reaching the Obama administration's goals for increased student exposure to opportunities in STEM fields...
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The Smithsonian Works to Digitize Millions of Documents
During the past six months, retired pharmaceutical researcher Irv Cantor helped transcribe a 641-page field book written by an archaeologist traveling through 1920s...
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MIT Invents a Magic Lens That Combines All Your Screens Into a Single Experience
When we need to send a command or a file from our smartphone to our laptop, we do it through menus.
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With Tech Taking Over in Schools, Worries Rise
At a New York state elementary school, teachers can use a behavior-monitoring app to compile information on which children have positive attitudes and which act...
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ACM Awards Knuth Prize to Pioneer for Advances in Algorithms and Complexity Theory
Georgia Tech's Lipton cited for introduction of new ideas and techniques
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Google and Edx Put ‘youtube For Courses’ Platform on Hold
Their collaboration opens the edX platform to some new organizations, but individuals will have to wait a while longer.
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Cloud-Computing Revolution Applies to Evolution
Rice University researchers are using a $1.1-million grant to develop parallel-processing tools that track the evolution of genes and genomes across species.
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Why Global Contributions on Wikipedia Are So Unequal
Researchers are seeking to understand the uneven distribution of geographical information about different countries available on Wikipedia.
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Popular Android Apps Fail Basic Security Tests, Putting Privacy at Risk
Many Android applications fail to take basic precautions to protect user data, putting the privacy of upwards of 1 billion people at risk.
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Korea ps Its Robots Game
In 1976 an animated film called Robot Taekwon V captured Korean kids' imaginations with its tale of a superhero robot fending off giant machines bent on world domination...
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Cs50 Logs Record-Breaking Enrollment Numbers
Nearly 12 percent of Harvard College is enrolled in a single course, according to data released by the Faculty of Arts and Sciences Registrar’s Office on Wednesday...
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Researcher Loses Job at Nsf After Government Questions Her Role as 1980s Activist
Federal investigators say Valerie Barr lied during a background check, which led the U.S. National Science Foundation to cancel her temporary assignment.
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So You Want to Hack Apple Pay?
A decade ago, a group of Johns Hopkins University grad students tried to hack one of the first commercially popular Near Field Communication payment systems—the...
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Researchers Advance Artificial Intelligence For Player Goal Prediction in Gaming
New artificial intelligence software that improves the technology's ability to predict player actions in video games could be a key to enhancing player experiences...
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It Certifications Pay Off, If Chosen Wisely
The proper certification can help you get a job, a raise, and sometimes a promotion.
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Code Generation: Kids Who Program Before They Can Read
Schools in England this month are embarking on one of the most ambitious efforts in the ongoing campaign to teach children to code.
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