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Wireless Network Detects Falls by the Elderly
New fall-detection technology would not require the elderly to wear any monitoring devices.
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The Brogrammer Effect: Women Are a Small (and Shrinking) Share of Computer Workers
The percentage of women who are computer workers has been dropping over the past 20 years, according to a recent U.S. Census Bureau report.
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The Boy Genius of lan Bator
Days before I was to meet Battushig Myanganbayar at his home in Mongolia, he sent me an e-mail with a modest request: Would I bring him a pair of tiny XBee wireless...
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Tiny Recon Robots Herald New Generation of Drones
Ex-U.S. Marine Ernest Langdon pulls a pin and throws a small black object onto the ground. But it doesn't explode.
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Grand Theft Auto 5: Inside the Creative Process with Dan Houser
We're four days away now. After a year of pre-publicity and a five-year wait since GTA IV, the latest instalment in Rockstar's gangland opus is almost upon us.
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The Man Who Would Build a Computer the Size of the Entire Internet
Solomon Hykes has started an open source software project called Docker that aims to use the Internet as one enormous computer.
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Artificial-Intelligence Research Revives Its Old Ambitions
Artificial intelligence research has advanced significantly, but much work remains before computers can truly replicate or surpass human intelligence.
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Helping Students Crack Computer Science Code
Massachusetts' Beaver Country Day School wants to integrate software programming into all of its subjects.
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Breakthrough in Cryptography Could Result in More Secure Computing
Researchers have developed the SPDZ protocol, which they say is the fastest known protocol to implement Multi-Party Computation.
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Nsa Expands Academic Cyber Initiative
The U.S. National Security Agency has added several universities to its National Centers of Academic Excellence in Cyber Operations program.
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The Maps Transforming How We Interact With the World
The modern map is no longer an unwieldy printed publication we wrestle with on some blustery peak, but digital, data-rich, and dynamic.
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Mars Rover Camera Invention Could Help Nasa Robots Explore Solo
Every second that a NASA rover roams across the surface of Mars is extremely expensive.
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NASA Spacecraft Embarks on Historic Journey Into Interstellar Space
NASA's Voyager 1 spacecraft officially is the first human-made object to venture into interstellar space. The 36-year-old probe is about 12 billion miles (19 billion...
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Trigger Finger: Apple Fires Biometrics Into the Mainstream
By adding a fingerprint scanner to its newest mobile phone, Apple Inc. is offering a tantalizing glimpse of a future where your favorite gadget might become a biometric...
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The Real Reasons Apple's 64-Bit A7 Chip Makes Sense
Apple injected a lot of marketing hyperbole into its claims about the wonders of 64-bit computing when it showed off the A7 processor at the heart of the new ...
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Tackling Enterprise Threats From the Internet of Things
Security experts warn that a dire threat is posed by the poor security of the Internet of Things.
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Stanford Scientists Use Dna to Assemble a Transistor From Graphene
Researchers are trying to use DNA as a template for creating a new generation of computer chips based on graphene.
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Readying Iris Recognition For Prime Time
A U.S. National Institute of Standards and Technology team says iris scans remain highly reliable over time.
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