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Maths Quiz Helps Paralyzed People Talk With Their Eyes
Giving fully conscious but paralysed people hard sums to do might seem like adding insult to injury. But because such brain teasers make the pupils of the eyes...
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Toward Harmonized Aircraft Communication
The European Union is funding a project to merge a full range of aircraft communications applications and services into a coherent digital architecture.
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Simulating 1 Second of Real Brain Activity Takes 40 Minutes and 83k Processors
The world's fourth-fastest supercomputer needed 40 minutes to simulate one second of actual brain activity.
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Reliable Communication, nreliable Networks
Researchers recently unveiled a new framework for analyzing ad hoc networks.
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An App to Lead the Blind
People with night blindness, or nyctalopia, stand to benefit from a smartphone app designed to track the location and distance walked from home or a hotel.
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Japan Sends Talking Robot Into Space as Part of Program to Help Lonely People
A talking robot is expected to reach the International Space Station in the next six days.
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Fledgling 3D Printing Industry Finds Home in Nyc
It looks like a bakery. A warm glow emanates from the windows of big, oven-like machines, and a dusting of white powder covers everything.
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Former Nsa Chief on Latest Leaked Dragnet Spy Program: It's Real, and It's Spectacular
Does the NSA really operate a vast database that allows its analysts to sift through millions of records showing nearly everything a user does on the Internet,...
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The Five Scariest Hacks We Saw Last Week
If something can connect to a network, it can be hacked. Computers and phones are still popular targets, but increasingly so are cars, home security systems, TVs...
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Users of Hidden Net Advised to Ditch Windows
Legitimate users of the Tor anonymous browsing service are being advised to stop using Windows if they want to keep their identity hidden.
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Watch the Intricate Patterns of Global Infrastructure Emerge From Geocoded Tweets
A Northeastern University professor has created a global, navigable map of geo-tagged Twitter data.
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A Phone, or an All-Seeing Sentry at Your Command?
A new form of smartphone interaction could be effected by outfitting the device with peripheral vision though a depth-sensing camera.
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Researchers Overcome Technical Hurdles in Quest for Inexpensive, Durable Electronics and Solar Cells
Researchers have developed a method for creating inexpensive, durable electronics and solar cells made with non-toxic chemicals.
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Military Considers Sharing Radar Frequencies With Wireless Networks
U.S. Navy researchers want to share rarely used wireless military frequencies so that new services can be developed.
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Stanford Engineers Receive Award to Improve Supercomputing and Solar Efficiency
A Stanford University researcher team will spend five years working on predicting the efficiency of a relatively untested, poorly understood method of harvesting...
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Google's Mini-Films Bring to Life the Early Days of Computing and the Internet
Google is sponsoring a series of mini-films about Britain's role in the early days of computers and the Internet.
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Nsa Revelations Could Hurt Collaboration with 'betrayed' Hackers
The U.S. government's efforts to recruit talented hackers could suffer from the recent revelations about its vast domestic surveillance programs, as many private...
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Computer-Brain Interfaces Making Big Leaps
Scientists haven't yet found a way to mend a broken heart, but they're edging closer to manipulating memory and downloading instructions from a computer right into...
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