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Redesigned Material Could Lead to Lighter, Faster Electronics
A new technique generates one-atom-thick sheets of germanium that it conduct electrons more than 10 times faster than silicon.
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AT&T Researchers Set a Long-Haul Data Record
A new method increases the distance that large amounts of data can travel through a fiber-optic connection.
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Will Bitcoins Make Me Rich?
Let me begin this column with a lengthy disclosure. One morning last week, I stopped at my bank, filled out a withdrawal slip for $1,027.51, and walked away with...
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Futuristic 'Transient Electronics' Disappear When No Longer Needed
Tiny, biocompatible electronic devices could be implanted into the body to relieve pain or battle infection for a specific period of time before dissolving.
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This Humanoid Robot Gets Pushed Around but Stays on Its Feet
The COmpliant huMANoid (COMAN) robot features joints with variable stiffness.
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British Library Sets Out to Archive the Web
The British Library is archiving every British website and e-book for future researchers.
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Robot Truck Platoons Roll Forward
Imagine cruising down a three-lane highway and rounding a bend to find four trucks rolling along in single-file. They are all traveling close together—perhaps too...
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Crash Course: Training the Brain of a Driverless Car
Early attempts at driverless cars have had little difficulty gathering the loads of data required to operate autonomously.
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Silicon Valley Goes Hollywood: Top Coders Can Now Get Agents
To be a good coder in Silicon Valley is to be among the pampered elite.
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Nasa Associate Administrator on Asteroid Initiative
"The mission to find, capture and redirect an asteroid robotically, and then visit it with astronauts to study it and return samples takes advantage of expertise...
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Intel Cooks p Future of TV—A Potential Mess for Cable
Visualize the TV service you've always wanted: a gorgeous interface that does away with clunky (and often ad-strewn) programming grids; a simple remote that isn't...
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At&t Researchers Set a Long-Haul Data Record
Researchers at AT&T have devised a way to increase the distance that large amounts of data can travel through a fiber-optic connection. The technique should allow...
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Virtual Reality, Goggles and All, Attempts Return
Oculus VR captured the attention of the this year's Game Developers Conference in San Francisco with the Oculus Rift, its VR headset that's more like a pair...
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White House Budget Would Trim Nasa Funding Slightly
The NASA budget would shrink slightly under President Obama's budget proposal. The White House is asking for $17.7 billion in funding, down about $50 million...
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Tech Titans Plot to Reprogram Internet of the Future
Many tech firms are collaborating to develop an open source software-defined networking project known as OpenDaylight.
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Radical Roads Drive Robot Cars
Los Angeles has completed the Automated Traffic Surveillance and Control system, synchronizing its 4,400 traffic lights.
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C San Diego Computer Scientists Develop First-person Player Video Game That Teaches How to Program in Java
CodeSpells is an immersive, first-person player video game designed to teach students how to program in Java.
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Baseball Meets Internet of Things: Goodbye, Bad Umpires?
Connected baseball equipment, in combination with sensors and transmitters located through a stadium, could deliver much more precise verdicts than umpires.
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Japan Lab Claims Its Software Can Read Dreams
Software developed by a Japanese research institute can determine what people are dreaming about by analyzing their brain waves.
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