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IBM Predicts Cognitive Systems as New Computing Wave
IBM expects cognitive computing systems to usher in a new era of computing by being capable of learning and adapting through their mimicry of human senses. Some...
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An Explosion in Innovation
Innovation in eight emerging areas of science and technology is poised to skyrocket as the number of people online grows from 2 billion in 2010 to 5 billion by...
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U.s. Homeland Chief: Cyber 9/11 Could Happen 'imminently'
Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano warned on Thursday that a major cyber attack is a looming threat and could have the same sort of impact as last year's...
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MIT Scientists Achieve Molecular Data Storage Breakthrough
MIT researchers have developed a method for storing data on individual molecules at room temperature, which could lead to a 1,000-fold improvement in storage density...
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Google Declares War on the Password
Google's Eric Grosse and Mayank Upadhyay have published a research paper that explores hardware-based alternatives to the traditional password.
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Neil Degrasse Tyson: Science Funding Can 'guarantee Your Economic Future'
Neil deGrasse Tyson came to Washington on Wednesday to deliver the science-specific version of President Barack Obama's second inaugural address.
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IBM Predicts Cognitive Systems As New Computing Wave
At year's end, IBM selects a new innovation that has the potential to change the world.
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Goodbye Silicon, Hello Dna. The Future of Data Storage?
One night a few years ago, two biologists sat in a bar in Hamburg, discussing DNA.
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Robot Makers Spread Global Gospel of Automation
A book by two Massachusetts Institute of Technology economists argues that the pace of automation is accelerating and robotics development is taking away jobs from...
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Isis Plays Key Role in Efforts to Revolutionize Military Manufacturing
Vanderbilt University's Institute for Software Integrated Systems (ISIS) is helping develop the engineering software used in the U.S. Marine Corps' competition...
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Google Report Reveals Continued Rise in .S. Government Requests for Data
Google has revealed the full scale of the U.S. government's use of controversial legislation that bypasses judicial approval to access the online information of...
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London School Wins National Code Breaking Challenge
Students from the City of London School have won Britain's National Cipher Challenge. More than 6,200 schoolchildren from 725 schools across the country participated...
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Disease Outbreaks Trackable With Twitter, Study Says
Health officials could get a head start on flu outbreaks from posts on Twitter that mention symptoms, according to new research.
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Applying Search Engine Techniques to Physics Data, Yandex Partners p with Cern
The European Organization for Nuclear Research, or CERN, is perhaps best-known for two things: (probably) locating the elusive Higgs Boson, and being the birthplace...
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Ar Goggles Restore Depth Perception to People Blind in One Eye
Augmented reality (AR) glasses that offer a feeling of binocular depth perception to people who are blind in one eye are under development at the University of...
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Military Moves Closer to Truly Autonomous Drones
Imagine a flying machine equipped with bombs and missiles, navigating the skies stealthily without human control.
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Nasa's Veteran Mars Rover Ready to Start 10th Year
NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity, one of the twin rovers that bounced to airbag-cushioned safe landings on Mars nine years ago this week, is currently...
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Storing Data in Individual Molecules
Moore's law—the well-known doubling of computer chips' computational power every 18 months or so—has been paced by a similarly steady increase in the storage capacity...
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Facebook's Other Big Disruption
Facebook made a potentially game-changing announcement.
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