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Cities Fail to Recognize Full Potential of Smart Technologies
Opening up data and digital assets is critical to accelerating low-carbon cities, according to a recent University of Nottingham report.
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Streamlining Chip Design
MIT researchers have developed a system that enables hardware designers to specify, in a single programming language, all of the functions they want a device to...
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New '3-D' Transistors Promising Future Chips, Lighter Laptops
Researchers at Harvard and Purdue universities have developed a type of transistor made from indium-gallium-arsenide, a material that could replace silicon and...
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System Would Monitor Feds for Signs They're 'Breaking Bad'
Georgia Tech researchers are developing the PRODIGAL system, which is designed to scan up to 250 million text messages, emails, and file transfers to identify insider...
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Zynga's Ipo Will Make Mark Pincus Silicon Valley's Next Billionaire
Zynga, the maker of Mafia Wars and FarmVille, is about to go public in the biggest tech stock offering since Google.
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7 Real, Functional Robots You Can Buy Right Now
You don't need top military clearance or a degree from MIT to use some of today's most advanced robots.
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Carrier Iq Gets Transparent About Its Mobile Monitoring
It's been a tumultuous few weeks for Carrier IQ, the mobile analytics outfit at the center of a continuing privacy brouhaha over what its diagnostic software...
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Putting the 'art' in Artificial Intelligence
Like many kids, Antonio Torralba began playing around with computers when he was 13 years old. Unlike many of his friends, though, he was not playing video games...
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Speed of Light Lingers in Face of New Camera
More than 70 years ago, the MIT electrical engineer Harold (Doc) Edgerton began using strobe lights to create remarkable photographs: a bullet stopped in flight...
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Flight of the Warbots
How a save-the-earth maker of solar-powered aircraft became the world's most prolific manufacturer of military drones.
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The Cyber Security Industrial Complex
Documents point to a huge industry that provides online surveillance tools to governments and police agencies.
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Renci and Duke to Build Experimental Networking Infrastructure
Researchers at the University of North Carolina, Duke University, and IBM are leading a project to build a nationwide testbed for networking and networked cloud...
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White House Sets Cybersecurity R&d Priorities
The White House has published a cybersecurity research and development roadmap developed by the U.S. Office of Science and Technology Policy.
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Computational Modeling For Biotechnology: Predictions For Optimal Production
The BioPreDyn project aims to develop computational tools that integrate and analyze the large amounts of data in biology and biotechnology, focusing on improving...
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Avatars Develop Real World Skills
Virtual worlds do not disengage young people from real life, but rather provide unique environments for learning and negotiating new situations, according to academics...
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Cyber-Intruder Sparks Massive Federal Response
The 2008 discovery that a rogue program had penetrated a classified U.S. military network containing sensitive secrets by piggybacking on a thumb drive has had...
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What Is the Higgs Boson and Why Does It Matter?
As the world awaits news of the possible discovery of the Higgs boson, there remains a lot of confusion about what it is, why we have had to work hard to find...
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Tech Winners in 2012 Must Possess 2020 Vision, Says Idc
2012 might be the most pivotal year in technology market developments in the past 25 years, with ramifications that may not be fully felt until the decade's end...
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It Won't Be Easy For Iran to Dissect, Copy .s. Drone
Prepare the dissection table. Iran says it’s planning to disassemble its prized acquisition: a CIA-operated drone that apparently crashed in its territory. Its...
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