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Linked Smartphones Catch the Action From All Angles
A new software system that wirelessly links smartphones together enables multiple users to share their phones' features with other devices around them.
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Ahead of the Curve: But Bendable Screens Still Seek Breakthrough
The touted arrival this year of wearable gadgets such as computer displays strapped to wrists and in wrap-around glasses is just a step towards a bigger revolution...
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Nasa Launches Next Space Apps Challenge
A NASA contest will present 50 challenges to developers from around the world, in the hope they will be able to develop apps for space exploration missions.
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We Need More Cameras, and We Need Them Now
On Thursday afternoon, the FBI released photos and video of two persons of interest in the Boston Marathon bombing.
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Drone Medal Dumped; High-Tech Troops to Be Honored with Device
Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel has decided to scrap the controversial Distinguished Warfare Medal that was intended to honor drone pilots and other high-tech troops...
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How Wireless Carriers Are Monetizing Your Movements
Wireless operators have access to an unprecedented volume of information about users' real-world activities, but for years these massive data troves were put to...
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New Microbatteries a Boost For Electronics
The most powerful batteries on the planet are only a few millimeters in size, yet they pack such a punch that a driver could use a cellphone powered by these batteries...
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Tech Hosts Artificial Intelligence Competition
More than 50 teams recently competed in an artificial intelligence competition at Michigan Technological University.
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Frog-Like Robot Will Help Surgeons
Researchers are developing robots with feet similar to those of tree frogs to crawl inside patients' bodies during keyhole surgery.
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Is High-Tech Security at Public Events Counterproductive?
Which is more intrusive: security screening and metal detectors every few blocks, or a drone flying high above it taking video of every little thing you do?
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Smoke Color Is Key Clue to Analyzing Boston Marathon Bombs
As a team of investigators led by the FBI begins deciphering the bombs that killed three people and wounded 150 more in Boston this week, a key clue is already...
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How the Boston Pd Could Examine the Videos From the Bombing
As investigators try to figure out what happened during the bombings at the Boston Marathon, they'll turn to video taken at the scene of the explosions.
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Military Academies Take on Nsa in Cybersecurity Competition
The Cyber Defense Exercise is an annual cybersecurity contest in which teams from U.S. military academies compete against one from the National Security Agency. ...
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Engineers se Brain Cells to Power Smart Grid
A team of engineers and neuroscientists is using neurons cultured in a dish to control simulated power grids.
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As Boston Bombing Photos and Videos Pour In, Where Do Investigators Begin?
When bombs went off at the Boston Marathon finish line Monday, there were nearly as many camera-equipped smartphones as people there in Copley Square.
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Interview with Brain Project Pioneer: Miyoung Chun
Brain Research through Advancing Innovative Neurotechnologies (BRAIN) project, which President Obama announced in his State of the Union address in February, will...
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Will Google's Ray Kurzweil Live Forever?
Ray Kurzweil must encounter his share of interviewers whose first question is: What do you hope your obituary will say?
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'chinese Google' Opens Artificial-Intelligence Lab in Silicon Valley
It doesn't look like much.
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Crowdsourced Videos, Photos Could Aid Boston Blast Investigations
Law enforcement officials could have something very different on their hands as they investigate the dual bomb blasts that struck the Boston Marathon finish line...
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