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Air Force's Secret 'gorgon Stare' Program Leaves Terrorists Nowhere To Hide
In Greek mythology, Gorgons were creatures whose terrible visages could turn men to stone with a single glance.
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The Most Popular Programming Languages Are Rapidly Changing
There has been a rapid shift in the programming languages developers use most, according to an annual survey of developers by Stack Overflow.
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Robotics Can Now Give You a Leg Up--Literally
Researchers are developing a lightweight, unpowered exoskeleton that fits over the lower leg, which they say could reduce the energy used to walk by 7 percent.
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Communication Devices 'enable' Children With Disabilities
Researchers have developed two low-cost communication devices that enable children with cognitive and physical disabilities to interact better with their caretakers...
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Can Bluetooth Power the Iot Mesh Network?
Bluetooth is an excellent candidate for connecting devices in an Internet of Things because it is employed widely in smart devices and uses very little power.
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Darpa Wants Software That Adapts, Lasts Over 100 Years
The U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency has launched a project to develop software systems that can adapt and survive for more than 100 years.
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Researchers Test Smartphones For Earthquake Warning
Smartphones and other personal electronic devices could, in regions where they are in widespread use, function as early warning systems for large earthquakes, according...
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Human Cruise Control App Steers People on Their Way
For a few days last summer, a handful of students walked through a park behind the University of Hannover in Germany.
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Nature's Patterns: Golden Spirals and Branching Fractals
Certain patterns, such as the fractal, are repeated over and over in nature—with some spectacular contrasts on wildly different scales.
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Up Against Laws of Physics, Bell Labs Pushes Network Performance
By using more spectrum and developing new ways to send multiple channels of data at the same time, researchers at Bell Labs are working to increase bandwidths over...
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If Algorithms Know All, How Much Should Humans Help?
Armies of the finest minds in computer science have dedicated themselves to improving the odds of making a sale.
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U.s. Challenges China in Supercomputing Race With 180-Petaflop System
The United States, in an attempt to surpass China in the supercomputing arms race, plans to build a 180-petaflop supercomputer called Aurora.
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How Robots Can Help Build Better Doctors
A team at the University of Notre Dame is developing an improved human patient simulator, a mannequin exhibiting lifelike behaviors to help train medical personnel...
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Quantum Teleportation on a Chip
An international team of researchers have successfully integrated the core circuits of quantum teleportation into a photonic chip.
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Computer Sharing of Personality in Sight: Inventor
Computers could one day take on the personality of their human users, according to Google X laboratory founder Sebastian Thrun.
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China Deploys New Weapon For Online Censorship in Form of 'great Cannon'
Two recent distributed denial-of-service attacks represent some of the first uses of a new tool in China's cyber arsenal, dubbed the "Great Cannon."
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U.s. Nuclear Fears Block Intel China Supercomputer Update
The U.S. government has refused to let Intel help China update the world's biggest supercomputer.
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The Solar System and Beyond Is Awash in Water
As NASA missions explore our solar system and search for new worlds, they are finding water in surprising places.
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Better Sensors For Medical Imaging, Contraband Detection
MIT researchers have developed a new, ultrasensitive magnetic-field detector that is 1,000 times more energy-efficient than its predecessors. It could lead to miniaturized...
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