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Optical Lattice Atomic Clock Could 'Redefine the Second'
We currently use atomic clocks to count the seconds, but tests on an alternative atomic timekeeper have revealed that it is more precise.
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Computational Photography: The Snap Is Only the Start
Imagine a camera that allows you to see through a crowd to get a clear view of someone who would otherwise be obscured, a smartphone that matches big-budget lenses...
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Touchscreens 'a Small Step' in Innovation
The way we use digital devices has become big news.
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Unmasking Organized Crime Networks with Data
One of the big challenges in fighting organized crime is precisely that it is organized. It is run a bit like a business, with chains of command and responsibility...
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Future Cops: How Technology Is Set to Change Policing
The sci-fi vision of police officers rushing to the scene of a crime before any crime has even been committed may be rather far-fetched but technology is increasingly...
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Huge Holograms Offer Medics More Memorable Classes
A system which uses giant holograms to help medical students master their subject has been pioneered by two London-based junior doctors.
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3D Printing Powered By Thought
It's definitely not a bird. Nor is it a plane. The garish orange piece of plastic, small enough to hold in the palm of a hand, could pass for a missing limb of...
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What Would Happen If All Satellites Stopped Working?
We may not always realise it, but we depend on space technology orbiting the Earth.
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Google Facial Password Patent Aims to Boost Android Security
A recent Google patent application suggests users stick out their tongue in place of a password, to keep the Face Unlock facility from being fooled by photos.
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Thought-Powered Helicopter Takes Off
Experimental subjects have powered a remote-controlled helicopter through an obstacle course with their thoughts.
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U.S. Spy Chief Clapper Defends PRISM and Phone Surveillance
U.S. spy chief James Clapper has strongly defended government surveillance programmes after revelations of phone records being collected and internet servers being...
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Wisee ses Wi-Fi Signals to Recognize Body Gestures
Researchers say they have found a way to detect and recognize human gestures based on how they affect Wi-Fi signals.
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German Railways to Test Anti-Graffiti Drones
The idea is to use airborne infra-red cameras to collect evidence, which could then be used to prosecute vandals who deface property at night.
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How to Hack a Nation's Infrastructure
I'm watching a live video feed of people visiting a cafe in London.
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Why Google and the Pentagon Want 'quantum Computers'
Imagine a computer that can teach your mobile phone to recognize any object it sees, or one that can instantly find optimal travel routes for thousands of planes...
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Better Origami sing Nature and Maths
Paper folding isn’t just an art, it can help fit everything on spacecraft from solar panels to telescope mirrors.
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Apple: An End to Skeuomorphic Design?
Why do most smartphones make a clicking noise, like a camera shutter closing, when you take a picture with them? Why do the virtual pages of a book on a tablet...
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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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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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