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360-Degree Camera Shoots Vr Movies For Oculus Rift
Step into the silver screen with movies shot using the Panopticam.
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A Tour of Bletchley Park: Codebreaking that Helped Win Wwii, and the Birthplace of the Modern Computer
MI6 called it Station X.
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Origami Unfolds a New World of Shape-Shifting Electronics
The art of origami is transforming electrical engineering and electronics design, as scientists draw on concepts that could enable new shape-shifting electronics...
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Google's Self-Driving Car Turns Out to Be a Very Smart Ride
A white Lexus hybrid SUV inches to the left, creating a slightly wider buffer as it passes a bicyclist in the bike lane on a busy and unseasonably hot Tuesday afternoon...
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Steve Matteson: Fonts in the Time of Wearables
As gadgets get smaller, and mobile manufacturers find new ways to shrink their devices to fit on a user's wrist, people like Steve Matteson are focused on keeping...
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Open Enigma Project Makes Encryption Machines Accessible
Enigma machines have captivated everyone from legendary code breaker Alan Turing and the dedicated cryptographers from England's Bletchley Park to historians and...
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All Hacking Eyes on the Prize Money at Cansecwest
When it comes to hacking, it turns out that greed really is good.
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How Much Is the Internet of Everything Worth? Cisco Says $19 Trillion
Are you curious why everyone is talking about the Internet of everything?
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Visiting Mauna Kea, the World's Best Spot For Stargazing
I was recently having lunch at a lovely and only slightly overpriced cafe overlooking the Pacific in the historic resort region of Kailua-Kona on the dry side of...
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Humans Came Long After Aliens, Scientist Suggests
I've never thought of humanity as being especially advanced.
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Icann Ceo Sets Off Explosion of New Internet Names
Starting next week, the Internet is going to look very different—and ICANN Chief Executive Fadi Chehade is the one who'll get both the credit and the blame.
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At Super Bowl, Detecting Threats Is Like Finding a Needle in a Haystack
Imagine this scenario: In the course of an hour this week, four different people involved in Super Bowl setup require emergency medical assistance, all for nausea...
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Why You Should Care About Net Neutrality (faq)
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit on Tuesday struck down rules adopted by the Federal Communications Commission in 2010 meant to protect...
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Faa Picks Six Projects to Tackle Drone Technology Development
The Federal Aviation Administration on Monday designated six projects across the U.S. for research into drones, the unmanned aircraft that have the potential to...
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Are We in the Matrix? Science Looks For Signs We're Not Real
Over the years, some science fiction has popularized the notion that our world might not be what it seems—that we might all be living in the Matrix (to use perhaps...
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Wave Fingers, Make Faces: The Future of Computing at Intel
Intel's perceptual computing technology incorporates gestures, facial recognition, and voice recognition to make devices more "natural, intuitive, and immersive...
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Imagine Your Face As Your Future Iphone Password
You may one day be able to unlock your iPhone based just on your good looks.
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Remembering Legendary Enigma Code Breaker Mavis Batey
Cracking one of the most complicated cipher devices ever created—the Enigma machine—may not have been what Britain's Mavis Batey envisioned when she studied the...
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Intelligence Chief Clapper Cites 'casablanca' in Dismissing Merkel Mess
You must remember this: A kiss is just a kiss, a spy is just a spy.
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