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Robots Are Getting More Social. Are Humans Ready?
Personal home robots that can socialize with people are starting to roll out of the laboratory and into our living rooms and kitchens. But are humans ready to invite...
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SB Flash Drives for Precise Positioning and Navigation Inside Buildings
Researchers in Germany developed a system for navigating inside buildings that can be implemented in minutes.
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Quantum Computing Will Create Jobs. But Which Ones?
Chris Monroe's vision for quantum computers is simple: He wants people to use them.
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Bespoke Additive Manufacturing
Three-dimensional printing tailors item to order, even body parts.
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On-Chip Optical Filter Processes Wide Range of Light Wavelengths
A new optical filter on a chip can process optical signals from across an extremely wide spectrum of light simultaneously.
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Cyber Report Details Tricks sed by Hackers to Target Critical Infrastructure
A cybersecurity firm says it uncovered the methods and tools hackers use to target critical infrastructure organizations, activity it observed by creating a website...
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All-Optical Computing Gets Another Arrow in Its Quiver
Researchers have developed all-optical logic gates from nanowires in a novel way, a significant step in the development of on-chip, all-optical logic components...
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Pentagon Restricts se of Fitness Trackers, Other Devices
Military troops and other defense personnel at sensitive bases or certain high-risk warzone areas won't be allowed to use fitness tracker or cellphone applications...
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Trapping Light That Doesn't Bounce Off Track for Faster Electronics
An international project led by Purdue University researchers has yielded a metamaterial "cladding" to block light leakage from computer chips, in a step toward...
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Run Your Dishwasher When the Sun Shines: Dynamic Power Pricing Grows
One day, the weather could drive your domestic schedule. Your dishwasher springs to life at the windiest time of day. The washing machine starts spinning when the...
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CF Professor Discovers First-of-Its-Kind Material for the Quantum Age
A University of Central Florida researcher has discovered a material that could be used as a building block for quantum technology.
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of T Launches Canada's First Engineering ndergraduate Program in Machine Intelligence
The University of Toronto has unveiled Canada's first undergraduate engineering science program in machine intelligence.
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BMI System Lets sers Control Robotic Arm While Their Hands Are Busy
Researchers in Japan have created a brain-machine interface for manipulating a robotic arm without requiring the use of hands.
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The Fading Ghost of a Long-Dead Star
Thin, red veins of energized gas mark the location of one of the larger supernova remnants in the Milky Way galaxy in this image from NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope...
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Entire Yeast Genome Squeezed Into One Lone Chromosome
For millions of years, brewer's yeast and its close relatives have packed their DNA into 16 distinct chromosomes.
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China's Prototype of Exascale Supercomputer Passes Tests
The research and development of the prototype of China's new-generation exascale supercomputer Tianhe-3 is complete, the National Supercomputer Center in Tianjin...
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New Class of Materials Could Make Batteries Charge Faster
Researchers have identified a group of materials that could be used to make higher-powered batteries.
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Research Robots Sometimes Left nsecured on the Internet, Study Finds
Brown University researchers have identified exposed systems running the Robot Operating System, with as many as 19 considered to be fully operational robots.
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How Cryptojacking Can Corrupt the Internet of Things
Cyber criminals shut down parts of the Web in October 2016 by attacking the computers that serve as the internet's switchboard.
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