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Centimeter-Long Origami Robot
At the recent International Conference on Robotics and Automation, researchers presented a printable robot than can fold itself up from a flat sheet of plastic...
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Philae Wake-Up Triggers Intense Planning
The receipt of signals from Rosetta's Philae lander on 13 June after 211 days of hibernation marked the start of intense activity. In coordination with its mission...
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How Facebook Is Eating the $140 Billion Hardware Market
It started out as a controversial idea inside Facebook. In four short years, it has turned the $141 billion data-center computer-hardware industry on its head.
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When Does a Hack Become an Act of War?
A tremendous number of personnel records—including some quite personal records—have likely been stolen by computer hackers.
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Interpreting ltrasound Images sing an App
Researchers have developed a game-like app that trains healthcare professionals to interpret ultrasound images.
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Listen to Me: Machines Learn to nderstand How We Speak
Apple has announced features it is adding to the voice recognition capabilities of its Siri personal assistant app as part of its most recent iOS 9 update.
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Rosetta's Lander Philae Wakes p from Hibernation
Rosetta's lander Philae has woken up after seven months in hibernation on the surface of Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko.
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Different Faces of Pluto Emerging in New Images from New Horizons
The surface of Pluto is becoming better resolved as NASA's New Horizons spacecraft speeds closer to its July flight through the Pluto system.
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Facial Recognition Technology Is Everywhere. It May Not Be Legal.
Being anonymous in public might be a thing of the past.
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Vietnam's Mobile Revolution Catapults Millions Into the Digital Age
To get an idea of how the mobile Web is catapulting millions of people into the digital age by skipping landline connections, have a look at Vietnam.
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Tipping Point in Transit
Many in academia and the transit industry believe the world is on the cusp of a tipping point in transit technology.
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Nasa Tests Darpa Challenge Robot For Space Manufacturing
The U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration's Jet Propulsion Lab plans to use a robot to build parts in space.
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Stroke Patients Recover Arm se With Virtual Reality
Pompeu Fabra University researchers say using virtual reality to increase a stroke patient's confidence in using a paralyzed arm could facilitate recovery.
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The Quest to Find Philae
While Rosetta continues to study the ever-changing comet from a distance, the mission teams have been trying to narrow down the location of Philae on the comet...
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Cyber Citizen Tool Shows Which Countries' Laws Cover Our Surfing
"Where am I?" In the real world, it's an easy question to answer. Online, things can get more complicated.
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How Will the Universe End, and Could Anything Survive?
Don't panic, but our planet is doomed. It's just going to take a while.
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Researchers Improve Automated Recognition of Human Body Movements in Videos
A researcher from Disney Research Pittsburgh is working to advance automated recognition of action in a video.
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Americans Resigned to Giving p Their Privacy, Says Study
I am not fond of depressing you. So I'm going to leave it to a new study performed by the University of Pennsylvania's Annenberg School For Communication.
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The Pentagon's Gamble on Brain Implants, Bionic Limbs and Combat Exoskeletons
When Geoffrey Ling talks about the future of technology, his ideas go flying around the room like a whirlwind.
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