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Hackers Devise Wireless Methods For Stealing Atm Users' Pins
Pilfering the personal identification numbers of financial accounts, a potential jackpot for hackers, is tougher to pull off thanks to data encryption and other...
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Gaittrack App Makes Cellphone a Medical Monitor For Heart and Lung Patients
The GaitTrack app turns a smartphone into a medical monitor.
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It's Judgment Day For Killer Robots at the nited Nations
Has the age of the Robocop and Terminator arrived?
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West Antarctic Glacier Loss Appears Unstoppable
A new study by researchers at NASA and the University of California, Irvine, finds a rapidly melting section of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet appears to be in an...
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Research in India Suggests Google Search Results Can Influence an Election
Google long ago went from being a mere directory of the Internet to a shaper of online reality, helping determine what we see and how.
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.s. Fda Approves 'star Wars' Robotic Arm For Amputees
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved a robotic arm for amputees that is named for the "Star Wars" character Luke Skywalker and can perform multiple...
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Cheap Gadget Lets You Steer a Wheelchair with Your Eyes
Put some "crap" technology with some smart software and you get one life-changing solution.
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The Not-So-Distant Future When We Can All pgrade Our Brains
In a decade, cognitive enhancement may have gone mainstream.
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Tau Researchers Develop a Smarter Smartphone Camera
Researchers say they have developed a smartphone camera that bridges the gap between the cellphone camera and the digital still camera.
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The Virtual Keyboard Can Soon Be a Reality
Malardalen University researchers are developing virtual technology that could serve as an accessory for Google Glass.
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A Synthetic Biology Conference Lures an Intriguing Audience
When does a scientific conference warrant the attention of the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the Department of Homeland Security?
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Your Digital Trail Follows You to the Border
Information, money and jobs flow easily around the world, yet it’s getting tougher for travelers to cross some borders.
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The Military Thinks Bitcoin Could Pose a Threat to National Security
Does Bitcoin risk endangering the nation's safety? The Pentagon thinks it might.
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Math Makes Mobile Maps Meaningful
Researchers say a new method will ensure mathematically optimal adaptation of the labeling to the perspective and driving direction on digital maps.
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Dogs, Technology, and the Future of Disaster Response
The Smart Emergency Response System aims to use cyber-physical systems to share information and coordinate emergency and disaster response and recovery.
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Cassini Revisited
When its handlers finally steer it into a collision course with Saturn in 2017, the spacecraft Cassini will have been in space for two decades, 13 of those years...
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Disney Invents Robots That Swarm Into Colorful Animations
Walt Disney pioneered the art of animation and pushed the boundaries of robotics with his audio-animatronic presidents, but now the research lab that bears hisETH...
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Scientific Computing's Future: Can Any Coding Language Top a 1950s Behemoth?
Take a tour through the research laboratories at any university physics department or national lab, and much of what you will see defines "cutting edge."
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Former Head of the Nsa and Commander of the S Cyber Command, General Keith Alexander
Recently retired director of the U.S. National Security Agency and commander of the U.S. Cyber Command General Keith Alexander was interviewed by Australian Financial...
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