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Wireless Signal Sent Through Meat Fast Enough to Watch Netflix
Andrew Singer from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and colleagues have successfully sent a wireless signal through slabs of pork and beef.
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The Minecraft Generation
The extremely popular Minecraft computer game is turning children into a generation of computing tinkerers and engineers.
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A Single-Atom Magnet Breaks New Ground For Future Data Storage
Researchers at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne and ETH Zurich say they have built the world's most stable single-atom magnet.
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New Ceres Images Show Bright Craters
Craters with bright material on dwarf planet Ceres shine in new images from NASA's Dawn mission.
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You Want to Build an Empire Like Google's? This Is Your Os
Google called it Borg, and for many years, it was among the company's best-kept secrets.
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Coding and Computers Help Spot Methane, Explosives
Duke University researchers are using software to improve the performance of chemical-sniffing mass spectrometers.
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Computers in Your Clothes? A Milestone For Wearable Electronics
Ohio State University researchers have developed functional textiles that gather, store, and transmit digital information.
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Researchers Crack Microsoft and Google's Shortened rls to Spy on People
Cornell Tech researchers have shown brute-force attacks against shortened uniform resource locators can enable hackers to spread malware on victims' computers.
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Location Data on Two Apps Enough to Identify Someone, Says Study
Individuals can be identified by matching their movements across two datasets, according to researchers at Columbia University and Google.
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Two-Factor Authentication Bypassed in Simple Attacks
VU University Amsterdam researchers have demonstrated practical attacks against both Android and iOS devices.
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Microsoft Research Chief: AI Is Still Too Stupid to Wipe S Out (and Will Be For Decades)
Microsoft Research Cambridge laboratory director Chris Bishop dismisses the fear artificial intelligence is on the cusp of overtaking human intelligence.
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Saturn Spacecraft Samples Interstellar Dust
NASA's Cassini spacecraft has detected the faint but distinct signature of dust coming from beyond our solar system.
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Firefighters' Positioning System May Be sed to Monitor Walking Difficulty For Elderly
Researchers at the KTH Royal Institute of Technology have fine-tuned a positioning system used in fire rescue operations to collect data on people's foot movements...
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A Flexible Camera: A Radically Different Approach to Imaging
Columbia University researchers have developed a sheet camera that can be wrapped around objects to capture images that cannot be taken with conventional cameras...
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Autonomous Vehicles Cannot Be Test-Driven Enough Miles to Demonstrate Their Safety
A new study finds autonomous vehicles would have to drive at least hundreds of millions of miles to generate enough data to clearly demonstrate their safety.
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Why a Chip That's Bad at Math Can Help Computers Tackle Harder Problems
Your math teacher lied to you. Sometimes getting your sums wrong is agood thing.
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Pair Programming Is Still Vibrant
The agile methodology has not grown quickly, but still has its adherents.
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Nasa Study Solves Two Mysteries About Wobbling Earth
Using satellite data on how water moves around Earth, NASA scientists have solved two mysteries about wobbles in the planet's rotation—one new and one more than...
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Moore's Law's Ultraviolet Savior Is Finally Ready
It is easy to take for granted the advancements in our mobile phones, wearable electronics, and other gadgets. But advances in computing rely on processes that...
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