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Researchers' New App Outs Iphone and Android Phone Energy Hogs
New, free iOS and Android software identifies which apps drain the most power from device batteries.
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Tim Cook Interview: The Iphone 6, the Apple Watch, and Remaking a Company's Culture
Steve Jobs’s office remains Steve Jobs's office.
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Cutting the Cord on Soft Robots
A new untethered soft robot has four legs and can stand up and walk away from its designers.
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Herb: A Robot That Can nload a Dishwasher and (sometimes) Take Apart an Oreo
The Home Exploring Robot Butler has advanced manipulation skills that enable it to perform multiple functions.
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Why the .S. Might Just Need a Federal Commission on Robots
A Federal Robot Commission could help extract sense and insight from the many technological applications that separate human agency from execution.
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With Tech Taking Over in Schools, Worries Rise
At a New York state elementary school, teachers can use a behavior-monitoring app to compile information on which children have positive attitudes and which act...
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Google and Edx Put ‘youtube For Courses’ Platform on Hold
Their collaboration opens the edX platform to some new organizations, but individuals will have to wait a while longer.
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Making Video Games More Fun...for the Audience
Video games need to be redesigned to include audience experience, according to University of Melbourne professor Frank Vetere.
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Cars that Drive Themselves Starting to Chat with Each Other
An Acura RLX sedan demonstrated an unusual way to tow another car this week: the vehicles were not physically attached.
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The Challenges and Threats of Automated Lip Reading
Back in the 16th century, a Spanish Benedictine monk called Pietro Ponce pioneered the seemingly magical art of lip reading.
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Nasa's Mars Curiosity Rover Arrives at Martian Mountain
NASA's Mars Curiosity rover has reached the Red Planet's Mount Sharp, a Mount-Rainier-size mountain at the center of the vast Gale Crater and the rover mission's...
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Korea ps Its Robots Game
In 1976 an animated film called Robot Taekwon V captured Korean kids' imaginations with its tale of a superhero robot fending off giant machines bent on world domination...
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Data Mining Reveals How Social Coding Succeeds (and Fails)
The process of developing software has undergone huge transformation in the last decade or so.
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Replay: New Wizardry Keeps Pinball Rolling in the Internet Age
At the recent Battle at Stonehedge pinball tournament here, Jessie Carduner cursed her ninth-place finish and vowed to get professional help.
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Smartphones Pioneered For se in Parkinson's Disease Detection
Researchers are working to make it possible to use smartphones to collect information on how the symptoms of degenerative diseases change on an hourly basis.
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Google Glass Can Now Track Your Stress Level
Researchers say they have developed a new method for using Google Glass to track a user's stress level and provide instant fitness feedback.
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China Develops Facial Recognition Payment System With Near-Perfect Accuracy
The Chinese Academy of Science plans to unveil a face-recognition payment application with near-perfect accuracy next year.
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Crowdsourcing Competitions Encourage Malicious Behavior, Study Finds
A new study has found that crowdsourcing competitions produce some of the worst competitive tendencies in people.
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Researchers Advance Artificial Intelligence For Player Goal Prediction in Gaming
New artificial intelligence software that improves the technology's ability to predict player actions in video games could be a key to enhancing player experiences...
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