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Traffic Light Hackers Could Cause Jams Across the US
Branden Ghena pulls his car up under a traffic light in a city in Michigan.
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Malware Traffic Spikes Preceded Russian and Israeli Conflicts
A study of malware operating on corporate and government networks suggests that the communication patterns of these programs could warn of major conflicts.
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Augmented Reality Gives Physical World a Vrtual Dimension
For some it seems, the world is not enough.
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Transportation Institute Works on Study That Could Display Traffic Signs Inside Vehicles
Researchers at the Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University Transportation Institute are exploring the idea of moving traffic signs from the side of...
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Messaging App Lets You Leave Secrets on Street Corners
It's your birthday and a message from a friend suggests you go to a nearby street corner.
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Organic Synthesis: The Robo-Chemist
In faded photographs from the 1960s, organic-chemistry laboratories look like an alchemist's paradise.
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How Wwi Codebreakers Taught Your Gas Meter to Snitch on You
In the depths of night on August 5th 1914 the British Cable Ship Alert took the first significant action of World War I, severing the five German submarine cables...
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'internet of Things,' Not Privacy, to Dominate at Black Hat
As many as 13 previously unknown vulnerabilities in home Wi-Fi routers and networked storage systems are set to be disclosed at the Black Hat computer security...
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Wirelessly Charged Microchip Opens Doors Into 'electroceutical' Devices
A Stanford University project uncovered a technique for wirelessly charging tiny devices implanted in the human body to treat illness and alleviate pain.
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Watch This Wireless Hack Pop a Car's Locks in Minutes
Shims and coat hangers are the clumsy tools of last century's car burglars.
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Hacker Says to Show Passenger Jets at Risk of Cyber Attack
Cyber security researcher Ruben Santamarta says he has figured out how to hack the satellite communications equipment on passenger jets through their WiFi and inflight...
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Smartphones as a Health Tool For Older Adults
Researchers are working on a smartphone application to help older adults understand their health so they can cultivate healthier habits.
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Experimental Software Allows 3D Object Manipulation in 2d Photos
The scene in Blade Runner is famous: taking a grainy photo, Rick Deckard zooms, enhances and moves around corners just as you would a 3D space.
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Can Google Build a Typeface to Support Every Written Language?
Google has taken on its fair share of ambitious projects—digitizing millions and millions of books, mapping the whole world, pioneering self-driving cars.
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C'mon Girls, Let's Program a Better Tech Industry
According to one professor, females' perception of information and communication technology is a key reason many women and girls do not enter the field.
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Nyc Schools to Use Video Games to Teach Computer Coding
Scalable Game Design, a program that teaches kids to code using video games, is being introduced into New York City public schools.
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How Yahoo Research Labs Studies Culture as a Formal Computational Concept
Yahoo Labs researchers aim to achieve a truly computational understanding of human society by analyzing the links that form on social networks.
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How Google Scans Your Gmail For Child Porn
John Henry Skillern was arrested last Thursday for the possession of child pornography.
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Nasa Mars Rover Curiosity Nears Mountain-Base Outcrop
As it approaches the second anniversary of its landing on Mars, NASA's Curiosity rover is also approaching its first close look at bedrock that is part of Mount...
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