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Ancient Structures Rebuilt sing 3D-Printed Bricks
Eight centuries on, the flying buttresses of Bourges Cathedral in France still beguile engineers.
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Hackathons on the Rise
This year a record 1,500 hackathons are planned around the world, up from just a handful in 2010.
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Half of Americans Want to Live in a Smart City With Driverless Cars
Nearly half of Americans want to live in a city where all vehicles are driverless, and a third think that might happen in the next 10 years, according to an Intel...
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At Newark Airport, the Lights Are On, and They're Watching You
Visitors to Terminal B at Newark Liberty International Airport may notice the bright, clean lighting that now blankets the cavernous interior, courtesy of 171 recently...
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Can 'robotic' Pills Replace Injections?
The adage "Take two aspirin and call me in the morning" is destined for a futuristic makeover.
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Netflix Is Building an Artificial Brain sing Amazon's Cloud
Nothing beats a movie recommendation from a friend who knows your tastes.
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3d Printing a Speaker
Makers manipulate multiple materials through additive manufacturing.
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How to Design an Interstellar Communications System
University of California, Berkeley professor David Messerschmitt is studying the design of end-to-end communications between stellar systems.
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Scents That Are Sent: Ophone Delivers Aromas
The oPhone is a device that enables odors to be sent via Bluetooth and smartphone attachments to other oPhones around the world.
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The Last Places on Earth Without the Internet
It can be easy to forget what life was like before the Internet.
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Nyc's Touchscreen Subway Maps Are Finally Here, and They're Amazing
New York subway riders first were promised futuristic touchscreen wayfinding maps a year ago.
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Last Call For Bad Calls
Technology will soon make officials at high-level sports events as obsolete as elevator operators, their skill set as useful as knowing how to make a wood tennis...
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Intel’s Sharp-Eyed Social Scientist
Genevieve Bell runs a skunk works of some 100 social scientists and designers who travel the globe, observing how people use technology in their homes and in public...
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The Timekeeping Tech that Keeps the Olympics Fair
"On your marks, get set, Go!" might work to start a race on the playground but in the highest-stakes world of the Olympic games, where every thousandth of a second...
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How Airbus Is Debugging the A350
A few times a month, Airbus Flight Test Engineer Patrick du Ché stands up from his desk, takes off his jacket and tie, walks to the coat rack in the corner of his...
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Japan Sensor Will Let Diaper Say Baby Needs Changing
Diapers could enabled to notify parents when they need to change their baby, using a disposable organic sensor developed by University of Tokyo professors.
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Everything We Know About How the Nsa Tracks People's Physical Location
Glenn Greenwald is back reporting about the NSA, now with Pierre Omidyar's news organization FirstLook and its introductory publication, The Intercept.
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Inside the Google Earth Satellite Factory
Behind a long rectangular window, in a high white room tended by ghostly figures in masks and hats, a new satellite is taking shape.
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Google Encourages Developers to Create Art sing Code
Google is helping to promote a global competition to find an up-and-coming software developer artist who pushes the boundaries of art using code.
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