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Touchdown! Rosetta's Philae Probe Lands on Comet
ESA's Rosetta mission has soft-landed its Philae probe on a comet, the first time in history that such an extraordinary feat has been achieved.
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Next-Generation Robot Needs Your Help
Carnegie Mellon University professor Manuela Veloso believes robots can be made fully autonomous by designing them to ask for help when necessary.
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Wireless Devices sed By Casual Pilots Vulnerable to Hacking, Computer Scientists Find
Apps and wireless devices used by private pilots during flights may be vulnerable to various hack attacks, according to computer scientists.
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Nebias: The World's Most Advanced Bionic Hand
The NEBIAS project, a European Union effort to develop advanced prosthetic hands, is demonstrating great strides only a year after its creation.
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Obama Asks FCC to Adopt Tough Net Neutrality Rules
President Barack Obama on Monday called on the U.S. Federal Communications Commission to regulate Internet service providers as public utilities.
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Philae Lander Nears a Cosmic Touchdown
In its 10-year chase of a comet, the European Space Agency’s ambitious Rosetta mission has pushed the edges of engineering ingenuity.
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Umd Cyber Experts Discover Lapses in Heartbleed Bug Fix
The efforts of website administrators tasked with correcting security holes exploited by the Heartbleed bug may have fallen short.
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Big Data Sparks Interest in Statistical Programming Languages
The latest Tiobe index for language popularity features several statistical programming languages.
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Testing the 'safety Alarm 2.0'
Researchers have developed a belt-based system designed for the elderly that triggers an alarm if the user falls down.
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Newest Nasa Mars Orbiter Demonstrates Relay Prowess
The newest node in NASA's Mars telecommunications network—a radio aboard the MAVEN orbiter custom-designed for data links with robots on the surface of Mars—handled...
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Can an Algorithm Tell US Who Influenced an Artist?
Rutgers University researchers are training a computer to analyze thousands of paintings to understand which artists influenced others.
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A Super-Simple Way to nderstand the Net Neutrality Debate
It's one of the most important policy disputes that will determine the future of the Internet, and now President Obama has formally weighed in in favor of so-called ...
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For Rosetta Mission's Scientists, the Thrill Is in the Comet Chase
Claudia Alexander has spent the last 15 years of her life waiting for this moment: landing a spacecraft the size of a washing machine on the surface of a speeding...
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Next For Darpa: 'autocomplete' For Programmers
Rice University researchers have launched an $11-million initiative to create a tool that will both autocomplete and autocorrect code for programmers.
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Microsoft Headset to Help Blind People Navigate Cities
Microsoft is collaborating with a British charity to develop a headset that could help the blind and the visually impaired navigate urban locations.
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The $11m Tool That Could Help Computers Write Their Own Code
Nowadays, if you start typing something into Google, it tries to guess what you’re looking for.
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Contactless Cards Fail to Recognize Foreign Currency
A flaw in Visa's EMV-based contactless payment card system could enable hackers with Android smartphones to approve unlimited cash transactions without a PIN.
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Giving Robots a (better Than) Human Touch
A new robot can grasp an unattached USB cable and insert it into a USB port.
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New Tech Aims to Improve Communication Between Dogs and Humans
Researchers have developed a suite of technologies that can be used to enhance communication between dogs and humans.
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