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The ­nlikely Tale of How Arm Came to Rule the World
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The ­nlikely Tale of How Arm Came to Rule the World

This is a story about ARM Holdings, the mobile technology company.

Augmented Reality Gets to Work
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Augmented Reality Gets to Work

For Thomas Caudell, it started with a desire to make it easier to build airplanes.

Faster Computer Performance Targeted By Memory Consortium
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Faster Computer Performance Targeted By Memory Consortium

The Hybrid Memory Cube Consortium has proposed a faster and more power-efficient specification for its emerging Hybrid Memory Cube memory technology. 

Scientists Re-Weigh the Electron, Get More Precise Mass
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Scientists Re-Weigh the Electron, Get More Precise Mass

Ernest Rutherford, pioneer in studying the world inside atoms, famously remarked that all science is either physics or stamp collecting.

Nasa Responds to California's Evolving Drought
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Nasa Responds to California's Evolving Drought

NASA is partnering with the California Department of Water Resources (DWR) to develop and apply new technology and products to better manage and monitor the state's...

World Without Wires
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World Without Wires

Capturing electricity from ambient RF transmissions can keep low-power applications off the grid.

Playing at Health
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Playing at Health

Developers try to tap the beneficial effects of video games.

Reading Brains
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Reading Brains

The first steps have been taken toward enabling a computer to perceive one's thoughts.

Mt. Gox Disappears From Web in New Setback
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Mt. Gox Disappears From Web in New Setback

Bitcoin suffered a major setback Tuesday as the website of Mt.Gox, the once dominant trading platform for the virtual currency, was all but shut down.

Self-Completing Programs
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Self-Completing Programs

Since he was a graduate student, Armando Solar-Lezama, an associate professor in MIT's Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, has been working...

Are the Robots About to Rise?
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Are the Robots About to Rise?

It's hard to know where to start with Ray Kurzweil.

The Special Effects Firms Transforming the Film Industry
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The Special Effects Firms Transforming the Film Industry

If you are looking for a sure thing at this year's Oscars look no further than Gravity to win the best visual effects category.

New Study Reveals Communications Potential of Graphene
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New Study Reveals Communications Potential of Graphene

Graphene could be used to provide secure wireless connections and improve the efficiency of communications devices. 

­sing Holograms to Improve Electronic Devices
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­sing Holograms to Improve Electronic Devices

A new type of holographic memory device could provide unprecedented data storage capacity and data-processing capabilities in electronic devices. 

Willow Garage's Last Days
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Willow Garage's Last Days

In 2006, Scott Hassan, a prolific software engineer, started a research lab dedicated to robotics called Willow Garage.

Smarter Caching
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Smarter Caching

Computer chips keep getting faster because transistors keep getting smaller.

Robots with Human-Like Brains to Take on Mars Unaided
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Robots with Human-Like Brains to Take on Mars Unaided

It's second nature for us to follow an airplane across the sky, or to walk around a rock we see in our path.

Nsa Surveillance Exposes Political Party Divisions
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Nsa Surveillance Exposes Political Party Divisions

The debate about whether to continue the dragnet surveillance of Americans' phone records is highlighting divisions within the Democratic and Republican parties...

Atom Circuits a Step Closer
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Atom Circuits a Step Closer

A memory effect that is crucial in electronics has been seen for the first time in a cloud of ultracold atoms.

Nasa's Nustar ­ntangles Mystery of How Stars Explode
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Nasa's Nustar ­ntangles Mystery of How Stars Explode

One of the biggest mysteries in astronomy, how stars blow up in supernova explosions, finally is being unraveled with the help of NASA's Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope...
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