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Stand on Mars Next to the Curiosity Rover With This Incredible Panorama
Over the weekend, NASA's Curiosity rover successfully drilled into the surface of Mars and collected its first sample from the interior of a rock.
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Robot Inquisition Keeps Witnesses on the Right Track
Researchers are developing robots to help solve the misinformation effect, remembering events differently depending on how one is asked.
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Apple and Samsung, Frenemies For Life
It was the late Steve Jobs' worst nightmare. A powerful Asian manufacturer, Samsung Electronics Co Ltd, uses Google Inc's Android software to create smartphones...
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Navy's Next-Gen Binoculars Will Recognize Your Face
Take a close look, because the next generation of military binoculars could be doing more than just letting sailors and soldiers see from far away.
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Sewing Machines Go High-Tech
The old-fashioned sewing machine is finally getting a modern makeover.
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Nasa Curiosity Rover Collects First Martian Bedrock Sample
NASA's Curiosity rover has, for the first time, used a drill carried at the end of its robotic arm to bore into a flat, veiny rock on Mars and collect a sample...
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'every New Car' Connected to Web By 2014
Five years ago mobile phones were at the forefront of technology, by 2010 the focus was on tablet computers and now billions of yen, dollars and pounds are being...
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Does Gestural Computing Break Fitts' Law?
In an interview, Francisco Inchauste, a senior user experience designer for Universal Mind, discusses whether Fitts' Law is still relevant in a post-graphical user...
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Study Uses Grins and Frowns to Predict Online Game Hits
Researchers at Academia Sinica's Institute of Information Science have developed a method for predicting an online game's success by studying gamers' initial emotional...
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Will We Ever Simulate the Human Brain?
For years, Henry Markram has claimed that he can simulate the human brain in a computer within a decade. On 23 January 2013, the European Commission told him to...
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Self-Driving Cars More Jetsons Than Reality for Google Designers
Google Inc. sees self-driving cars being available to consumers in three to five years. Regulators and the insurance industry aren't so sure it can happen that...
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NASA's 'Crazy' Robot Lab
It's three in the afternoon, and in their NASA lab in Silicon Valley, California, two engineers are playing with a toy designed for toddlers.
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Researchers Push the Boundaries of Virtual Reality
University of Texas at Dallas (UT Dallas) researchers have developed virtual reality technology that creates an environment that interacts with users' sense ofView...
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sing Twitter to Predict the Influence of Lifestyle on Health
University of Rochester researchers have used Twitter to model how factors such as social status, exposure to pollution, and interpersonal interaction can influence...
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nseen, All-Out Cyber War on the .s. Has Begun
There's a war going on, and it's raging here at home—not in the streets or the fields, but on the Internet.
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These Machines Will Be Able to Detect Smells Your Own Nose Cannot
Admittedly, it's a little hard to imagine smell scientists, but research published last week has those who study the sense of smell taking sides.
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Smartphone Sensors Reveal Security Secrets
Data captured by smartphone sensors could help criminals guess codes used to lock the gadgets, say security researchers.
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Force-Feedback For Smartphones Tilts Game-Playing Field
Researchers in Germany are working on force-feedback technology with gamers in mind. Called muscle propelled force feedback, the system does not have any motors...
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Security Protocol For Online Banking, Facebook Has 'serious Weaknesses'
Royal Holloway, University of LondonA man-in-the-middle attack against the Transport Layer Security (TLS) protocol can be used to intercept sensitive personal data...
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