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Smartphones May Be Our First Line of Defense Against Radiation
Smartphones could be used to detect gamma radiation.
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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.
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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.
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Eu Project to Build Lie Detector For Social Media
Researchers are leading a European Union-funded project to classify online rumors as speculation, controversy, misinformation, or disinformation.
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How Hackathons Can Become More Female-Friendly
Anecdotal evidence suggests women sometimes feel they do not fit in at hackathons.
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Women Fleeing Science, Tech Fields
While the talent pipeline of female workers in science, engineering, and technology is growing, many women are leaving these in-demand fields.
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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...
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The Rags-To-Riches Tale of How Jan Koum Built Whatsapp Into Facebook's New $19 Billion Baby
Jan Koum picked a meaningful spot to sign the $19 billion deal to sell his company WhatsApp to Facebook earlier today. Koum, cofounder Brian Acton and venture capitalist...
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The Six Types of Conversations on Twitter
A new report from the Pew Research Center and the Social Media Research Foundation says that Twitter conversations have distinct shapes—at least six of them with...
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Satya Nadella, Chief of Microsoft, on His New Role
Q. What leadership lessons have you learned from your predecessor, Steve Ballmer?
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ISC'14 S. African Student Cluster Team Visits Austin
The Texas Advanced Computing Center recently welcomed foreign students preparing for the International Supercomputing Conference Student Cluster Competition.
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As Military Robots Increase, So Does the Complexity of Their Relationship With Soldiers
For a glimpse at the future of human-robot interactions, it might be better to look at what's happening in the United States military than analyzing Her, in which...
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Visiting Mauna Kea, the World's Best Spot For Stargazing
I was recently having lunch at a lovely and only slightly overpriced cafe overlooking the Pacific in the historic resort region of Kailua-Kona on the dry side of...
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Starman
It was a mild October day in Hollywood, but a trace of artificial snow remained on the ground as Neil deGrasse Tyson, the director of the Hayden Planetarium, at...
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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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Networking Nature
Conservation is for the first time beginning to operate at the pace and on the scale necessary to keep up with, and even get ahead of, the planet’s most intractable...
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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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