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Here Come the Drones
The U.S. is getting serious about filling the skies with unmanned aircraft.
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Tying Electrons Down With Nanoribbons
Researchers have used graphene nanoribbons to corral electrons for potential quantum computing applications.
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Meet the Guy With Four Arms, Two of Which Someone Else Controls in VR
Fusion is a robotic project to explore how people may be able to work together to control, or augment, a person's body.
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The Sensors That Power Smart Cities Are a Hacker's Dream
At this point, it seems like every so-called consumer smart device—from routers and baby monitors to connected thermostats and garage door openers—has been shown ...
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CRISPR 'Barcodes' Map Mammalian Development in Exquisite Detail
For the first time, scientists have wielded CRISPR to track a mammal's development from a single egg into an embryo with millions of cells.
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Smart Wristband With Wireless Link Could Monitor Health, Environmental Exposures
Researchers say they have created a wireless smart wristband that will enable a new era of personal health and environmental monitoring devices.
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Watch a Sporty AI Teach Itself to Dribble Better Than You
I'm not what you'd call a coordinated man, so basketball horrifies me. All the dribbling, all the shooting—all while running and dodging people trying to smack...
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Robots Are Getting More Social. Are Humans Ready?
Personal home robots that can socialize with people are starting to roll out of the laboratory and into our living rooms and kitchens. But are humans ready to invite...
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SB Flash Drives for Precise Positioning and Navigation Inside Buildings
Researchers in Germany developed a system for navigating inside buildings that can be implemented in minutes.
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Quantum Computing Will Create Jobs. But Which Ones?
Chris Monroe's vision for quantum computers is simple: He wants people to use them.
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Bespoke Additive Manufacturing
Three-dimensional printing tailors item to order, even body parts.
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On-Chip Optical Filter Processes Wide Range of Light Wavelengths
A new optical filter on a chip can process optical signals from across an extremely wide spectrum of light simultaneously.
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Cyber Report Details Tricks sed by Hackers to Target Critical Infrastructure
A cybersecurity firm says it uncovered the methods and tools hackers use to target critical infrastructure organizations, activity it observed by creating a website...
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All-Optical Computing Gets Another Arrow in Its Quiver
Researchers have developed all-optical logic gates from nanowires in a novel way, a significant step in the development of on-chip, all-optical logic components...
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Pentagon Restricts se of Fitness Trackers, Other Devices
Military troops and other defense personnel at sensitive bases or certain high-risk warzone areas won't be allowed to use fitness tracker or cellphone applications...
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Trapping Light That Doesn't Bounce Off Track for Faster Electronics
An international project led by Purdue University researchers has yielded a metamaterial "cladding" to block light leakage from computer chips, in a step toward...
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Run Your Dishwasher When the Sun Shines: Dynamic Power Pricing Grows
One day, the weather could drive your domestic schedule. Your dishwasher springs to life at the windiest time of day. The washing machine starts spinning when the...
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CF Professor Discovers First-of-Its-Kind Material for the Quantum Age
A University of Central Florida researcher has discovered a material that could be used as a building block for quantum technology.
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of T Launches Canada's First Engineering ndergraduate Program in Machine Intelligence
The University of Toronto has unveiled Canada's first undergraduate engineering science program in machine intelligence.
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