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Quantum Computing Advance Locates Neutral Atoms
Pennsylvania State University researchers have developed a method for addressing individual neutral atoms without changing surrounding atoms.
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Computer Scientists Find Mass Extinctions Can Accelerate Evolution
Robots evolve more quickly and efficiently after a virtual mass extinction modeled after real-life disasters such as the one that killed off the dinosaurs.
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Ibm's 'rodent Brain' Chip Could Make Our Phones Hyper-Smart
IBM researchers say they have built the digital equivalent of a rodent brain using 48 TrueNorth chips, an experimental processor designed to emulate neurons.
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Researchers Tinker With Flying, Rolling Rfid-Sensorized Robots
A team of researchers have developed a prototype robot-based environmental-measuring system from commercially available components.
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To Inspire Software and Hardware Developers, Intel Gets Bold and Very Weird
It was about 10 seconds into the robotic spider dance that you had to remind yourself you were watching a presentation by the world's largest chipmaker, Intel.
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Superconductivity Record Sparks Wave of Follow-p Physics
Hydrogen sulfide—the compound responsible for the smell of rotten eggs—conducts electricity with zero resistance at a record high temperature of 203 kelvin (–70...
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Natural Selection: Mama Robot Builds Self-Evolving Baby-Bots
The theory of natural selection popularised by Charles Darwin has now been demonstrated in robots.
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Atlas, a Humanoid Robot, Takes a Walk in the Woods
Scientists trying to build a better robot are encouraged by the latest steps, however tentative, of a humanoid named Atlas.
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AI Football Manager Knows How Different Teams Play the Game
Who really calls the shots in team sports?
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Data-Crunching Is Coming to Help Your Boss Manage Your Time
You might be at work, but that hardly means you are working.
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Cassini to Make Last Close Flyby of Saturn Moon Dione
NASA's Cassini spacecraft will zip past Saturn's moon Dione on Monday, Aug. 17—the final close flyby of this icy satellite during the spacecraft's long mission.
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'next Gen Stats' Offer New Insights For Nfl Fans and Coaches
As Richard Sherman sprints side-by-side with Calvin Johnson, who is running faster?
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Crackdowns Haven't Stopped the Dark Web's $100 Yearly Drug Sales
After more than four years and two giant law enforcement busts, the Dark Web's drug market is still just as robust as it was during the Silk Road's heyday.
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A Machine in the Co-Pilot's Seat
Joel Walker, a test pilot for Aurora Flight Sciences, a maker of autonomous aircraft, flew his small, twin-engine plane through rain squalls here recently, and...
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Computer-Human Hybrids Could Be Best at Scanning For Danger
In A world of algorithms, there are still a few places where humans reign supreme.
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Summon the Comfy Chairs!
Researchers in Europe and the United States are developing a bevy of roboticized furniture they think will fill the gap between simpler domestic robots such as...
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Lovin' Their Elevator: Why Germans Are Loopy About Their Revolving Lifts
As the paternoster cabin in which he was slowly descending into the bowels of Stuttgart's town hall plunged into darkness, Dejan Tuco giggled infectiously.
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For Virtual-Reality Movies, Old Methods Don't Fit New Medium
I'm standing on the bow of what looks to be a sunken pirate ship.
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Building the Next New York Times Recommendation Engine
The New York Times publishes over 300 articles, blog posts and interactive stories a day.
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