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Just Add Water: Stanford Engineers Develop a Computer That Operates on Water Droplets
Stanford University researchers have developed a synchronous computer that operates using the physics of moving water droplets.
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U.s. Surveillance Backlash Could Cost Tech Companies More Than $35 Billion By 2016
The U.S. government's widespread data surveillance practices are likely to cost U.S. cloud computing and other technology companies more money than originally expected...
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Image Software Spots Links in Tattoo Ink
In an unusual twist on biometrics research, US computer scientists have joined with law-enforcement officials to find new ways to automatically detect tattoos on...
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Nasa Spacecraft Detects Impact Glass on Surface of Mars
NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) has detected deposits of glass within impact craters on Mars.
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Giving Physical Shape to Invisible Signals
When a newly renovated apartment in San Francisco went on the market earlier this year for roughly $8.5 million, its asking price included a somewhat unexpected...
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Falls of the Robots: Disaster Droids Struggle to Stay pright
It's a scenario straight out of a Hollywood movie.
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Scientists Aspire to Nature's Genius With 'biomimetic' Research
Engineers and researchers looking for the next big thing are turning more than ever to their own back yards for inspiration.
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How the Country's Top Privacy Cop Is Trying to Protect Consumers in the Digital Age
As the digital economy has exploded, tech companies are collecting untold amounts of data on everyday Americans.
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Korean robot Makers Walk Off With $2 Million Prize
A team of roboticists from the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology claimed a $2 million prize on Saturday that was offered by a Pentagon research...
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Google on Eu Troubles: 'we Don't Always Get It Right'
Google is in hot water in Europe, and its head of European operations is trying to cool things off.
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Rat Brain Cells Power a Computer
Researchers have shown cultured rat brain cells can read signals from a robot, process the problem of obstacles, and give an appropriate, accurate solution.
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Charting the Milky Way From the Inside Out
Imagine trying to create a map of your house while confined to only the living room.
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Computer Scientists Are Astir After Baidu Team Is Barred From A.i. Competition
A group of researchers at the Chinese web services company Baidu have been barred from participating in an international competition for artificial intelligence...
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Disaster Droids Face Off in the DARPA Robotics Challenge
Final preparations are being made by 24 robotics teams about to compete for $3.5m (£2.3m) worth of prizes in a Pentagon-backed competition.
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Meet the New Generation of Robots For Manufacturing
A new generation of robots is on the way—smarter, more mobile, more collaborative and more adaptable.
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Nasa's Hubble Finds Pluto's Moons Tumbling in Absolute Chaos
If you lived on one of Pluto's moons, you might have a hard time determining when, or from which direction, the sun will rise each day.
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Crispr, the Disruptor
Three years ago, Bruce Conklin came across a method that made him change the course of his lab.
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How the End of Patriot Act Provisions Changes Nsa Surveillance
Thanks to resistance from Senator Rand Paul and other members of the Senate, the provisions of the USA Patriot Act that were used to justify the National Security...
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The Agency
Around 8:30 a.m. on Sept. 11 last year, Duval Arthur, director of the Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness for St. Mary Parish, Louisiana, got...
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