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The Smithsonian Works to Digitize Millions of Documents
During the past six months, retired pharmaceutical researcher Irv Cantor helped transcribe a 641-page field book written by an archaeologist traveling through 1920s...
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Nsa Director Rogers rges Cyber-Resiliency
In his keynote address at the Billington Cybersecurity Summit, NSA Director and Commander of U.S. Cyber Command, Admiral Mike Rogers, explained that the Defense...
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Dawn Operating Normally After Safe Mode Triggered
The Dawn spacecraft has resumed normal ion thrusting after the thrusting unexpectedly stopped and the spacecraft entered safe mode on September 11.
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MIT Invents a Magic Lens That Combines All Your Screens Into a Single Experience
When we need to send a command or a file from our smartphone to our laptop, we do it through menus.
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Researchers' New App Outs Iphone and Android Phone Energy Hogs
New, free iOS and Android software identifies which apps drain the most power from device batteries.
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How Network Theory Is Revealing Previously nknown Patterns in Sport
If you've ever watched soccer, you'll know of the subtle differences in tactics and formation between different teams.
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Tim Cook Interview: The Iphone 6, the Apple Watch, and Remaking a Company's Culture
Steve Jobs’s office remains Steve Jobs's office.
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Cutting the Cord on Soft Robots
A new untethered soft robot has four legs and can stand up and walk away from its designers.
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Ethical Trap: Robot Paralyzed By Choice of Who to Save
Bristol Robotics Laboratory's Alan Winfield and colleagues recently tested an ethical challenge for a robot.
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Herb: A Robot That Can nload a Dishwasher and (sometimes) Take Apart an Oreo
The Home Exploring Robot Butler has advanced manipulation skills that enable it to perform multiple functions.
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Will Tomorrow's Robots Move Like Snakes?
Researchers have developed a soft robotic arm, inspired by octopus tentacles, that can snake through a pipelike environment without a human operator.
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How Main Street Will Pay For Home Depot's Data Breach
Federal law protects consumers from the cost of fraudulent charges incurred when thieves steal credit-card and debit-card numbers.
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With Tech Taking Over in Schools, Worries Rise
At a New York state elementary school, teachers can use a behavior-monitoring app to compile information on which children have positive attitudes and which act...
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Julian Assange on Snowden, Disliking Google, and His 'inevitable' Freedom
It would be too much to say that WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange feels optimistic.
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Nsa Chief on Tech-Savvy Islamic State: 'i'm Watching'
While U.S. military leaders appeared before Congress to outline their strategy to fight Islamic State militants on the battlefield, the National Security Agency...
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Sdsc Joins the Intel Parallel Computing Centers Program
Intel is expanding its effort to further optimize research software with assistance from the University of California, San Diego's San Diego Supercomputer Center...
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Wi-Fi Group Acts to Simplify Peer-to-Peer Video, Printing and Other Tasks
The Wi-Fi Alliance has unveiled four sets of mechanisms for carrying out certain tasks over Wi-Fi Direct.
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Manufacturing Advances Mean Truly Flexible Devices Are on the Way
One of the innovations packed inside the Apple Watch—and highlighted by designer Jony Ive at the company’s grand unveiling this week—is a flexible display.
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