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Eth Researchers Print Wild Robotic Beings
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Eth Researchers Print Wild Robotic Beings

Researchers from ETH Zurich, Disney Research Zurich, and Carnegie Mellon University are developing a software tool that lets users custom-design a robot on a computer...

A Simple Way to Hasten the Arrival of Self-Driving Cars
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A Simple Way to Hasten the Arrival of Self-Driving Cars

Researchers have compiled a massive public dataset for self-driving vehicles culled from thousands of hours of data from a single stretch of road over a 12-month...

Russia, ­.s. Get Closer to ­niversal Memory
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Russia, ­.s. Get Closer to ­niversal Memory

A joint effort by researchers from Russia, Nebraska, and Switzerland seeks a "universal" non-volatile memory composed of an ultra-thin ferroelectric film grown...

Root Is a Little Robot on a Mission to Teach Kids to Code
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Root Is a Little Robot on a Mission to Teach Kids to Code

Researchers from Harvard University's Wyss Institute say their robot is ready to teach both kids and adults how to code. 

Gene-Editing Hack Yields Pinpoint Precision
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Gene-Editing Hack Yields Pinpoint Precision

A painstaking re-engineering of the CRISPR gene-editing system has given researchers the ability to alter individual DNA letters efficiently in a given gene.

Self-Driving Cars, Meet Rubber Duckies
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Self-Driving Cars, Meet Rubber Duckies

A course in the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory aimed to create a fleet of duckie-adorned self-driving...

Droning On
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Droning On

University of Delaware professor Guoquan Huang has received a two-year grant to design resource-aware, attack-resilient, consistent micro aerial vehicle navigation...

New Electronic Display Is 10 Times Thinner Than Human Skin
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New Electronic Display Is 10 Times Thinner Than Human Skin

University of Tokyo researchers have developed a thin-film electronic display that can be laminated onto a person's body without the wearer knowing it is there. ...

Triple Threat: ­ of T Computer Scientist Combines Machine Learning, Robotics, and Computer Vision
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Triple Threat: ­ of T Computer Scientist Combines Machine Learning, Robotics, and Computer Vision

Raquel Urtasun is specializing in creating algorithms to help computers make decisions previously reserved for humans.

Robotic Consensus
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Robotic Consensus

Planning algorithms for teams of robots fall into two categories: centralized algorithms, in which a single computer makes decisions for the whole team, and decentralized...

A 'big Science' Approach For Australian Cybersecurity Research?
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A 'big Science' Approach For Australian Cybersecurity Research?

The director of the Defense Science and Technology Group's Cyber and Electronic Warfare Division recommends a big-science approach to cybersecurity in Australia...

Zoo of Theories Showcased in Publications on Lhc Anomaly
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Zoo of Theories Showcased in Publications on Lhc Anomaly

Hints of a new subatomic particle at the world’s most powerful atom smasher have inspired theoretical physicists to write more than 300 papers in the past four...

Mit's Teaching AI How to Help Stop Cyberattacks
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Mit's Teaching AI How to Help Stop Cyberattacks

Finding evidence that someone compromised your cyber defenses is a grind.

Research in a Virtual World
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Research in a Virtual World

A growing number of projects from disciplines across the University of Alabama are using virtual reality technology. 

Wireless Signal Sent Through Meat Fast Enough to Watch Netflix
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Wireless Signal Sent Through Meat Fast Enough to Watch Netflix

Andrew Singer from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and colleagues have successfully sent a wireless signal through slabs of pork and beef.

The Minecraft Generation
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The Minecraft Generation

The extremely popular Minecraft computer game is turning children into a generation of computing tinkerers and engineers.

A Single-Atom Magnet Breaks New Ground For Future Data Storage
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A Single-Atom Magnet Breaks New Ground For Future Data Storage

Researchers at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne and ETH Zurich say they have built the world's most stable single-atom magnet.

New Ceres Images Show Bright Craters
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New Ceres Images Show Bright Craters

Craters with bright material on dwarf planet Ceres shine in new images from NASA's Dawn mission.

You Want to Build an Empire Like Google's? This Is Your Os
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You Want to Build an Empire Like Google's? This Is Your Os

Google called it Borg, and for many years, it was among the company's best-kept secrets.

Coding and Computers Help Spot Methane, Explosives
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Coding and Computers Help Spot Methane, Explosives

Duke University researchers are using software to improve the performance of chemical-sniffing mass spectrometers.
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