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To Track Militants, U.s. Has System That Never Forgets a Face
When the Taliban dug an elaborate tunnel system beneath the largest prison in southern Afghanistan this spring, they set off a scramble to catch the 475 inmates...
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Soft Memory Device Opens Door to New Biocompatible Electronics
Carolina State University researchers have developed a memory device that it is soft, pliable, and works well in wet environments. The researchers used a liquid...
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Robots Get Kinect's 'eyes and Ears'
Microsoft has added Kinect's software development kit (SDK) to its free Robotics Developer Studio. Access to raw data as well as Kinect's pattern-recognition algorithms...
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The Truth About Nasa's Space Tech Spinoffs
Tang. Velcro. Teflon. Each is popularly known as a product of the space age, and yet none of them represent actual NASA tech spinoffs. The real truth behind the...
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Russia's Post-Shuttle Space Plans
With the U.S. manned space program grounded following the last mission of the space shuttle, the Russian Soyuz spacecraft is the only avenue into space for NASA...
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The Ghost Space Shuttle: Nasa Ship in Houston For Every Mission
For 30 years, every time a space shuttle has flown, so has OV-095, the ghost orbiter.
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Nasa Spacecraft to Enter Large Asteroid's Orbit on July 15
On July 15, NASA's Dawn spacecraft will begin a prolonged encounter with the asteroid Vesta, making the mission the first to enter orbit around a main-belt asteroid...
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A New Direction for Digital Compasses
Cell phones and many other mobile devices now come packed with sensors capable of tracking them as they move. The digital compasses, gyroscopes, and accelerometers...
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Wireless Power Could Cut Cord For Patients With Implanted Heart Pumps
Researchers at the universities of Washington and Pittsburgh have developed a wireless power system for ventricular assist devices, which are implanted in people...
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Stanford Engineers Build a Nanoscale Device For Brain-Inspired Computing
Stanford University researchers have developed a nanoelectronic device that mimics human brain synapses, which they say could lead to portable, energy-efficient...
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Sandia's 'cooler' Technology Offers Fundamental Breakthrough in Heat Transfer For Microelectronics, Other Cooling Applications
Sandia National Laboratories researchers have developed the Sandia Cooler, air-cooling technology that has the potential to greatly improve the heat-transfer capabilities...
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'Talking' Cars Could Reduce Motorway Pile-ps
Scientists from the University of Bologna in Italy have developed software that lets cars "communicate" with one another on the road.
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Actuated Ankles Make Fake Feet Fitter
A bionic foot with a battery pack could put the spring back in the step of people who wear leg prostheses.
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Global Race on to Match U.s. Drone Capabilities
At the most recent Zhuhai air show, the premier event for China's aviation industry, crowds swarmed around a model of an armed, jet-propelled drone and marveled...
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Raspberry Pi: Rise of the $25 Computer
Raspberry Pi developers have created a computer designed to inspire a new generation of computer programmers but inexpensive enough to enable schools to give them...
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In Search of a Robot More Like S
The robotics pioneer Rodney Brooks often begins speeches by reaching into his pocket, fiddling with some loose change, finding a quarter, pulling it out and twirling...
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China Unveils Another Supercomputer
China recently launched its newest supercomputer, known as the Tianhe-1 system, using the same technology that it used to build the Tianhe-1A system.
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As Smartphones Proliferate, Some sers Cut the Computer Cord
A third of all American adults own a smartphone and for many minority and low-income users, those mobile devices have replaced computers for Internet access. The...
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Building a Better Quantum Computer with Lasers and (impure) Diamonds
If the development of a quantum computer were like motor racing, then we would currently be in the twisty-turny bit that comes before we barrel over the mountain...
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