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Curiosity Mars Rover Passes Kilometer of Driving
The latest drive by NASA's Curiosity Mars rover brought the total distance that the rover has driven on Mars to more than 1 kilometer (about 0.62 mile).
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Writing Programs Using Ordinary Language
In a pair of recent papers, researchers at MIT’s Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory have demonstrated that, for a few specific tasks, it's...
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Hugh Herr and the Liberating Age of Bionics
"It's extraordinary that we live in this day and age with all our wonderful modern technology, and still we have shoes that give us blisters," says Hugh Herr, with...
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Ntu Invention Transforms Plain Surfaces Into Low-Cost Touchscreens
Researchers have developed a low-cost system that could turn a whiteboard, glass window, or a wooden tabletop into a responsive, touch-sensitive surface.
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Alert! Study Finds Internet Users Heed Browser Warnings
Security warnings displayed by Web browsers are much more effective at deterring risky Internet behavior than was previously believed, a recent study found.
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Attention, Shoppers: Store Is Tracking Your Cell
Like dozens of other brick-and-mortar retailers,Nordstrom wanted to learn more about its customers—how many came through the doors, how many were repeat visitors—the...
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Canadian Team Claims $250,000 Prize For Human-Powered Helicopter
The Canadian AeroVelo team has done what many thought impossible.
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A Mind-Blowing Dome Made By 6,500 Computer-Guided Silkworms
Researchers have used 6,500 live silkworms to create a three-dimensional printed dome, utilizing a hybrid fabrication method called CNSilk.
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Robot Mom Would Beat Robot Butler in Popularity Contest
Researchers have found that people express more positive feelings toward a robot that takes care of them than toward a robot that needs care.
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Computational Photography: The Snap Is Only the Start
Imagine a camera that allows you to see through a crowd to get a clear view of someone who would otherwise be obscured, a smartphone that matches big-budget lenses...
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Modest Debut of Atlas May Foreshadow Age of 'robo Sapiens'
Moving its hands as if it were dealing cards and walking with a bit of a swagger, a Pentagon-financed humanoid robot named Atlas made its first public appearance...
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Touchscreens 'a Small Step' in Innovation
The way we use digital devices has become big news.
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Kremlin Returns to Typewriters to Avoid Computer Leaks
A source at Russia's Federal Guard Service, which is in charge of safeguarding Kremlin communications and protecting President Vladimir Putin, claimed that the...
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Human Motion Will Power the Internet of Things, Say Energy Harvesting Engineers
The Internet of Things is the imagined network of data links that will emerge when everyday objects are fitted with tiny identifying devices.
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Study: Women Just as Satisfied in It Jobs as Elsewhere
A new study suggests that preconceptions about women's dissatisfaction with IT industry jobs are unjustified.
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Parts Installed 'upside Down' Caused Russian Rocket to Explode Last Week
While America was looking forward to the July 4 holiday, the Russian space program was busy putting the final touches on its latest rocket launch.
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Touch Screens Are Tested For Piloting Passenger Jets
As Denis Bonnet slipped into the right-hand seat of a commercial jet demonstrator in the airliner cockpit design center here at Thales, the French electronics group...
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Unmasking Organized Crime Networks with Data
One of the big challenges in fighting organized crime is precisely that it is organized. It is run a bit like a business, with chains of command and responsibility...
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