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Wearable Computers Struggle to Go Mainstream: 10 Reasons Why
The market for wearable technology remains small and faces obstacles to widespread use.
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Coming to a Smartphone Near You: Personalized Experiences
A new study suggests future apps will provide personalized experiences through systems that integrate across all service platforms.
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China Says .s. Routinely Hacks Defense Ministry Websites
Two major Chinese military websites, including that of the Defense Ministry, were subject to about 144,000 hacking attacks a month last year, almost two-thirds...
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Sd College Tests Fingerprint Purchasing Technology
Futurists have long proclaimed the coming of a cashless society, where dollar bills and plastic cards are replaced by fingerprint and retina scanners smart enough...
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After M.t.a. Setbacks, No-Swipe Fare Cards Are Still Stuck in the Future
For nearly 50 years, coins were the currency in New York’s subway and bus system. Tokens carried the next 40 years, until the MetroCard first slid into riders’...
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Stuxnet Missing Link Found, Resolves Some Mysteries Around the Cyberweapon
As Iran met in Kazakhstan this week with members of the UN Security Council to discuss its nuclear program, researchers announced that a new variant of the sophisticated...
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The Art of Cyberwar
The New York Times’ front-page report last week that the Chinese army is hacking into America's most sensitive computer networks from a 12-story building outside...
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Three Radical New Brain-Mapping Tools Scientists Want Obama to Deliver
The Obama administration wants to make a huge investment in mapping the human brain,according to The New York Times. How can they get the most bang for their buck...
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Human-Robot Relations: Why We Should Worry
Technology is eroding social connections between human beings as machines step in to fill social needs, according to one researcher.
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The Next Frontier Is Inside Your Brain
The Obama administration is planning a multiyear research effort to produce an "activity map" that would show in unprecedented detail the workings of the human,...
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How Augmented-Reality Content Might Actually Work
Augmented reality is very exciting. The promise of it is this: all the information on the Internet overlaid on the real world exactly where and when you need it...
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The Ar-15 Is More Than a Gun. It's a Gadget
I was shaking as I shouldered the rifle and peered through the scope at the small steel target 100 yards downrange.
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New Ipad App For People With Sight Loss Needs Backing From Publishers
A new iPad app could make it easier for people with macular disease to read.
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Touchy-Feely Bionic Hand Closer to Reality
A bionic hand under development features an interface that links the hand to a person's nervous system.
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Writing Without Keyboard: Handwriting Recognition on the Wrist
Researchers have developed an "air-writing" system that uses sensors attached to a glove to recognize hand movements as a user writes letters in the air.
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A Sense of the Future
Smartphones not only have a brain but, increasingly, the ability to sense their environment.
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Calling Out the Robocaller
Last month, the Haggler was sitting at home when the phone rang.
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Al-Qaida Tipsheet on Avoiding Drones Found in Mali
One of the last things the bearded fighters did before leaving this city was to drive to the market where traders lay their carpets out in the sand.
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Any Two Pages on the Web Are Connected By 19 Clicks or Less
No one knows for sure how many individual pages are on the web, but right now, it’s estimated that there are more than 14 billion.
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