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Mouthpieces Gather Impact Data from Football Players
Stanford researchers think the wireless mouth guards will be better than specialized helmets at measuring head injuries.
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Popular Websites Share ser Information, Email Addresses, Stanford Study Finds
By signing onto many of the most popular sites on the Web, you may be unknowingly sharing your email address or name with other websites and data collection companies...
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Design Spotlight Is Thrown on Ive
Without Steve Jobs, Apple Inc. investors and customers are asking a big question: Can it continue to turn out innovative products without its co-founder and design...
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Will Robots Steal Your Job as a Scientist?
Can robots work as scientists? At first, this seems like a silly question. Computers are pervasive in science, and if you walk into a large university lab today...
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Smartphones sed to Engage with Learners
The mCommunity project is a new multi-institution partnership that will help educators deal with long-term and general unemployment using state-of-the-art telecommunications...
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Video Documents Three-Year Trek on Mars by NASA Rover
While NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity was traveling from Victoria crater to Endeavour crater, between September 2008 and August 2011, the rover team...
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Government Aims to Build a 'Data Eye in the Sky'
More than 60 years ago, in his "Foundation" series, the science fiction novelist Isaac Asimov invented a new science—psychohistory—that combined mathematics and...
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Paralyzed Man Uses Brain-Powered Robot Arm to Touch
Giving a high-five. Rubbing his girlfriend's hand. Such ordinary acts—but a milestone for a paralyzed man. True, a robotic arm parked next to his wheelchair did...
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Giving Prosthetics a Sense of Touch
Brain-machine interfaces have made it possible for monkeys and some humans to control robotic limbs using just their thoughts. But ideally, a person using an...
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Gadgets the Pentagon Made
The cool voice assistant that runs on the iPhone 4S? Years ago, someone thought what Apple calls Siri would be a valuable tool for the military. Come to think...
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In Supercomputing, a Turn to Energy-Saving Graphics Chips
In computing, as in so many fields, the best path to progress is often not a straight line.
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Ibm Projects It Will Have World
IBM isn't resting on its laurels as the newly crowned second-most valuable technology company in the world.
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IBM Bets on Data-Centric Computing
Jai Menon, chief technology officer and vice-president for technical strategy for IBM's Systems and Technology Group, holds 52 patents and is arguably most famous...
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Patent Lawyer Demand Rises Following .s. Legislative Overhaul
Patent attorneys, who typically have degrees in fields such as engineering as well as law, are in such demand that their specialty may account for more than 15...
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Coming Soon: The Drone Arms Race
At the Zhuhai air show in southeastern China last November, Chinese companies startled some Americans by unveiling 25 different models of remotely controlled aircraft...
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Computer Virus Hits U.s. Drone Fleet
A computer virus has infected the cockpits of America’s Predator and Reaper drones, logging pilots' every keystroke as they remotely fly missions over Afghanistan...
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White House Orders New Computer Security Rules
The White House plans to issue an executive order on Friday to replace a flawed patchwork of computer security safeguards exposed by the disclosure of hundreds...
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How Many Security Clearances Have Been Issued?
More than 4.2 million people have security clearances for access to classified information, a number that vastly outstrips previous estimates and nearly rivals...
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Light Is Not Fast Enough For High-Speed Stock Trading
Every microsecond counts in stock trading. The New York Stock Exchange handles a third of the world's stock trading—around 22 billion messages a day. But NYSE...
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