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:: 17 November, 2009
Last week, as I tapped a laptop keyboard in Massachusetts, a humanoid robot whirled around a lab in California. I tapped more slowly and the robot...
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:: 14 November, 2009
A new system for ensuring accurate election tallies, which MIT researchers helped to develop, passed its first real-world test.
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:: 11 November, 2009
Researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology have won a $6.5 million grant to develop improved components that will boost the efficiency of...
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:: 09 November, 2009
If you forget your password when logging into an e-mail or online shopping Web site, the site will likely ask you a security question: What is your...
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:: 08 November, 2009
Searching the Web could become faster for users and much more efficient for search companies if search engines were split up and distributed around...
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:: 08 November, 2009
A language-learning application that's already big in Japan is coming to the U.S. in the form of a new iPhone app. Smart.fm, based in Tokyo, says...
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:: 03 November, 2009
When searching for basketball videos online, a long list of websites appears, which may contain a picture or a word describing a basketball. But...
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:: 31 October, 2009
MIT engineer Joel Dawson and colleagues built a handheld probe that could help doctors monitor muscle atrophy in patients with Lou Gehrig's Disease...
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:: 28 October, 2009
ETH Zurich is stepping up its commitment in Asia: from mid-2010, a novel platform for urban development is to be established in Singapore in the...
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:: 22 October, 2009
Wireless technology that's been touted as the best hope for providing high-speed Internet access to rural communities is about to get its first...
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:: 17 October, 2009
This March, researchers at the National Ignition Facility demonstrated a 1.1 megajoule laser designed to ignite nuclear fusion reactions by 2010....
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:: 16 October, 2009
Vast amounts of the clean-burning fossil fuel have been discovered in shale deposits, setting off a gas rush. But how it will affect our energy use...
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:: 14 October, 2009
Electron-beam emitters that are one-hundreth the size and cost of conventional electron emitters could usher in a wide array of new uses for the...
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:: 13 October, 2009
If computers could recognize objects, they could automatically search through hours of video footage for a particular two-minute scene. A tourist...
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:: 12 October, 2009
University of Utah engineers showed that a wireless network of radio transmitters can track people moving behind solid walls. The system could help...
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:: 09 October, 2009
People, sun, mountains soaring over 4,000 metres high and the aluminium shell of the new Monte Rosa hut - everything was beaming. And now it's...
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:: 09 October, 2009
Last week, two teams of ETH Zurich took part in the “European Micro Aerial Vehicle Conference and Flight Competition” in South Holland. The air...
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:: 09 October, 2009
People are increasingly using household robots for chores, communication, entertainment and companionship. But safety and privacy risks of...
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:: 05 October, 2009
Smart phone's senses keep track of its surroundings.Your smart phone may soon be able to know not only that you're at the mall, but whether you're...
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:: 03 October, 2009
NASA researchers capture thermal images of the shuttle's reentry to design better heat shields.
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