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Gps Tech Built to Find Missing Aircraft Not Always Used
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Gps Tech Built to Find Missing Aircraft Not Always Used

Aviation experts have cited multiple possible reasons for the problems in the multi-country effort to locate the Malaysia Airlines jetliner that dropped off the...

Half of Americans Want to Live in a Smart City With Driverless Cars
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Half of Americans Want to Live in a Smart City With Driverless Cars

Nearly half of Americans want to live in a city where all vehicles are driverless, and a third think that might happen in the next 10 years, according to an Intel...

Researchers Plan to ­se Nano-Satellites as Space Traffic Cops
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Researchers Plan to ­se Nano-Satellites as Space Traffic Cops

Researchers are developing a team of small satellites that will serve as traffic cops in space. 

Researchers Aim to Revolutionize 3D Printing, Global Manufacturing
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Researchers Aim to Revolutionize 3D Printing, Global Manufacturing

Researchers are developing new materials to be used for 3D printing, and are working on a technique for building multiple materials into the same product. 

By 2018, Cars Will Be Self-Aware
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By 2018, Cars Will Be Self-Aware

"Cars will become the first robot most of us experience in our lifetime," says Gartner analyst Thilo Koslowski. 

Researchers Compete to Bring Humanoid Robots to Life
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Researchers Compete to Bring Humanoid Robots to Life

During the U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency Robotics Challenge,  researchers will compete to enable humanoid robots to collaborate with humans. 

Sweet! Tiny, Far-Flying Robot Based on Honeybee
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Sweet! Tiny, Far-Flying Robot Based on Honeybee

Researchers are developing a flying robot based on the honeybee. 

Bug Bounty Program Slates $300k Mobile Hacking Contest For November
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Bug Bounty Program Slates $300k Mobile Hacking Contest For November

Hewlett-Packard Tipping Point's bug bounty program will sponsor the second annual Mobile Pwn2Own contest this fall. 

Nissan Plans to Offer Affordable Self-Driving Cars By 2020
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Nissan Plans to Offer Affordable Self-Driving Cars By 2020

Nissan says it is on track to begin selling self-driving cars by the end of this decade. 

Researchers ­se Augmented Reality to Coach Train Drivers
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Researchers ­se Augmented Reality to Coach Train Drivers

Central University of Queensland researchers are improving train driving simulations with augmented reality in order to facilitate drivers' skills development....

NASA Calls on Researchers to Build Smarter Space Robot
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NASA Calls on Researchers to Build Smarter Space Robot

The U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration has announced a new challenge focused on building a smart robot. 

Nasa Working on Tech to Take Humans to Mars – and Bring Them Back
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Nasa Working on Tech to Take Humans to Mars – and Bring Them Back

The U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration is working on the technologies needed to take astronauts to Mars and back. 

Watson and the Future of Cognitive Computing
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Watson and the Future of Cognitive Computing

Many applications being explored on the Watson supercomputer involve processing huge volumes of data rapidly to enable cognitive systems to engage with people in...

Harvard Global Grid Computing Project Will Help Create Printable Solar Cells
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Harvard Global Grid Computing Project Will Help Create Printable Solar Cells

Harvard University's Clean Energy Project soon will release a list of organic compounds that could be used to make inexpensive, printable photovoltaic cells. 

­nsw Researchers Push Open Source, Android For Archeology
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­nsw Researchers Push Open Source, Android For Archeology

The Federated Archeological Information Management System Project aims to develop new archeological tools compatible with Android-based mobile devices. 

Csiro Telepresence Robots Connect Students With National Museum
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Csiro Telepresence Robots Connect Students With National Museum

Australia's National Museum has launched a trial that enables schoolchildren to remotely navigate its galleries via robots that contain telepresence technology. ...

City Living: There's an App For That
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City Living: There's an App For That

U.S. citizens increasingly are developing mobile applications that rely on a wealth of publicly available municipal data. For example, Portland, Ore., has developed...

High-Performance Computing Turns to Apps to Cut Cost and Frustration
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High-Performance Computing Turns to Apps to Cut Cost and Frustration

The concept of apps could enable more companies to take advantage of high-performance computing (HPC), considering the cost of HPC hardware and software makes adoption...

App That Allows Deaf People to Verbally Communicate Wins Imagine Cup
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App That Allows Deaf People to Verbally Communicate Wins Imagine Cup

First place in the 2012 Imagine Cup went to a Ukrainian university team that developed an application that enables deaf people to verbally communicate using sensory...

Weave Open Source Data Visualization Offers Power, Flexibility
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Weave Open Source Data Visualization Offers Power, Flexibility

The open source Weave project is a platform designed to make it easier for government agencies, nonprofits, and corporate users to offer the public a way to analyze...
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