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Sometimes the Quickest Path Is Not a Sraight Line
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Sometimes the Quickest Path Is Not a Sraight Line

Sometimes the fastest pathway from point A to point B is not a straight line: for example, if you're underwater and contending with strong and shifting currents...

Indiana Jones Goes Geek: Laser-Mapping LiDAR Revolutionizes Archaeology
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Indiana Jones Goes Geek: Laser-Mapping LiDAR Revolutionizes Archaeology

"This is it—the paradigm shift," archaeologist Chris Fisher told Ars. "Just like the advent of radiocarbon dating, LiDAR will have the same impact."

Hail to the Geeks
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Hail to the Geeks

Basketball dominates the American sports landscape in March. So perhaps it’s fitting that the sixth annual MIT Sloan Sports Analytics Conference, held last week...

Darpa's $40k 'quest' Tests Social Media's Ability to Help in Emergency
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Darpa's $40k 'quest' Tests Social Media's Ability to Help in Emergency

DARPA has launched a contest to gain a better understanding of how social media can spread the word during a crisis.  

City With Superfast Internet Invites Innovators to Play
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City With Superfast Internet Invites Innovators to Play

Chattanooga residents have access to a 1 Gbps Internet, which is about 100 times faster than the U.S. national average, and now the city is holding a contest with...

Engineers ­se Computer Models to Help Resource-Poor Nations Improve Allocation of Limited Health Care Resources
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Engineers ­se Computer Models to Help Resource-Poor Nations Improve Allocation of Limited Health Care Resources

Georgia Tech researchers are using computer models to help resource-poor nations improve supply chain decisions.  

Leap Year Blamed For Hicaps Stumble
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Leap Year Blamed For Hicaps Stumble

Today's extra day in February has caused the payment system used by the health industry to crash, preventing 150,000 customers from using private health care cards...

Nasa Pinning Down Where 'here' Is Better Than Ever
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Nasa Pinning Down Where 'here' Is Better Than Ever

Before our Global Positioning System navigation devices can tell us where we are, the satellites that make up the GPS need to know exactly where they are.

Tech Giants Agree to Deal on Privacy Policies For Apps
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Tech Giants Agree to Deal on Privacy Policies For Apps

California attorney general Kamala D. Harris reached an agreement with major mobile-device companies, including Apple, Google, Amazon, Microsoft, Hewlett-Packard...

Mathematician Sees Artistic Side to Father of Computer
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Mathematician Sees Artistic Side to Father of Computer

In a book to be published later this year, University of Chicago mathematician Robert Soare proposes that Alan Turing's design for the modern computer was an artistic...

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More Design Hobbyists, Entrepreneurs Use 3D Printing

Matt Sullivan, a retired soldier, still has trouble explaining his right leg to strangers.

The DIY Copyright Revolution
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The DIY Copyright Revolution

It is something of a fluke that copyright law has become so intertwined with our online lives. For most people, the first things that were easy to create and distribute...

Smithsonian Turns to 3d to Bring Collection to the World
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Smithsonian Turns to 3d to Bring Collection to the World

With just 2% of the Smithsonian's archive of 137 million items available to the public at any one time, an effort is under way at the world's largest museum and...

Algorithm Uses Photo Networks to Reveal Your Hometown
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Algorithm Uses Photo Networks to Reveal Your Hometown

There is growing evidence that information gleaned from online social networks can be processed and used in ways to gain an accurate profile of an individual.

Gaining Wisdom from Crowds
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Gaining Wisdom from Crowds

Online games are harnessing humans' skills to solve scientific problems that are currently beyond the ability of computers.

Policing the Future
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Policing the Future

Computer programs and new mathematical algorithms are helping law enforcement agencies better predict when and where crimes will occur.

Stanford Schooling - Gratis!
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Stanford Schooling - Gratis!

Stanford University's experiment with online classes could help transform computer science education.

Computer Sleuthing Helps ­nravel Rna's Role in Cellular Function
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Computer Sleuthing Helps ­nravel Rna's Role in Cellular Function

University of Central Florida computer engineers used a computer program to analyze the subunits that make up ribonucleic acid.  

NASA Map Sees Earth's Trees in a New Light
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NASA Map Sees Earth's Trees in a New Light

A NASA-led science team has created an accurate, high-resolution map of the height of Earth's forests.

Activist-Backed Collaboration Platform Set for March Release
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Activist-Backed Collaboration Platform Set for March Release

A functional prototype of the Global Square, a social network collaboration platform for activists, will be available by March.  
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