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Finding Our Way with Digital Bread Crumbs
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Finding Our Way with Digital Bread Crumbs

A Microsoft research project explores whether sensors in mobile devices could help us navigate without GPS.

How the Internet Is Changing Language
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How the Internet Is Changing Language

"To Google" has become a universally understood verb, and many countries are developing their own Internet slang. But is the Web changing language, and is everyone...

Cult of Less: Living Out of a Hard Drive
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Cult of Less: Living Out of a Hard Drive

Many have begun trading in CD, DVD, and book collections for digital music, movies, and e-books. But this trend in digital technology is now influencing some...

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Tech Guilt: 5 'persuasive' Technologies to Help You Be Good

Information is power, but does information—by itself—actually make people change their behavior?

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Tide Turns Against Million-Dollar Maths Proof

Initially hailed as a solution to the biggest question in computer science, the latest attempt to prove P ≠ NP—otherwise known as the "P vs NP" problem—seems to...

Nfl Considers Ball-Tracking Chips For Accuracy
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Nfl Considers Ball-Tracking Chips For Accuracy

From end zone to end zone, an NFL field is exactly 3,600 inches, and it’s easy enough for referees to spot a ball precisely when action stays within the bounds...

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Hiding Files in Flickr Pics Will Fool Web Censors

Life is about to become more difficult for countries trying to censor access to foreign Websites. A system dubbed Collage will allow users in these countries...

Gesture-Based Computing Takes a Serious Turn
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Gesture-Based Computing Takes a Serious Turn

Call me a creature of habit, but I approach any new computer interface with a sense of apprehension.

CAVE Home to Cutting-Edge Experiments
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CAVE Home to Cutting-Edge Experiments

Several projects are being conducted at the University of Illinois' simulation laboratory, which can test human perception and cognitive abilities, and can create...

Research Aims to Improve Speech Recognition Software
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Research Aims to Improve Speech Recognition Software

Research conducted by Binghamton University's Stephen Zahorian aims to improve the accuracy of today's automatic speech recognition technology.

Dual Antennas Would Boost Cell-Phone Signals
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Dual Antennas Would Boost Cell-Phone Signals

New design would mean fewer dropped calls, longer battery life.

'god Couldn't Do Faster': Rubik's Cube Mystery Solved
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'god Couldn't Do Faster': Rubik's Cube Mystery Solved

It has taken 15 years to get to this point, but it is now clear that every possible scrambled arrangement of the Rubik's cube can be solved in a maximum of 20...

Speech Recognition Systems Must Get Smarter, Professor Says
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Speech Recognition Systems Must Get Smarter, Professor Says

University of Rochester professor James Allen says the key to making speech-recognition systems less frustrating to use is giving them a deeper understanding of...

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In a Video Game, Tackling the Complexities of Protein Folding

In a match that pitted video game players against the best known computer program designed for the task, the gamers outperformed the software in figuring out...

Star Wars Meets Ups as Robonaut Packed For Space
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Star Wars Meets Ups as Robonaut Packed For Space

Getting into space isn't necessarily easy for astronauts, and it's not much easier for a robotic astronaut, either.

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A Sidewalk Disappearing Act

Automatically removing people from street-level imagery could help prevent privacy complaints.

Future on Display: Technology You'll Want to Stroke
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Future on Display: Technology You'll Want to Stroke

Whatever you might expect from the latest computer technology, fur is unlikely to be one of them.

Stanford and Uc Berkeley Create Massively Collaborative Math
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Stanford and Uc Berkeley Create Massively Collaborative Math

Have you been pondering the probability that two random integers are relatively prime? The answer—6/π²—awaits you in cyberspace.

Holographic Displays, Robot Eyes Hint at Your Interactive Future
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Holographic Displays, Robot Eyes Hint at Your Interactive Future

The eyes may be the window to the soul. But what do you see when you look into robotic eyes so real that it’s almost impossible to tell they are just empty, mechanical...

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On the Web's Cutting Edge, Anonymity in Name Only

You may not know a company called [x+1] Inc., but it may well know a lot about you.
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