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The terms you need to know to understand the blockchain revolution

Neighbors in New York City, Denmark, and elsewhere will be able to sell one another their solar power

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The finance industry is eagerly adopting the blockchain, a technology that early fans hoped would obliterate the finance industry

Programs for the Apollo Guidance Computer were encoded by painstakingly threading wires through tiny magnetic cores

A scalable manufacturing process with high capacity could lead to safer energy storage devices

This chart will tell you if a blockchain can solve your problem

Satellite imagery analysts tracking North Korea's nuclear program need more than just technical skills

New accelerator program seeks entrepreneurs who dream of flying machines

These portable devices—plus Kahn’s range of quality stationary hygrometers—enable professionals in industries from semiconductors to electric power generation combat moisture and improve efficiency.

This skydiving robot can track humans in freefall and keep them on camera

The rapid detection system will soon be tested in Haiti

Illustrated from transaction to reward

A semiconductor engineer is creating automated tools for building design, starting with hospitals

The need to haul equipment and personnel by plane and barge has slowed efforts to restore the grid

The Gemma board’s embedded Python lets you change your code on the fly

Lots of legs is good, but slightly fewer legs plus a couple of arms can be more useful at times

Prototype laser weapons can zap drones from the sky. But they won't protect the U.S. from North Korean nuclear missiles

Sony and IBM keep tape storage running apace, with these key developments

Study: startup NeuroPlus's games + an EEG-sensing headband = promising results for ADHD

Why try to develop a humanoid robot that doesn't fall over when you can instead just develop an armored one that can fall over and get up again?

Sixty years ago, this beeping metal sphere amazed the world, embarrassed the United States, and accelerated technological competition beyond all precedent

AT&T won a $7 billion contract to develop a broadband network that prioritizes traffic from first responders. Now, states must decide whether to opt in, or build their own service

Harnessing the energy of rising water vapor can yield electricity, reduce water loss, and tackle renewables' intermittency issues

Artificial intelligence is challenging doctors on their home turf. We’re keeping score

A few interesting compromises make this unique 360-degree camera worth a look

Inspired by insect eyes, this camera helps drones move fast and reliably

A robot exhibition at Britain’s Science Museum showcases automata from the 1500s to today

We'll try to attend over a hundred talks plus poster sessions and competitions and keynotes and plenaries and forums and the expo

With a new technique, a single qubit can remain coherent for roughly 10 minutes

Data centers of the future could rely on photonic 'wires' instead of electronic interconnects

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Rather than fighting to control plasma, this startup’s device exploits instabilities to fuse atoms

Researchers have reported an idea to implant nanotube yarns that could draw electricity from flowing blood

Molecular computing reaches another milestone

No more waiting for an orderly to see you out, or an attendant to see you to your gate

The new approach to concussion screening is spreading to colleges nationwide

Corporations and governments must partner to fix a broken medium

The Kardia heart monitor from AliveCor did almost 4 times better than doctors providing standard care

The Internet we browse is just the tip of the iceberg

A novel nested pulley configuration forms the heart of a transmission that could make robots safer and more energy efficient

A laser-based device can predict when a heart will stop beating based on insufficient oxygen delivery

Earthquake-warning startup Zizmos has been surviving on contest prizes and reality TV opportunities. Next up, Kickstarter

Westinghouse is poised to start up its first AP1000 nuclear reactors in China, fighting on in a troubled market

A new project explores how artificial intelligence could help power grids anticipate and recover from natural disasters

A special modulation scheme and LoRa combine to boost backscatter for the Internet of Things

Researchers are developing splittable, mergeable nervous systems for truly modular robots

A Japanese team develops a new solar cell that you can wash and wear