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Day Three at Pikes Peak Motorcycle Race With the Buckeye Current Team
And the bug of the day is a throttle that suddenly cuts out
Getting Zero-Carbon Emissions Will Be Tougher For Airliners Than For Cars
Batteries are way too weak, and it’s easier said than done to turn vegetable oil into a kerosene substitute
Boston Dynamics' SpotMini Is All Electric, Agile, and Has a Capable Face-Arm
A fun-sized version of Spot is the most domesticated Boston Dynamics robot we've seen
People Want Driverless Cars with Utilitarian Ethics, Unless They're a Passenger
We want autonomous cars to be as safe for everyone as possible, as long as they're safest for us first
Electrification Causes Economic Growth, Right? Maybe Not
A pair of innovative studies from UC Berkeley questions the accepted wisdom that electrification begets economic and social development
Day Two at Pikes Peak Motorcycle Race With the Buckeye Current Team
To win this race you have to kill bugs faster than the competition can
FAA Announces Commercial Drone Rules
Want to make some money with your drone? Here's what you'll have to do first
Bagging Poachers With Data
Remote, real-time monitoring of animals lets wildlife conservationists get the drop on poachers
Europe Will Spend €1 Billion to Turn Quantum Physics Into Quantum Technology
A 10-year-long megaproject will go beyond quantum computing and cryptography to advance other emerging technologies
Day One at Pikes Peak Motorcyle Race With Ohio State's Electric Motorcycle
Yesterday's time trial teased out a teething pain—a noisemaking system that mysteriously goes silent
Nanocones Boost Efficiency of Solar-based Water Splitting
Could an economically viable, emission-free hydrogen isolation technique be at hand?
Strategies for Retaining Female Engineers
Companies find that boosting diversity can help the bottom line
Brain Scanning Just Got Very Good—and Very Unsettling
The U.S. government’s Human Connectome Project moves into its second phase—and its brain scans are being used to predict individuals’ behavior and intelligence
Was the Internet Inevitable?
Can we imagine an alternate history resulting in many isolated networks?
More 5G Spectrum Coming Soon, FCC Chair Says
The FCC Chairman wants to grant U.S. companies a “home field advantage” for 5G wireless by releasing high-frequency bands
Checking Out Nasdaq’s Silicon Valley School for Entrepreneurs
Want to know how to start a business? There’s a (free) school for that
Dead Turtles Equipped with GPS Trackers to Solve the Mystery of Their Own Murders
Hundreds of threatened and endangered turtles wash ashore in Chesapeake Bay each year, and no one knows why
Tech Companies Mull Storing Data in DNA
As conventional storage technologies struggle to keep up with big data, interest grows in a biological alternative
China's New Supercomputer is World's Most Powerful
The 93-petaflop Sunway TaihuLight takes the top ranking
Wind Could Provide 26% of China's Electricity by 2030
Despite increasingly severe curtailment of Chinese wind farms in favor of coal-fired generation, a first-of-a-kind energy dispatch model finds that the country can accommodate a lot of additional wind power
DAO May Be Dead After $60 Million Theft
A serious blow to those who believe the blockchain is the future of commerce
Remembering When Grand Central Terminal's Trains Went Electric
More than a century ago, the third-rail technology we still use was hammered out in the aftermath of a disaster
Video Friday: Marty the Robot, Dancing With Drones, and Deep Learning for Cars
Your weekly selection of awesome robot videos
Flexible Nanogenerators Offer Dependable Energy Source for Flexible Electronics
Shape-adaptive triboelectric nanogenerators can adapt to any geometrical shape
Are Women Exiting Engineering Because Men Have All the Fun?
Study suggests that when engineers work in mixed-gender teams, women get the grunt work. Curriculum changes may be making it worse
Ultrahigh Density Data Storage Could Get Faster and Easier to Produce
Dysprosium-cobalt promises heat-assisted magnetic recording that doesn't need much heat
German Warehouse Robots Tackle Picking Tasks
These warehouse robots can pick (some) items directly off of shelves
Expert to FBI: Please Join the 21st Century, We Could Use the Help
The FBI's iPhone case showcased a fixable problem at the agency, according to one cybersecurity expert
Pro-ISIS Online Groups Use Social Media Survival Strategies to Evade Authorities
If left alone, ISIS supporters could form one mega-network through which to spread propaganda
Study: You'll Love Your Robot More If You Assemble It Yourself
Doing some of the final assembly of a home robot could make you feel like it works better
Can Deep Learning Help Clinicians Predict Alzheimer's Disease?
Brain scans provide a glimpse of a patient’s prognosis
Pioneer of Electronic Stability Control Wins European Inventor Award
Anton van Zanten developed ESC, the platform on which future driver-assistance features will be built
DNA Structures Coordinate Nanoparticle Self-Assembly
Material by design in controlled self-assembly takes a step forward
Electric Truck Startup Nikola Motors Claims $2.3 Billion in Preorders Before Prototype Is Even Ready
If $2.3 billion in preorders for a nonexistent hybrid electric semi truck sounds far fetched, that's because it is
LIquidPiston Unveils Tiny But Powerful Rotary Engine
Today it's for go-carts; tomorrow, it may be an electric car range extender
PR2 Learns a Trick to Grasp Ungraspable Objects
A short stick can make robots much more effective at grasping objects
The Fathers of the Internet Revolution Urge Today’s Software Engineers to Reinvent the Web
Tim Berners-Lee, Vint Cerf, and other Internet pioneers issue a challenge on a day that just might go down in tech history
On-Chip Supercapacitors Dump Carbon in Favor of Silicon
For the first time a silicon-based material competes with carbon- and graphene-based solutions in supercapacitor electrodes
Video Friday: Robotic Submersible, Hair-Cutting Drone, and What Is a Robot?
Your weekly selection of awesome robot videos
Machine Knitting Is Now as Easy as 3-D Printing
No Skills Required: Kniterate’s software allows anyone to create pro-knit garments with the click of a button
Brain Scans to Distinguish Between Brain Injury and PTSD
The virtual biopsy could lead to more accurate diagnoses of brain injury and PTSD, and better treatments
Now Graphene Can Have a Tunable, Stable Bandgap
New doping method makes graphene with low defects, high stability and a tunable bandgap
Bigger and Better Perovskite Solar Cells
Perovskite solar cells of more than 1 square centimeter have an average efficiency of 19.6%
What 5G Engineers Can Learn from Radio Interference’s Troubled Past
Radio interference is an old problem, but 5G and other forms of digital radio may tackle it in new ways
Vyo Is a Fascinating and Unique Take on Social Domestic Robots
This social robot for the smart home has a tactile interface and looks like a microscope
Brits Can Now Insure Their Driverless Cars
Adrian Flux, which specializes in cars, takes a bold first step in robocar insurance
The Democratization of Innovation for the Internet of Things
A unique collaboration between Indiegogo and Arrow opens up opportunities for entrepreneurs in the IoT
Malaysia Bets on Internet Access and Public Wi-Fi for Its Global Debut
The government has opened more than 600 Internet centers over the past decade
Modi and Obama Backstop Indian and Global Climate Action
Efforts by the Indian and U.S. leaders could help bend the greenhouse gas emissions trajectory for the world’s fastest-growing economy
First Surgical Robot from Secretive Startup Auris Cleared for Use
Teleoperated endolumenal bot can navigate inside the body, image and treat conditions without making incisions
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