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The security flaws within the Internet of Things must be fixed, or denial-of-service attacks will only worsen

This Georgia Tech robot is smart enough to shove furniture out of the way to get where it wants to go

Fashion designers embrace the LED

This startup pivoted from cleaning up calls to helping machines discern speech

The history of the BBS shows that pre-Internet social media was pretty great

On Friday, multiple distributed denial-of-service attacks hit a common Domain Name System provider for popular sites including Twitter and Netflix

Previous record is nudged just slightly, but much higher conversion efficiencies should be achieved soon

A low-cost way to program and control Lego machines

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Tiny ultrasound-powered motes could record and adjust nerve activity

Video of how dendrites grow inside Lithium-metal batteries promises a way to limit their growth and extend battery life

Human beings are great at running because they are stupendous at sweating

A specialized computer based partly on light pulses could solve some of the trickiest problems for conventional computers

A new technique called virtual oscillator control lets solar inverters help stabilize the power grid

Finally a gear system that could replace costly harmonic drives

A recent vote by German heads of state sparks political debate on banning internal combustion engines

New U.S. rules for commercial drones will benefit farmers and the drone industry

Stanford researchers are releasing free VR software for the HTC Vive in hopes that it will change people for the better

We used to go to stores to buy it. Now software is so ubiquitous, we don’t even notice it

At the White House Frontiers Conference, Stanford's Li details three crucial reasons to increase diversity in AI

He also used a few cameras, which fit neatly into the car's ultrasound ports

Plasmonic nanostructures and electrochromic polymers combine to create a display medium that consumes one-tenth of the energy consumed by today's e-books

Academics and industry experts discuss how AI will affect the workforce and how we can prepare

In new app for a Chinese city, package delivery would happen during taxi rides

Racing e-motorcycles with the pros provides the ultimate proving ground for engineering students

AI is going to make analog computing popular again

AI-powered traffic light coordination would cut time spent in the car, traffic congestion, and emissions

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Self-made DNA scaffold could make the production of single-electron devices far more scalable

Team Cleveland took home the gold medal at the world's first Cybathlon

The immediate cause may be a short circuit, but the underlying problem looks like a single-minded focus on price and performance

This year’s big company tech layoffs are just the beginning, the layoff tsunami is about to hit startups; says Trip Chowdhry

The latest discrimination lawsuits against Silicon Valley companies come from members of populations well-represented in the world of tech

AI has come far, but there are many challenges ahead, say expert panelists at the White House Frontiers Conference

A robot that uses artificial sweat can cool its motors without bulky radiators

Biologically engineered nanopore membrane offers cheap and accurate DNA sequencing

New brain implant allows man to feel touch

U.S. National Institutes of Health funds development of tools for electrically stimulating the nervous system

The cyborg Olympics showcased robotic exoskeletons, brain-computer interfaces, and more

The Deep Mind AI lab is giving deep learning a memory boost

XYZprinting hopes parents looking for a tech toy will reach for a $250 3D printer instead of a $300 video-game system

The newest version of the iconic ROS platform is designed to fit into your backpack

Startup Modal VR says it has built the closest thing yet to the holodeck—and wants to sell it to the business world

An all-electrical quantum emitter brings quantum computing one step closer

Engineers inch toward the goal of achieving efficient conversion of sunlight energy

A new microspine gripper can hold enough weight to allow JPL's quadruped to go rock climbing

Radiation exposure from long-haul space travel could lead to dementia, anxiety, and poor decision-making, according to study in mice and rats

Doctors outperform online apps at diagnosing symptoms

Need a yeast that spits out rose oil? The synthetic biology company Ginkgo Bioworks is on it