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My TurtleBot doesn't do anything useful at all, but it deserves an upgrade

Two nanomaterials join forces to give a little reprieve from the 5-nanometer theoretical limit for transistor gate dimensions

Two nanomaterials join forces to give a little reprieve from the 5-nanometer theoretical limit for transistor gate dimensions

Engineers weigh in on the pitfalls of machine learning and autonomous driving

Early research from the 1970s improves the ability of superconductor designers to combat defects

What will it take to create a fully automated insulin delivery system?

Six key takeaways from a book about using your big data superpowers for good

Will a Nobel Prize for molecular machines open up funding for molecular nanotechnology?

It’s a lot harder for a hacker to eavesdrop on your extracellular fluids than it is to intercept airborne signals

Google is combining cloud robotics and deep neural networks to accelerate robot learning

Can a digital mammogram reveal the future? Can a wearable retrace your past on demand?

Bloch's theory of a terahertz oscillator just got a little closer with a novel new nanomaterials

Engineers find that memristors may help enable more low-power implants for prosthetic control

Jumping robots, walking robots, flying robots, and much more at IROS 2016

Fujitsu's memory tech squeezes more efficiency from deep learning algorithms running on GPUs

Self-driving cars require driver-monitoring capability to know when it is safe to hand over control

A revised draft of regulations proposes doing away with drivers during tests

The TeraRanger One range finder lets you make a musical instrument you can play with your whole body

Finalist hopes his research increases the rate of lung cancer screening and reduces the use of CT scans

Google engineers balanced speed and accuracy to deploy deep learning in Chinese-to-English translations

With people spending more time behind the wheel, design of autonomous cars is on the rise. But, will sheet metal be replaced with 3D printing?

A 16-year-old from Saudi Arabia develops an exoskeleton and control glove to revolutionize physical therapy for stroke patients

Fractals and biomimetics just helped to surpass the performance of today’s transparent electrode materials

Where the “radar” in Raytheon’s Radarange came from

The Nobel Prize winner spent a decade trying to create a household solar energy system—and failed

If your smart glasses contain a virtual companion who knows exactly what you are doing and has an opinion about it, are you living in an augmented reality?

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The exoskeleton built for spinal cord injury patients is now cleared for stroke patients as well

Molybdenum disulfide is the new cutting-edge material for nanopore DNA sequencers

Engineers used memristors to accurately emulate a key part of learning and memory in the human brain

Two new techniques boost perovskite stability against heat, moisture and ultraviolet rays

During practice, the MVP robot can stand in for American football players and take the tackles

Entirely onboard sensing and localization makes this drone ready for autonomous acrobatics anywhere

Google Science Fair finalists demonstrate the power of flexible electronics

The connected IoT is spawning a new vocabulary

Researchers implant 3D-printed bone scaffolds in rats and a monkey

A potential FinFET successor comes into focus

IBM's TrueNorth computer chip shows it can do deep learning despite not having been designed for it

First observation of theorized phenomenon has implications for spintronics and chip thermal management

The TeraRanger One range finder lets you make a musical instrument with infrared light

Sensors in Audi, BMW, and Mercedes cars provide data for a service to launch in 2017

After 50 years of operation, nuclear electric generation is still having teething pains

After 50 years of operation, nuclear electric generation is still having teething pains

The 500-meter-wide FAST telescope boasts greater sensitivity and a deformable mirror

Honda’s new Acura NSX is the first to marry a V-6 engine to three electric motors for high-speed steering

A novel molecule changes the game in flexible nonvolatile memory, potentially ushering a new era in wearable electronics

The wondrous insanity of a 42,300-transistor CPU the size of a room

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Early predictions of 50 billion connected devices by 2020 are being scaled back