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Banning autonomous weapons would be much more complicated than advocates have suggested

So far the organizing principles of nanoinformatics focus on the environmental impact of nanomaterials

Shows about engineers are finding an audience

The sharing economy needs machine intelligence to set prices

Documents show the Silicon Valley giant hopes to test its own self-driving cars at a naval weapons station

But will all this data have any impact on policy?

An opponent of the BitcoinXT proposal lays out all the bad outcomes for us

Leafcutter ants and other insects have evolved specialized cooperative behaviors, and now robots have too

How technology complicates the end of life

Portable system can identify explosives and toxins

An electronic vehicle immobilizer used in popular car models has proven vulnerable to hackers with laptops

Reactor pools are where no humans want to go for a swim, so we're sending robots instead

New layering method for 2-D materials offers new possibilities for tuning material properties for various applications

Gadgets let families monitor their elderly relations without invading privacy

Google's new solar energy calculator provides a simple answer to a tricky question

Tiny, fully implantable LED device can activate brain cells as mice scamper around

Prototype transistors of both the types needed for CMOS can be made by adjusting the material's thickness

Superfast simulation would allow regions to trade higher electricity costs for reduced healthcare costs

Spot gets a face-arm, and ATLAS goes jogging outside

Can we send humans to Mars by 2027 with $6 billion? MIT engineers say no

A plastic metamaterial could make electronics better able to detect voice commands in noisy environments

They promise to fix VR's bugaboos, including visual discomfort and fatigue, eyestrain, and nausea

The week's best robot videos are here

A new tiny device will allow a laser to send signals on over 40 channels simultaneously

The beta testers are scheduled to begin uploading the latest version of the company's Autopilot

System will use inductive coils buried under the pavement, much like a Korean tram system we detailed two years ago

One thing's for sure: robots are about to be a big thing in Chinese manufacturing

Scalable bottom-up production technique is more compatible with semiconductor manufacturing than other methods

North Carolina State University undergrads create a tool that guesses what an offense with do with the ball with up to 91.6% accuracy

Cybersecurity researchers in Poland and Italy are trying to out-smart steganographers at hiding their malware

A multi-robot planning algorithm makes sure that you and your friends get the beer deliveries that you need

A reusable spaceplane could be putting satellites into orbit every single day by 2018

Thirty years after its introduction, the Amiga is still influencing computing

We need more robotics engineers starting companies focused on driverless car technology

Integration of quantum dots and photonic crystals produce brighter, more efficient light at a lower cost

Iron Man's alma mater has a design for a realistic ARC fusion reactor

The latest 2-D challenger can have metallic and semiconducting parts

A new teleoperation system allows humans to lend their balancing skills to a bipedal robot

Simulations may lead to materials with higher melting points for better energy production

Doppler shifts in Wi-Fi and mobile radio signals pinpoint people through 25-cm brick walls

The easiest way to test how humans react to autonomous cars is by fooling them into thinking they're in one

Mobile communications technology developers demonstrate FD-MIMO and 73-GHz transmissions.

Computer engineers created algorithms that can predict if a patient will have septic shock with time to spare

Companies can switch to fiber lines, but they have to give customers fair warning

Graphene allows thermoelectric material to operate at room temperatures and increases its energy conversion efficiency

No more killer robots debate today, let's just relax with a bunch of fun videos

Experimental techniques could make dim objects far easier to see

Japanese researchers show that children can act like horrible little brats towards robots

Hybrid material produces a switch ratio orders of magnitude higher than graphene alone