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Navy Diversifies Ships' Cyber Systems to Foil Hackers
A new cyber defense strategy aims to protect the most vulnerable Navy ship systems against hackers
BMW's Car Parks Itself While You Stand To One Side and Watch
Aaaand another basic human skill bites the dust
Telltale Antineutrinos Could Reveal Rogue Nuclear Programs
These stealthy subatomic particles could someday be used to see across national borders
Clearpath's OTTO Robot Can Autonomously Haul a Ton of Stuff
This robot can take just about whatever you want to just about wherever you want it
3-D Printing Software Turns Heart Scans into Surgical Models
A computer program builds on human expertise to make 3-D printed heart models from MRI scans
Carbon Nanotubes Can Outperform Other Carbon Capture Materials
Researchers discover how to tune the carbon-capture capacity of nanotubes
DARPA Tests Battery-Powered Exoskeletons on Real Soldiers
Deep in the woods in Maryland, the U.S. Army is testing exoskeletons that can lighten the load that soldiers carry
What It Takes to Be an Antarctic Engineer
Jim O’Sullivan and Julius Rix demonstrate the essential qualities of resourcefulness and endurance
Trash Hauling Robots Are Cool, But Do We Really Need Them?
Volvo wants robots to help bringing trashcans to garbage trucks, which sounds like a great idea except that it may not be
How Engineers at West Virginia University Caught VW Cheating
An attempt to understand VW's clean diesel tech instead uncovered one of history's greatest corporate cybercrimes
U.S. 'Master Clock' Keepers Test Terrestrial Alternative to GPS
The U.S. Naval Observatory tests a ground-based GPS alternative that could work in crowded cities and even underground
Gigahertz Antenna-on-a-Chip Theory Is Questioned
Can electromagnetic theory still surprise us?
Quadrotors Build Rope Bridge for Fearless Grad Students
I don't trust robots this much, but at ETH Zurich, they're crazy enough to put their lives in the hands of a team of quadrotors
Photonic Crystal Uses Coldness of the Universe to Chill Solar Panels on Earth
A new coating lets solar panels cool themselves while producing even more energy
U.S. Restarts Hunt For Gravitional Waves With Advanced LIGO
With $200-million overhaul complete, scientists are looking for ripples in the fabric of space-time
Sensors You Can Swallow Could Be Made of Nutrients and Powered by Stomach Acid
Silicon for the smarts, but stomach acid for the power
Volkswagen CEO "Sorry" for Emissions Cheating Software in Huge Car Recall
U.S. regulators may fine Volkswagen billions of dollars after discovering software designed to cheat official emissions testing
Bazillion Dollar Club: Reality TV Targets Silicon Valley
Show's first episode points out the pitfalls of a boys-only tech world
The Fuzzy Logic of Fleeing for Your Life
Computer models are becoming more attuned to human fear during crowd evacuations
New Avenue Proposed for Bringing Carbyne Into the Real World
If carbyne can be synthesized in bulk, its unusual properties could be a boon to nanoelectronics
A Match.com for Carpooling?
Several research groups are creating algorithms that make carpooling a more personalized experience
Micromansions
Tiny, energy-efficient, homes are bucking the trend toward bigger and bigger houses
Video Friday: Quadcopter With Quadruped, Magnetic Microbots, and Baxter Flips Pancakes
Your weekly injection of steaming hot robot videos
Hackers Hold Silicon Valley's Hometown Newspapers Hostage
The Mr. Robot television series has some real world imitators
A Mission Controller Reviews "The Martian"
This is the science fiction movie you’ve been waiting for
Formula E Returns With Customized Cars
Electric racing returns next month with new power trains and other improvements
Microfluidic Test Tubes, Robotic Deep-Ocean Fish Farms, and More From StartX
Will digitizing taste lead to a Pepsi-clone made out of “kale and pine nuts”?
Graphene Filament Enables Fabrication of Electronic Devices with 3-D Printing
Graphene-based 3-D printing filament may trigger an explosion of printing electronics and circuitry
Astronaut Aboard the ISS Controls a Robot on Earth Using Haptic Feedback
Robotic teleoperation means we can explore places where it's too difficult to send fragile, needy humans
PrintPut Integrates Touch Sensors Into 3-D Printed Objects
In one integrated design and print process, you can now create objects with a suite of embedded sensors
Wearable Uses Your Local EM Field to Track Your Electronics Use
System could help reduce your energy footprint
Self-Driving Features Can Save on Electric Vehicle Battery Costs
Smarter driving by autonomous features could save $1,800 in battery costs for a Tesla electric car
It's a Clock, Stupid
14-year old Texas youth arrested for bringing homebrew electronics to school
iRobot Brings Visual Mapping and Navigation to the Roomba 980
The new robot vacuum uses VSLAM to navigate and clean larger spaces in satisfyingly straight lines
Body Talk With Magnets
Magnetic Signals Could Replace Bluetooth in Wearables
Twitter's Tips for Making Software Engineers More Efficient
Why every engineer shouldn't necessarily work directly on the product, and why good tools are like good food
Researchers Demonstrate A Terahertz Multiplexer
Multiplexers are essential components of any wireless communication system
Europe Gears Up for Land, Air, and Sea Robotics Competition
The euRathlon challenge will feature ground, marine, and aerial robots competing in a simulated disaster zone
HP to Cut Some 30,000 Employees
What would Dave and Bill do? Probably not this
Google Hires CEO for Self-Driving Car Business
Google has hired an auto industry engineer who worked at Hyundai and Ford as its new robot car CEO
Disney Seeks to Make Visible Light Communication Practical
While using modulated LEDs to transmit data via visible ambient light isn't a new idea, Disney is trying to figure out how to make it work for us
New U.S. Military Chip Self Destructs on Command
A chip that can shatter upon command could safeguard U.S. military data and devices on future battlefields
We Need Robots That Are Smart Enough to Ask for Help
Until robots can solve all of our problems, they're going to need to know when (and how) to ask us for help
Stimulating Damaged Spines Rewires Rats for Recovery
The nervous system adapts to severe injury when energized by electric pulses synced to muscle movements
Silicon Nanoparticle Could be Heart of New Optical Transistor
Single silicon nanoparticle acts as a switch by scattering light
10 Automakers Promise Automatic Emergency Braking in All Their U.S. Cars
Automatic emergency braking will be standard but not mandatory
Uber Could Be First to Test Completely Driverless Cars in Public
Other states require a test driver in the car, but Uber cut a deal with Arizona
Researchers Create Quantum Dots that Transmit Identical Single Photons
Advance opens up the possibility of quantum repeaters for long distance qubit transmission
Video Friday: Eight-Legged Robot, CMU's BallBot, and Rodney Brooks on AI
This is what happens when we skip a week of Video Friday
"Tardis" Memory Could Enable Huge Multi-Core Computer Chips
MIT's new technique could more easily enable multi-core chips with hundreds or thousands of cores
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