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A Web of Sensors Enfolds an Entire Forest to Uncover Clues to Climate Change
Harvard's experimental forest is wired up and down to study how changing conditions affect entire ecosystems
Sony Halts Support for Aibo, Still One of the Best Robot Toys Ever
If you have an Aibo, now is the time to start taking very good care of it
FCC Votes "Yes" on Net Neutrality
The FCC approves Net Neutrality rules for wireless and fixed broadband
Magnetic Nanoparticles Promise to Prevent Strokes and Heart Attacks
Nanoparticles loaded with blood clot busting drug proves to be up to 1000 times faster
FCC Gives Municipal Broadband Providers (and Internet Competition) a Boost
By preempting state laws that restrict municipal Internet service providers, the FCC hopes to provide customers with more choice
Review: Is Your Data Worth a RAID from Western Digital?
If you're not backing up your data onto a RAID, here's why you should, and one way to start
How to Make Multicore Chips Faster, More Efficient
MIT researchers say their new place-and-route algorithm will help design faster multicore chips
Is the Lenovo/Superfish Debacle a Call to Arms for Hacktivists?
Proposed exemptions to the DMCA could free white hats to make networked devices more secure
Will Nissan Beat Google and Uber to Self-Driving Taxis?
Japanese automaker plans fleet of prototype autonomous cabs within two years
New Wave System Claims Huge Energy per Ton Potential
Atlantic pilot installation of 300-kilowatt generators set for 2016
Infographic: Defining Net Neutrality Without the Politics
Though it means different things to different people, those people mostly fall into a few camps
Lasers Could Boost Engine Efficiency by 27%
Lasers make everything better, especially cars
Internet-of-Things Radio Chip Consumes a Little Power to Save a Lot
MIT engineers build a 100-fold more efficient transmitter by stopping up leaky transistors
Google AI Learns Classic Arcade Games From Scratch, Would Probably Beat You at Them
Deep learning artificial intelligence that plays Space Invaders could inspire better search, translation, and mobile apps
Robotnik Enters Mobile Manipulator Market With RB-1
Now is an excellent time to be in the market for a mobile manipulator
How to Build a Safer Internet of Things
Today's IoT is full of security flaws. We must do better
Poker-Playing AIs Today, Skynet Tomorrow
Making computers unbeatable at Texas Hold 'em could lead to big breakthroughs in artificial intelligence
Is Apple “Poaching” or Just “Hiring” For Its Rumored Electric Car Project?
An East Coast company files suit; Tesla’s Musk appears to like competing with Apple for engineers
Following Your Phone Friends Finds You
Even anonymized phone data leaks information about you
Silicon Nanofibers Boost Li-ion Batteries for EVs
Nanofiber material gets silicon into Li-ion anodes using a scalable production trick
Sony May Have a Hard Time Making Its Mark With Augmented Reality Glasses
Sony's SmartEyeglass developer kit, available in Germany and the UK, hits 10 countries in March
Apple to Spend Almost $2 Billion on European Data Centers
Apple plans to build green data centers in Denmark and Ireland amidst data privacy concerns
The Way to Make Delivery Drones Work Is Using...Trucks?
A company wants to integrate drones into its trucks to make short deliveries semi-autonomously
The Ubiquitous Camera
Technology has transformed photos from treasured keepsakes to personal propaganda
Mercedes Chief Laughs at Apple's Rumored Self-Driving E-Car
I'll worry about an Apple car when Apple starts worrying about a Mercedes phone, he says
How Much Training Do You Need to Be a Robocar Test Driver? It Depends On Whom You Work For
Some manufacturers qualify their test drivers in hours; others take weeks
Wearable Vitals Tracker
A new armband equipped with organic printed circuits can harvest solar energy, take your temperature, and sound the alarm if you have a fever
Aldebaran Robotics Founder and CEO Steps Down, SoftBank Appoints New Leader
Aldebaran Robotics has just announced that its founder and CEO Bruno Maisonnier is stepping down
Move Over, Arduino: Here Comes the Cosmac Elf
A modern version of a 1976 computer may be surprisingly useful
Building AI to Play by Any Rules
A new breed of AI could be smart enough to adapt to any set of rules in games and real life
Crumpling Graphene Could Expand Its Applications
Creating a 3D structure from graphene could open up biosensing applications
Ubi: The Wall Computer That Gives Your Home a Star Trek Vibe
Program your own voice commands to control the Internet of Things
Should Data Sharing Be More Like Gambling?
A Microsoft Research team explores transforming permissions into accepting some "privacy risk"
App Makes Traffic Jams Disappear With Flow Optimization
By intelligently slowing drivers down, the Smoover app can prevent traffic jams entirely
EPA Coal Cuts Light Up Washington
At FERC’s technical meeting on EPA’s plan to stub coal power’s carbon footprint, sparks fly over the yawning divide between anxious coal-dependent states and believers in clean energy
Taking the Large Hadron Collider to the Max
These four fixes will double the power of the world's greatest physics machine
Video Friday: Robotic Garden, Drone With Parachute, and Chocolate Robot Competition
With 100 robotic flowers, you can explain how an algorithm works better than any blogger
The Oscar Goes to… Engineer Larry Hornbeck and His Digital Micromirrors
A Texas Instruments engineer receives the Academy of Motion Pictures’ highest honor; developers of facial motion capture and algorithms for blowing up buildings also honored
CogniToys Leverages Watson's Brain to Befriend, Teach Your Kids
A IBM's supercomputer unleashes an army of cuddly green dinosaurs with the intelligence of the cloud
Nanowire Brushes Usher in New Generation of Smoke Detectors
Applications could extend into personal environmental monitoring
Jerobeam Fenderson’s Trippy Oscilloscope Music
The mushrooms are real
Will Shuttering Coal Plants Really Threaten the Grid?
Grid studies claiming EPA's coal power rule could destabilize transmission systems amount to "garbage" science, according to renewable energy advocates
Volvo's Smart Cars Share Icy Road Alerts
Volvo looks to test a fleet of 1,000 cars that can share information about road conditions
Post-Fukushima, Japanese Companies Build Microgrids
Three microgrids show how diverse energy sources can supply power during disasters
When the Past Is Not a Preview
Engineering historians teach the past to help make a better future
Optical Antennae Amplify LEDs for Fast Interconnects
Will LEDs replace semiconductor lasers in optical circuits?
Facebook AI Director Yann LeCun on His Quest to Unleash Deep Learning and Make Machines Smarter
The Deep Learning expert explains how convolutional nets work, why Facebook needs AI, what he dislikes about the Singularity, and more
Hoovering Up CO2 with CCS-equipped Biomass Power Plants
Detailed modelling shows that biomass power plants equipped to capture their CO2 emissions can render Western North America's grid carbon-negative by 2050
DNA Data Storage Just Got a Bit More Practical
Researchers eliminate errors in retrieving data from DNA
Coupling Microwaves to Optoelectronics With Sound
Will sound waves help extend microwave links?
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