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• 'MacGyver' Robots Use Their Environment to Solve Problems
• 70 Percent of U.S. Police Departments Use License Plate Readers
• Boeing Gets $2.8 Billion to Help Build World's Most Powerful Rocket
• Printed Diode Is Fast Enough to Speak With Smartphones
• No Tech Solution for Civilian IED Threat
• Can a 'Dropship Quadcopter' Deploy Rovers on Mars?

'MacGyver' Robots Use Their Environment to Solve Problems Posted: 08 Jul 2014 08:01 AM PDT Robots that can manipulate their environment cannot be stopped

70 Percent of U.S. Police Departments Use License Plate Readers Posted: 08 Jul 2014 07:00 AM PDT Huge increase in plate reader use, court challenges "inevitable"

Boeing Gets $2.8 Billion to Help Build World's Most Powerful Rocket Posted: 08 Jul 2014 07:00 AM PDT Boeing received a $2.8 billion contract to build the core stage of NASA's huge rocket designed to take humans to Mars

Printed Diode Is Fast Enough to Speak With Smartphones Posted: 07 Jul 2014 12:00 PM PDT Simple component could help to connect everyday objects to the Internet of Things

No Tech Solution for Civilian IED Threat Posted: 07 Jul 2014 11:37 AM PDT 53,000 civilians were killed by IEDs in the past three years, and military countermeasures don't help

Can a 'Dropship Quadcopter' Deploy Rovers on Mars? Posted: 07 Jul 2014 09:20 AM PDT The idea may not be practical (or sane), but the European Space Agency is working on it anyway

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