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• Will Silicon Save Quantum Computing?
• Filling Up a Fuel-Cell Car With Hydrogen Gets One Step Closer
• Robocopters Haul Tons of Stuff in Afghanistan, Return Home Victorious
• How to Catch a Memory Copycat
• Build a Levitating Disco Ball
• Scholars Say No to FAA's Model Aircraft Regulations
• Winning Google's Little Box Challenge Will Take a 'Holistic Approach'

Will Silicon Save Quantum Computing? Posted: 31 Jul 2014 08:00 AM PDT Silicon has become a leading contender in the hunt for a practical, scalable quantum bit

Filling Up a Fuel-Cell Car With Hydrogen Gets One Step Closer Posted: 31 Jul 2014 07:00 AM PDT Researchers test a hydrogen fuel pump for future fuel-cell filling stations

Robocopters Haul Tons of Stuff in Afghanistan, Return Home Victorious Posted: 31 Jul 2014 06:45 AM PDT The U.S. Army's plan to replace as many humans as possible with robots looks like it's going very well

How to Catch a Memory Copycat Posted: 31 Jul 2014 06:00 AM PDT In the competitive world of memory chip manufacture, how do you find a fraud?

Build a Levitating Disco Ball Posted: 30 Jul 2014 12:00 PM PDT Electromagnetism, feedback, and the power of disco keep things aloft

Scholars Say No to FAA's Model Aircraft Regulations Posted: 30 Jul 2014 11:56 AM PDT Educators voice their objections to new rules for small drones

Winning Google's Little Box Challenge Will Take a 'Holistic Approach' Posted: 30 Jul 2014 11:13 AM PDT Google and IEEE launch a million dollar prize for shrinking a power inverter

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• Japanese Broadcaster Uses LEDs for Underwater TV Transmission
• Which Countries Are Banning Phone Surveillance Statistics?
• Carbyne's List of Amazing Properties Grows
• Soccer Robots Score on Humans at RoboCup: GOOOOOOAL!
• Google Searches About Politics Predict the Stock Market
• RadioShack to Sell Kits for IoT Connectivity
• Cars May Think, But Will They Achieve Artificial Stupidity?
• San Diego Comic-Con: Where Tech Goes Pop
• Can Winograd Schemas Replace Turing Test for Defining Human-Level AI?

Japanese Broadcaster Uses LEDs for Underwater TV Transmission Posted: 30 Jul 2014 09:00 AM PDT NHK builds transmitter system designed for use under the sea

Which Countries Are Banning Phone Surveillance Statistics? Posted: 30 Jul 2014 08:00 AM PDT Vodafone lifts the lid on mobile monitoring in 27 countries

Carbyne's List of Amazing Properties Grows Posted: 30 Jul 2014 07:40 AM PDT When this one-dimensional chain of carbon atoms is streched, it transitions from a conductor to an insulator

Soccer Robots Score on Humans at RoboCup: GOOOOOOAL! Posted: 30 Jul 2014 07:10 AM PDT This is probably the most exciting 10 seconds of robot soccer you've ever seen

Google Searches About Politics Predict the Stock Market Posted: 30 Jul 2014 05:59 AM PDT But the connection is weakening

RadioShack to Sell Kits for IoT Connectivity Posted: 29 Jul 2014 02:00 PM PDT NYC startup LittleBits wades into the Internet of Things

Cars May Think, But Will They Achieve Artificial Stupidity? Posted: 29 Jul 2014 01:00 PM PDT Would we even want a machine that emulated the typical driver's strengths—and weaknesses?

San Diego Comic-Con: Where Tech Goes Pop Posted: 29 Jul 2014 11:00 AM PDT How science and engineering are shaping entertainment

Can Winograd Schemas Replace Turing Test for Defining Human-Level AI? Posted: 29 Jul 2014 09:50 AM PDT The Turing Test is a flawed metric for AI, and now we've got something better

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• Red Planet Seeks a Better Data Plan
• Can Computing Keep up With the Neuroscience Data Deluge?
• Madrid Begins Electric Bike Sharing
• Hexapod Robot Gets Even Better at Being Indestructible
• Topological Insulators Offer Efficient Solution to Magnetic Memory

Red Planet Seeks a Better Data Plan Posted: 29 Jul 2014 09:00 AM PDT NASA requests proposals for commercial Mars communications network

Can Computing Keep up With the Neuroscience Data Deluge? Posted: 29 Jul 2014 07:00 AM PDT When an imaging run generates 1 terabyte of data, analysis becomes the problem

Madrid Begins Electric Bike Sharing Posted: 29 Jul 2014 06:00 AM PDT IT is bane and salvation of the latest bike-sharing program

Hexapod Robot Gets Even Better at Being Indestructible Posted: 28 Jul 2014 03:20 PM PDT Any kind of damage is just a flesh wound for this adaptable walking hexapod

Topological Insulators Offer Efficient Solution to Magnetic Memory Posted: 28 Jul 2014 11:00 AM PDT Researchers demonstrate that topological insulators are ten times as efficient as other materials at controlling magnetic memory

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• Green Mountain Power Goes Green, Saves Green
• U.S. State Department Global Passport, Visa Issuing Operations Disrupted
• A Fictional Compression Metric Moves Into the Real World
• World War I: The War of the Inventors

Green Mountain Power Goes Green, Saves Green Posted: 28 Jul 2014 09:00 AM PDT Clean energy-promoting electric utility in Vermont has given its customers the best reason to support a shift from business as usual: a drop in rates

U.S. State Department Global Passport, Visa Issuing Operations Disrupted Posted: 28 Jul 2014 07:30 AM PDT Computer problems could create backlog of hundreds of thousands of applicants

A Fictional Compression Metric Moves Into the Real World Posted: 28 Jul 2014 07:00 AM PDT The Weissman Score, a compression algorithm metric created for HBO's Silicon Valley, is making its way into the real world

World War I: The War of the Inventors Posted: 28 Jul 2014 06:00 AM PDT Many of the Great War's technologies were conceived earlier, but the rigors of battle accelerated their development

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