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• And Now This... A Flexible Approach
• Big Brother Is Watching Your Car—in Real Time
• To Predict Flu Outbreak, Just Google It
• European VC Funding Reached 13-Yr High In 2014
• Maser Man Charles Townes Dead At 99
• The Language of E-books
• U.S. Gov’t Wants Automakers to Put Self-braking Cars on the Road
• Silk Implants Fight Bacterial Infection Then Vanish
• Skin-Based Generators Scavenge Muscle Motion to Power Wearables

And Now This... A Flexible Approach Posted: 29 Jan 2015 08:00 AM PST Bendable circuitry has a surprisingly long history

Big Brother Is Watching Your Car—in Real Time Posted: 29 Jan 2015 05:51 AM PST A nationwide system, long kept secret, tracks cars and sometimes is used to seize them as booty

To Predict Flu Outbreak, Just Google It Posted: 29 Jan 2015 04:00 AM PST Goolge, CDC partner on big data approach to forecast U.S. flu levels a week into the future

European VC Funding Reached 13-Yr High In 2014 Posted: 28 Jan 2015 04:05 PM PST Tech companies, many based in London and Berlin, are gaining solid ground

Maser Man Charles Townes Dead At 99 Posted: 28 Jan 2015 03:08 PM PST From masers to lasers to black holes, physicist Charles Townes stayed ahead of the pack throughout his astronomically long career

The Language of E-books Posted: 28 Jan 2015 12:00 PM PST Competing formats and incompatible devices have spawned a complex lexicon

U.S. Gov’t Wants Automakers to Put Self-braking Cars on the Road Posted: 28 Jan 2015 11:00 AM PST A lot of rear-end collisions are because humans don't brake. So let the cars do it

Silk Implants Fight Bacterial Infection Then Vanish Posted: 28 Jan 2015 09:00 AM PST Simple device made of silk and magnesium can be wirelessly triggered to fight infections using heat or drugs

Skin-Based Generators Scavenge Muscle Motion to Power Wearables Posted: 28 Jan 2015 08:30 AM PST Flexible friction-based generators could lead to self-powered wearable electronics

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