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• Silicon Valley Luminaries Predict Next Big Thing
• Ford and Samsung Team Up on Regenerative Breaking for Non-Hybrids
• Nissan's Ghosn Now Says Robocar Sales Could Start in 2018
• Meet Pepper, Aldebaran's New Personal Robot With an "Emotion Engine"
• Prickless Glucose Monitor That Uses Spit Takes Giant Step Forward

Silicon Valley Luminaries Predict Next Big Thing Posted: 06 Jun 2014 07:00 AM PDT Contenders include Bitcoin, SMAC (yes, a new acronym), and the coming of age of AI (finally)

Ford and Samsung Team Up on Regenerative Breaking for Non-Hybrids Posted: 06 Jun 2014 07:00 AM PDT Lead-acid batteries could become obsolete

Nissan's Ghosn Now Says Robocar Sales Could Start in 2018 Posted: 05 Jun 2014 12:00 PM PDT That shaves two years off his estimate last year, which itself raised a lot of eyebrows

Meet Pepper, Aldebaran's New Personal Robot With an "Emotion Engine" Posted: 05 Jun 2014 11:55 AM PDT The robot will go on sale for less than US $2,000 next year

Prickless Glucose Monitor That Uses Spit Takes Giant Step Forward Posted: 05 Jun 2014 11:00 AM PDT New biochip that promises prickless glucose monitoring by examining saliva instead of blood takes a step forward

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• Wrist Sensor Tells You When to Chug a Gatorade
• Google Lunar Race Teams Discuss Next Steps, House on the Moon
• The World Of 2064
• Transistors Made From 2-D Materials Promise New Class of Electronic Devices

Wrist Sensor Tells You When to Chug a Gatorade Posted: 05 Jun 2014 08:00 AM PDT A wrist-worn device with nine tiny needles could monitor electrolyte levels for athletes and soldiers

Google Lunar Race Teams Discuss Next Steps, House on the Moon Posted: 04 Jun 2014 08:14 PM PDT A little red house on the moon?

The World Of 2064 Posted: 04 Jun 2014 10:37 AM PDT The design duo QuickHoney, with tongue in cheek, drew on key ideas from our 50th anniversary articles to imagine an urban scene in the next 25 to 50 years

Transistors Made From 2-D Materials Promise New Class of Electronic Devices Posted: 04 Jun 2014 10:33 AM PDT The impact of field-effect transistors made entirely from 2-D materials begins to take shape

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IEEE Spectrum

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• Post-Snowden, Silicon Valley Execs Give U.S. Cyberpolicy a D-minus
• Google Aims for Billion Dollar Satellite Fleet to Spread Internet Access
• This Printable Lamp Can Fold Itself Up for You
• Researchers Develop Robot That Lets Them Feel Softness of Virtual Breasts
• Construction of Ice Wall Begins at Fukushima Daiichi

Post-Snowden, Silicon Valley Execs Give U.S. Cyberpolicy a D-minus Posted: 04 Jun 2014 07:50 AM PDT Snowden disclosures called a disaster for Silicon Valley, the Internet, and the U.S. economy

Google Aims for Billion Dollar Satellite Fleet to Spread Internet Access Posted: 04 Jun 2014 05:59 AM PDT Google wants to spread Internet access the globe by investing between $1 billion and $3 billion in possibly hundreds of satellites

This Printable Lamp Can Fold Itself Up for You Posted: 04 Jun 2014 05:09 AM PDT Want a lamp? Print one out, and then watch it self assemble

Researchers Develop Robot That Lets Them Feel Softness of Virtual Breasts Posted: 03 Jun 2014 12:45 PM PDT This "multi-fingered haptic interface robot" will help medical students learn how to perform breast exams

Construction of Ice Wall Begins at Fukushima Daiichi Posted: 03 Jun 2014 10:00 AM PDT Underground barrier of frozen soil will keep groundwater out of reactor buildings

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• Will Commercial Cars See With Laser-Powered Eyes?
• Conflict Minerals Reporting Deadline Makes Tech Companies Scramble
• Solar Plane With Global Aims Makes First Flight
• Cancer Bursting Nanobubbles Prove Effectiveness in Preclinical Trials

Will Commercial Cars See With Laser-Powered Eyes? Posted: 03 Jun 2014 09:00 AM PDT Today only Google's car uses LIDAR; with this new system, one day, all cars may well have it

Conflict Minerals Reporting Deadline Makes Tech Companies Scramble Posted: 03 Jun 2014 08:00 AM PDT Apple and Intel lead the way in auditing their supply chains

Solar Plane With Global Aims Makes First Flight Posted: 03 Jun 2014 06:00 AM PDT Solar Impulse 2 makes two-hour inaugural flight in Switzerland

Cancer Bursting Nanobubbles Prove Effectiveness in Preclinical Trials Posted: 02 Jun 2014 12:59 PM PDT Rice University researchers report early success with nanobubbles that kill only cancer cells

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• Here's That Extra Pair of Robot Arms You've Always Wanted
• Self-driving Cars Will Be $87 Billion Market by 2030
• Fat Finger Flub Takes Down Cloud Computing Datacenter
• GE brings ByteLight-enabled smart LED lights to stores

Here's That Extra Pair of Robot Arms You've Always Wanted Posted: 02 Jun 2014 08:10 AM PDT MIT researchers develop wearable robotic arms that can give you an extra hand (or two)

Self-driving Cars Will Be $87 Billion Market by 2030 Posted: 02 Jun 2014 07:00 AM PDT Vehicles will get smarter, but none will reach full autonomy

Fat Finger Flub Takes Down Cloud Computing Datacenter Posted: 02 Jun 2014 06:00 AM PDT Several other cloud computer providers experience technical tempests, too

GE brings ByteLight-enabled smart LED lights to stores Posted: 02 Jun 2014 06:00 AM PDT Using a combination of VLC and Bluetooth, store owners can offer you deals from parking lot to specific store aisle

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