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The Neural Network That Remembers

Posted: 26 Jan 2016 08:00 AM PST



With short-term memory, recurrent neural networks gain some amazing abilities

Is Keck’s Law Coming to an End?

Posted: 26 Jan 2016 07:11 AM PST



After decades of exponential growth, fiber-optic capacity may be facing a plateau

Job Search Firm Says Tech Salaries in U.S. Leapt 7.7% in 2015

Posted: 26 Jan 2016 06:01 AM PST



Techies with cloud and database chops were the big winners in 2015, according to Dice survey

Hawaiian Robot Practices Landing Pad Construction for Space Exploration

Posted: 25 Jan 2016 01:40 PM PST



Teleoperation and in-situ materials are how robots will prepare the moon and Mars for our arrival

Japan Building World's Largest Floating Solar Power Plant

Posted: 25 Jan 2016 11:00 AM PST



Floating plants are eco-friendly, space efficient, and require no civil engineering
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NOAA Model Finds Renewable Energy Could be Deployed in the U.S. Without Storage

Posted: 25 Jan 2016 08:30 AM PST



The simulation found that a national network of HVDC transmission lines in combination with mostly solar and wind energy could lower both electricity prices and carbon emissions

Games: NetHack and the Joy of Text

Posted: 25 Jan 2016 08:00 AM PST



A long-lived game series is revived, joining other titles that eschew fancy graphics

Health Apps Study Raises Questions About Digital Medicine's Future

Posted: 25 Jan 2016 08:00 AM PST



A study of mobile health apps' impact on health care costs represents a limited but crucial step for assessing digital medicine

Nanoscale Thermal Interfaces Eliminate Overheating in Future Photonic Circuits

Posted: 21 Jan 2016 10:24 AM PST



Combining metamaterials with plasmonic components could tip the scale in the future of photonic circuits
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How to Build an Electronic Bee Counter

Posted: 22 Jan 2016 12:00 PM PST



Turns out you can measure the capacitance of a bee

Detergent Triggers Self Assembly of Two-Dimensional Zinc Oxide

Posted: 22 Jan 2016 12:00 PM PST



A wide range of materials for which 2-D versions were unavailable can now be made atomically thin with new technique

Environmentally-Friendly Liquid Battery

Posted: 22 Jan 2016 11:00 AM PST



New battery has much more power and a longer cycle life than any current rechargeable battery

Nitrogen Supercharges Supercapacitors

Posted: 22 Jan 2016 10:21 AM PST



Quick-charging devices might finally match lead-acid batteries for energy storage

Energous Readies Wireless Power Tech for Consumer Devices

Posted: 22 Jan 2016 10:00 AM PST



Energous has made substantial progress towards consumer wireless power, but will we see it in devices this year?
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Video Friday: Segway Robot Demo, Pepper the Retail Worker, and Megakopter World Record

Posted: 22 Jan 2016 09:15 AM PST



Your weekly selection of awesome robot videos

Bitcoin Needs (Gasp!) Formal Governance

Posted: 21 Jan 2016 01:00 PM PST



The stakes are so high decision-makers have become paralyzed

Metamaterial Could Eliminate Overheating in Future Photonic Circuits

Posted: 21 Jan 2016 10:24 AM PST



Combining metamaterials with plasmonic components could tip the scale in the future of photonic circuits

Ronnie Nader: Ecuador’s One-Man Space Program

Posted: 20 Jan 2016 12:30 PM PST



How one developing country is navigating its way into the space age

The Trouble With Targets

Posted: 20 Jan 2016 12:00 PM PST



The threat of failure hangs over efforts to solve big, multidimensional engineering challenges, but that shouldn't stop us from trying

Lithium-Ion Battery Warms Up, Operates In Subzero Temperatures

Posted: 20 Jan 2016 10:00 AM PST



Advance May Help Support High-Altitude Drones, Space Exploration

Graphene Offers Emission Tunability for Terahertz Lasers

Posted: 20 Jan 2016 09:00 AM PST



New tunable properties open up applications in telecommunications and replacing X-rays for scanners

MIT’s Food Computer: The Future of Urban Agriculture?

Posted: 20 Jan 2016 08:00 AM PST



Open-source, Internet-assisted farming aims for a new green revolution

Helicopter Robot Airdrops Recon Ground Robot, No Humans Necessary

Posted: 20 Jan 2016 06:33 AM PST



A robot team of a UAV and a UGV carry out dangerous recon missions so that you don't have to

Profile: Anouk Wipprecht’s Dynamic Dresses

Posted: 19 Jan 2016 12:00 PM PST



Her intelligent clothing relies on sensors and smarts to react to its wearer and the environment

The Catalyst That Finally Gets Fuel Cell Vehicles on the Road?

Posted: 19 Jan 2016 11:30 AM PST



Separating hydrogen from carbon dioxide efficiently may help sidestep the nagging hydrogen storage problem

Laser-Driven "Bubble Pen" Patterns Nanoparticles

Posted: 19 Jan 2016 10:00 AM PST



Researchers create vapor bubbles to pull particles of solution and down to a substrate
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