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One year ago, Abha Dawesar was living in blacked-out Manhattan post-Sandy, scrounging for power to connect. As a novelist, she was struck by this metaphor: Have our lives now become fixated on the drive to digitally connect, while we miss out on what
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Most scientists believe the next step in computing will be quantum computers. Quantum computers are fast: they are capable of working a million times faster than a standard PC.
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If you think with the release of every new i-device the world is getting closer to thought-controlled smart tech and robotic personal assistants, you might be right.
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Fripp Design, a consultancy in Sheffield, England is modernizing the process of manufacturing prosthetics by combining 3-D printer and scanner technology.
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Dr. Hugh Herr's work developing robotic prosthetics is transforming the disability industry. He shared a clip of one woman's reaction to his revolutionary product, BIOMs, at Ignition 2013.
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Stanford researchers say new materials could help lower the cost of producing fuel with solar energy.
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few years ago, carbon nanotubes (CNTs) were touted as the Wave of the Future that would revolutionize materials engineering from semiconductors to space elevators.
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Social robots are simpler to interact with than humans, can repeat games with infinite patience and record the data for further study. That’s changing the way autistic children learn new skills, say therapists.
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Stanford researchers say new materials could help lower the cost of producing fuel with solar energy.
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Superheros might be complete fiction, but that doesn't mean their uniforms can't be brought to real-life.
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In deciding how best to meet the world’s growing needs for energy, the answers depend crucially on how the question is framed.
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Samsung is reported to be prepping a handset which would be the first of its kind in the industry – one with a “wraparound” display featuring three separate screens.
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The U.S. Geological Survey says it has changed its mind and now believes an earthquake caused the tremors that rippled through the Chicago area earlier this month, not a quarry blast.
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A new high-resolution global map of forest loss and gain has been created with the help of Google Earth.
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The results of a DNA study suggest that dogs were domesticated in Europe.
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Do you think nuclear power plants are safe? Well, not in a prolonged blackout. If America's grid was ever compromised for longer than a week, we could see over 100 Fukushima type events on American soil.
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Thanks to concepts such as Phonebloks and Motorola's Project Ara, the idea of modular smartphones is starting to become more than a work of fiction.
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Today's buzzy startup? Coin, a company that makes a "smart" credit card that can store all your other credit cards.
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High-speed pursuits cause nearly 400 deaths a year and cost the government more than a billion dollars a year in damages, lawsuits, and medical bills.
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In 2006, climate change experts from Bangor University in north Wales found a very special clam while dredging the seabeds of Iceland.
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A stingray's efficient way of moving through the water could help engineers design better underwater robots.
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Bees are dying in droves. Maybe automated manufacturing could give them some help.
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Normally, the colors we perceive are determined by the wavelengths of light reflected by objects in the world around us. But not all surfaces reflect light the same way.
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It’s a question that’s perplexed philosophers for centuries and scientists for decades: Where does consciousness come from?
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In vitro technology is used to grow meat into a Meat Flower. This sweet and savory appetizer is consumed using chopsticks.
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The 40th birthday party in the Catskills this past summer was full of adult entertainment: swimming, a pig roast and a few joints.
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t turns out, however, that the scientist is suffering from a delusion. Evolution doesn’t even encompass origins of life. Rather, evolution (i.e. “natural selection”) explains a process by which species undergo a process of adaptation, fitness and rep
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Graphene, however, by virtue of its status as a wonder material, isn’t hindered by the same puny restrictions as copper and could theoretically scale down to just a handful of nanometers or less, allowing for the creation of computer chips that are o
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The scientists also showed that nerve cells in the brain and spinal cord are missing a link in this chain reaction. The link, a protein called HDAC5, may help explain why these cells are unlikely to regrow lost branches on their own. The new research
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A spinal cord injury can sever the communication between your brain and your body, leading to paralysis. Fresh from his lab, Grégoire Courtine shows a new method -- combining drugs, electrical stimulation and a robot -- that could re-awaken the neura
