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Why algorithms need humans to predict the weather

Sep 11, 2012 03:10am

Share your Wi-Fi, but not your data cap

Sep 9, 2012 10:24am

Wii-hab: golf game used in physical therapy

Sep 9, 2012 07:37am

Science of the times: candidates answer top tech questions

Sep 8, 2012 03:16pm

Who has cybersecurity authority in the utility industry?

Sep 6, 2012 03:15am

Smart Scooping: Breville Ice Cream Maker Detects Ideal Texture

Sep 5, 2012 06:55pm

88% of students opt for digital in eText pilot program

Sep 5, 2012 03:04am

Fenugreen's FreshPaper lets produce keep for longer

Sep 4, 2012 02:45pm

The "anternet" discovered! How ants mimic Internet protocol

Aug 31, 2012 03:15am

New Spectrum Bridge program aims to boost TV White Space market

Aug 30, 2012 03:07am

The most stolen cars in America

Aug 29, 2012 03:15am

Believe it! New sports car goes 200 mph, gets 70 mpg

Aug 28, 2012 03:10am

New security flaw uncovered in smart grid gear

Aug 27, 2012 03:37am

Invisible bike helmet protects head and haute couture

Aug 25, 2012 09:13am

Q&A: The self-experimenter who intends to change medicine

Aug 24, 2012 06:49am

Is this 'lifelike' image a drawing or photograph?

Aug 24, 2012 03:00am

Lumosity's brain games bring in big money

Aug 23, 2012 03:10am

New cancer scanner gives better quality for half the radiation

Aug 22, 2012 07:36am

Disabled Chinese farmer builds his own bionic arms

Aug 22, 2012 05:13am

3 things we still don't know about U.S. broadband

Aug 22, 2012 03:15am

Ride of the future? Start-up shows off new 'hoverbike'

Aug 21, 2012 04:00am

U.S. Army designing nasal spray to suppress suicide

Aug 20, 2012 10:43am

Your body double is an iPad on a Segway

Aug 20, 2012 05:41am

Live every week like it's shark week with new tracking robots

Aug 19, 2012 07:44am

For $600,000, you can live in a glass house

Aug 17, 2012 04:01am

HDMI stick turns your dumb screen into a smart TV

Aug 16, 2012 03:03am

Do photos show the lost pyramids of Egypt?

Aug 16, 2012 01:00am

6th Circuit rules that tracking cell data requires no warrant

Aug 15, 2012 11:16am

Disney Research virtualizes touch in new augmented reality

Aug 15, 2012 03:27am

"Berkeley of the East" calls for smart meter moratorium

Aug 13, 2012 03:17am

Untouchable: Cardiio app reads heart rate from a stare

Aug 12, 2012 12:59pm

Can't miss! Smart wastebasket moves to catch your trash

Aug 10, 2012 05:19am

Q&A: On communicating with vegetative patients

Aug 10, 2012 05:04am

Campus 911 response gets a makeover

Aug 9, 2012 10:42am

Swimmer or swimsuit? Without tech, records fell

Aug 9, 2012 07:51am

World's smallest gun is highly concealable, triggers fears

Aug 9, 2012 05:03am

Golden mobile: apps help Olympic performance

Aug 8, 2012 07:05pm

How to turn plastic bottles into $78 million of biofuel

Aug 8, 2012 04:32am

Ultra-HD Olympics in a 48 Gbps video stream

Aug 7, 2012 09:56am

Augmented Reality hits its Olympic stride

Aug 6, 2012 08:08am

Uh-oh! 3D printer produces a real gun

Aug 1, 2012 04:30am

An inside look at US Ignite, America's broadband future

Aug 1, 2012 03:01am

In West Virginia, 416,359 without wired broadband access

Jul 27, 2012 10:46am

Q&A: Why higher education is getting left behind

Jul 26, 2012 06:03pm

Google Fiber: the big gigabit reveal and what it means

Jul 26, 2012 11:07am

'Miracle' material may kill tumors, purify water

Jul 26, 2012 05:34am

New laser detects and destroys cancer tumors

Jul 26, 2012 05:08am

Telemedicine robot helps doctors treat patients

Jul 24, 2012 06:33pm

The FCC wants you... to comment on 911 service failures

Jul 24, 2012 02:43pm

The world's smallest house (for $1 a day)

Jul 24, 2012 04:40am

Inside the secret online marketplace for illegal weapons

Jul 23, 2012 05:34am

What the FCC's new metrics tell us about U.S. broadband

Jul 20, 2012 07:45am

Have archaeologists found the legendary lost city of gold?

Jul 20, 2012 04:19am

AT&T to add Wi-Fi to mobile networks

Jul 19, 2012 10:39am

Aerographite: The lightest material on earth

Jul 18, 2012 05:21am

Washington to offer voter registration on Facebook

Jul 18, 2012 04:44am

Google Streetview adds historic images of Antarctica

Jul 17, 2012 01:13pm

Lafayette introduces the Living Lab for Health Innovation

Jul 17, 2012 04:07am

Top 10 most 'hacked' passwords: '123456,' 'ninja'

Jul 16, 2012 05:20am

New theory on Google's fiber experiment - a utility revolution

Jul 13, 2012 09:35am

Meet Dr. Nakamats, world's most prolific innovator

Jul 13, 2012 05:48am

Q&A: Why our digital devices are making us lonelier than ever

Jul 13, 2012 04:36am

'Swiss Army studio apartment' transforms into 6 rooms

Jul 12, 2012 05:15am

GIS tools map social injustice in civil rights cases

Jul 12, 2012 03:43am

FIFA approves goal-line technology

Jul 11, 2012 09:31am

Breakthrough molecule makes your teeth 'cavity-proof'

Jul 11, 2012 05:20am

EchoStar gives broadband a rocket boost with satellite launch

Jul 9, 2012 07:46am

London taxis to offer free WiFi

Jul 7, 2012 06:17am

How college students hijacked a government spy drone

Jul 5, 2012 05:20am

New military weapon shoots lightning bolts

Jul 4, 2012 05:20am

Space: the big data frontier

Jul 3, 2012 11:40pm

London to Sydney in 4 hours -- by plane

Jul 3, 2012 05:08am

Q&A: The Anthropocene, and the tech that might save humans

Jun 29, 2012 07:54am

The incredible shrinking Internet

Jun 29, 2012 04:17am

AIR.U to connect universities with "Super Wi-Fi"

Jun 27, 2012 07:56am

Google sponsors a summer of free Wi-Fi in NYC

Jun 26, 2012 03:39am

Innovative pizza vending machine really delivers

Jun 22, 2012 04:00am

NYU professors say men are more influential... on Facebook

Jun 22, 2012 03:16am

"Strain Paint" detects structural deformation

Jun 21, 2012 07:49pm

How to build the world's tallest building in 90 days

Jun 21, 2012 05:30am

Communicating cars to be tested by U.S. government

Jun 20, 2012 12:37pm

3 takeaways from Amazon's latest cloud outage

Jun 20, 2012 08:19am

It exists! College student invents 'water-less shower'

Jun 20, 2012 05:20am

Virtual role play software aimed at children with social anxiety

Jun 19, 2012 07:29pm

Slash energy consumption 65% with Google Apps

Jun 19, 2012 08:09am

IBM supercomputer named world's fastest, lands new job

Jun 19, 2012 04:30am

Coming soon: An electric airplane for only $34,000

Jun 18, 2012 05:48am

Q&A: The overuse of drugs for treating children with A.D.D.

Jun 15, 2012 08:57am

Amazing ship can carry 100,000 ton oil rigs (photos)

Jun 15, 2012 05:28am

White House launches nationwide broadband testbed

Jun 14, 2012 03:02am

Bright idea? Artist invents a wooden light bulb

Jun 13, 2012 05:30am

As mobile data plans shrink, new options appear

Jun 13, 2012 04:58am

Singapore to unveil world's first 'mechanical forest'

Jun 12, 2012 05:35am

Sold: 130,000 miles of dark fiber in D.C.

Jun 12, 2012 03:16am

Fitness app awards charities for user exercise

Jun 11, 2012 11:33am

It exists! A bed that makes itself

Jun 11, 2012 05:28am

Best charging device ever - stores energy while you walk

Jun 8, 2012 07:33am

It exists! A rear view mirror that eliminates blind spots

Jun 8, 2012 04:50am

Green Energy Gym Technology turns exercise into electricity

Jun 8, 2012 03:00am

The future of the yearbook is a time-lapse video

Jun 6, 2012 05:18am