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Blinding the Watchman
Internet constellations could thwart killer asteroid discovery algorithms.
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Portable Device Produces Biopharmaceuticals on Demand
The U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency has funded the development of a portable on-demand biopharmaceutical production system.
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First Major Database of Non-Native English
Researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology have issued the first major database of fully annotated English sentences written by non-native English...
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Scientists Program Cells to Remember and Respond to Series of Stimuli
Massachusetts Institute of Technology researchers have used synthetic biology to program cells to remember and respond to a series of events.
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Scientists Program Cells to Remember and Respond to Series of Stimuli
Synthetic biology allows researchers to program cells to perform novel functions such as fluorescing in response to a particular chemical or producing drugs in...
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Exploring Networks Efficiently
Researchers are hypothesizing that the study of ant colony behavior could lead to improved network communication algorithms.
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How to Stay Anonymous Online
New technology for protecting anonymity online provides stronger security guarantees but uses bandwidth much more efficiently than previous anonymity networks.
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How to Stay Anonymous Online
Anonymity networks protect people living under repressive regimes from surveillance of their Internet use. But the recent discovery of vulnerabilities in the most...
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Researchers Discover New Way to Turn Electricity Into Light, sing Graphene
Researchers have discovered a sheet of graphene can cause an electric current to surpass the speed of decelerated light and rapidly generate a focused beam.
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'super Mario Brothers' Is Hard
Researchers found the problem of solving a level in the "Super Mario Brothers" video game is as challenging as the most vexing problems in the PSPACE complexity...
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Automatic Bug Finder
Researchers have moved closer to enabling symbolic execution of applications written via programming frameworks.
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Ingestible Origami Robot
Researchers have demonstrated an origami robot that can unfold from a ingestible capsule and use external magnetic fields to navigate across the stomach wall.
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Can Technology Help Teach Literacy in Poor Communities?
Three studies have found tablet use effective in improving performance on standardized tests of reading preparedness by children in economically disadvantaged countries...
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Self-Driving Cars, Meet Rubber Duckies
A course in the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory aimed to create a fleet of duckie-adorned self-driving...
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Robotic Consensus
Planning algorithms for teams of robots fall into two categories: centralized algorithms, in which a single computer makes decisions for the whole team, and decentralized...
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Experiencing nderwater Worlds, Virtually
Dhruv Jain led the creation of a scuba-diving simulator as part of his Amphibian virtual reality project.
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First-Ever 3d Printed Robots Made of Both Solids and Liquids
Researchers have developed "printable hydraulics," a technique for three-dimensional printing of robots involving simultaneously printing solid and liquid materials...
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Phone-Based Laser Rangefinder Works Outdoors
Researchers have developed an infrared depth-sensing system, built from a smartphone with a $10 laser attached to it, that works indoors and outdoors.
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Browsing in Public
The new Eyebrowse system enables Web users to share self-selected aspects of their online activity with their friends and the general public.
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Enabling Human-Robot Rescue Teams
Researchers say they have developed a new way of modeling robot collaboration.
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