Facebook Connections Can Boost Voting Online “social contagion” leads to real-world behavior, shows a study of the 2010 U.S. election
The FDA Takes On Mobile Health Apps Regulation is coming soon to health apps. Here’s what to expect.
For Outsourcing IT, Have You Considered North Korea? North Korea has a flourishing IT industry eager for your business
Apps: A Mobile Approach to Better Health Eating right and getting in shape is easier with these apps
Nuclear Fuel From the Sea Scientists say harvesting uranium from seawater makes more economic sense than they’d thought

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Telecom: Fri, September 14, 2012
This Week In Cybercrime: Some New Computers Have Malware Already Installed
Blog Post: Plus: Credit cards featuring microchips can be cloned, cybercrime rampant in India
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At Work: Fri, September 14, 2012
For Outsourcing IT, Have You Considered North Korea?
Podcast: North Korea has a flourishing information technology industry that’s eager for your business
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Energy: September 2012
Nuclear Fuel From the Sea
Article: Scientists say harvesting uranium from seawater makes more economic sense than they’d thought
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Energy: Fri, September 14, 2012
Japan Commits to Eliminating Nuclear Power
Blog Post: But the new energy policy is long on hope and short on specifics
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Semiconductors: Fri, September 14, 2012
Individual Molecular Bonds Imaged for First Time
Blog Post: IBM researchers push AFM into new capabilities and applications
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Robotics: Tue, Sep 11, 2012
Latest AlphaDog Robot Prototypes Get Less Noisy, More Brainy
BlogPost: New video shows Boston Dynamics and DARPA putting AlphaDog through its paces
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Biomedical: Thu, Aug 30, 2012
How I Quantified Myself
Article: Can self-measurement gadgets help us live healthier and better lives?
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Aerospace: Fri, Aug 17, 2012
The Truth About Terahertz
Article: Anyone hoping to exploit this promising region of the electromagnetic spectrum must confront its very daunting physics
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Energy: Wed, Sep 05, 2012
Smart Meter Fires
BlogPost: Add another item to the list of worries slowing the smart grid rollout
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At Work: Mon, Sep 10, 2012
Re-Imagining Our Genes: ENCODE Project Reveals Genome as an Information Processing System
BlogPost: Ten year analysis of the human genome shows that DNA once dismissed as “junk” is actually almost all control logic.
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Robotics: Tue, September 11, 2012
Latest AlphaDog Robot Prototypes Get Less Noisy, More Brainy
Blog Post: New video shows Boston Dynamics and DARPA putting AlphaDog through its paces
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Green Tech: September 2012
Little Limit to the Amount of Wind Energy
Article: Two groups of scientists say we can take as much wind power as we need without changing the climate
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Robotics: Mon, September 10, 2012
Extending Legal Protection to Social Robots
Blog Post: Will projecting emotions onto objects lead to an extension of limited legal rights to robotic companions?
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Energy: Thu, September 13, 2012
Japan May Phase Out Nuclear Power by 2030
Blog Post: Rumors swirl about draft report on post-Fukushima energy policy
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Robotics: Thu, September 13, 2012
Huskies on Mars? University of Toronto Developing Planetary Rover
Blog Post: Canadian students take a Clearpath Husky robot platform and turn it into a methane-sniffing Mars rover
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