Digits: Hands-Free 3-D Microsoft's new gadget Digits eliminates gloves from 3-D motion capture with a wrist-worn sensor
Dynamic Pricing: “How Much” Is Not a Simple Question The algorithms that price airline seats are being applied to cameras and cereal
The Cosmological Supercomputer How the Bolshoi simulation evolves the universe all over again
Police States and Domestic Terrorism U.S. security agencies are collecting billions of phone calls, texts, and e-mails. Is there an upside?
Microsoft Researcher Predicts Obama to Win Says Economy-Driven Prediction Models Miss Key Data

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Aerospace: Tue, October 16, 2012
Earth-Mass Planet Found in Our Own Backyard
Blog Post: Astronomers have found a planet in the nearby Alpha Centauri system and may yet find more
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Green Tech: Tue, October 16, 2012
A123 Bites the Dust
Blog Post: Innovative tech—and federal loan guarantees—couldn't keep this lithium-ion battery company afloat
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Energy: Tue, October 16, 2012
A New Green Energy Idea: Harvesting Deep Ocean Currents
Blog Post: Currents provide a steady, reliable form of ocean power
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Robotics: Tue, October 16, 2012
[IROS 2012] DARPA Robotics Challenge Update
Blog Post: Dr. Gill Pratt gives a keynote at IROS on the DARPA Robotics Challenge, including new video of ATLAS
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Computing: Mon, Sep 24, 2012
Deconstructing Recommender Systems
Article: How Amazon and Netflix predict your preferences and prod you to purchase
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Energy: Fri, Oct 05, 2012
National Ignition Facility: Mother of All Boondoggles?
BlogPost: NIF may never work, and even if it does, it will accomplish nothing
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Energy: Tue, Oct 09, 2012
Huge Irish Wind Project Would Send 3000 Megawatts to the United Kingdom
BlogPost: Turbines built in Irish bog land would send electricity under Irish Sea to UK
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Telecom: Tue, Oct 09, 2012
Police States and Domestic Terrorism
Podcast: U.S. security agencies are collecting billions of phone calls, texts, and e-mails. Is there an upside?
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Computing: Tue, Oct 09, 2012
Quantum Physicists Snatch Nobel Prize
BlogPost: American and French scientists studied elusive quantum states in isolated particles
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Robotics: Wed, October 10, 2012
[IROS 2012] Robot Builds Ramp by Randomly Flinging 3,600 Toothpicks
Blog Post: With amorphous building materials like toothpicks and foam, robots build structures to climb over obstacles
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Energy: Fri, October 12, 2012
Arctic-Ocean Shipping Doubles as Melting Ice Opens Sea Lanes
Blog Post: Shorter northern routes and lengthening northern seasons may be a small silver lining in the looming clouds of climate change.
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Energy: Fri, October 12, 2012
Dramatic Trends in U.S. Coal Consumption and Exports
Blog Post: It's no wonder the black gold looms so large in the presidential race
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Green Tech: Tue, October 16, 2012
A123 Bites the Dust
Blog Post: Innovative tech—and federal loan guarantees—couldn't keep this lithium-ion battery company afloat
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Energy: Thu, October 11, 2012
The Greening of the Cloud
Blog Post: Iceland’s plentiful green energy and new fiber links may make it the next big thing in cloud storage
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