It's been a week since Japan's devastating 9.0-magnitude earthquake and resulting tsunami. Amid the disaster cleanup and relief efforts, new problems...
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Henrik Eskilsson, CEO of eye-tracking software maker Tobii, tests the motion-sensing laptop. The good-size hump on the back of the computer contain...
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We at Springwise are always happy to chronicle the spread of a good idea, but never more so than when those doing the spreading are part of the Spring...
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Jill Tarter, director of the SETI Institute, wants individuals to help in the search for intelligent life in the universe.
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Those who survive will think to themselves that it could have been worse.
Awful though some images of the Japanese earthquake and tsunami truly are, ...
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LHS experiments are assembled underground. Here, a silicon tracking detector--a cousin to an ordinary digital camera sensor--is inserted into one o...
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GoPro&39's 3D videocamera system
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The camera market might be dominated by giants such as Canon and Panasonic, but a small start-up...
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In October 2010, this Boeing 787 Dreamliner, designated ZA006, became the sixth and final 787 to join the flight test program.
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Tethys floats at the surface in Monterey Bay.
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A new breed of undersea robot promises to give oceanographers a deeper un...
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Some people believe the future is something to look forward to. And, indeed, there is some evidence that, for a small number of people--especially t...
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Orbital Debris-Debris Collision Avoidance
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What to do with all the space junk now in orbit around Earth Each year, that questio...
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Global Observer&39's first flight.
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When it comes to unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV), hydrogen is all the rage.
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KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla.--The Endeavour astronauts installed a $2 billion cosmic ray detector on the International Space Station today, a powerful ...
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Lytro says its light-field camera, due to ship later this year, will let people change the focus of their photos after the fact.
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Theyworkforyou.com, the site that helps the British public keep tabs on their politicians, has just made the government''s goings-on even more transpa...
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A Lufthansa Airbus A380 departs Frankfurt.
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Though I mostly write about cell phones at CNET, you may have noticed that I'm rat...
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Canadian firm BioLytical received FDA approval this week for the sale of its Insti HIV Rapid Antibody Test in the United States.
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Telepresence robots are way cool, but way expensive. We've seen several platforms for these machines that let you remotely guide a robot around a d...
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How do you expect to achieve immortality
Well, should sporting prowess have passed you by, or should you have suffered an unfortunate career-ending i...
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High-speed railroads currently under construction in the U.S., as well as corridors under development, and proposed lines under study from the cu...
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