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Chip combining optics and electronics could mean faster, more energy-efficient computing
For the first time, researchers have used existing manufacturing technology to make a complex processor that uses energy-efficient optical connections.
Milestone for Space Exploration: We Just Made Plutonium
ORNL researchers successfully produced 50 gm of plutonium-238.
The quest for the stars just got a huge boost — for the first time in 27 years, the United States produced plutonium-238.
These robots will handwrite your holiday cards
How bad is your handwriting? A startup from NYC has made a robot that can write your holiday cards — legibly.
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The Robot Cars Quietly Get Closer, The Noise They Make Will Change The World
With a reported tie-up between Google’s self-driving car efforts and the automaker Ford, the era of autonomous vehicles is getting closer. The impact is likely to shake up the balance of power in the global auto industry and among the technology elite. At stake is nothing less than trillions of dollars.
X-Ray Vision? New Technology Making It a Reality for $300
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. (AP) – X-ray vision, a comic book fantasy for decades, is becoming a reality in a lab at MIT.
A group of researchers led by Massachusetts Institute of Technology professor Dina Katabi has developed software that uses variations in radio signals to recognize human silhouettes through walls and track their movements.
Researchers say the technology will be able to help health care providers and families keep closer tabs on toddlers and the elderly, and it could be a new strategic tool for law enforcement and the military.