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Unintentional Interfaces: Why Russian Dashcams Saw That Meteor
How Russia’s social and legal culture combined with technology to capture a once-in-a-lifetime event on video.
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Oxford’s Self-Driving Car (on the Left Side of the Road)
Across the pond, Oxford swerves into Google’s self-driving lane.
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The Future of American Manufacturing
The president’s proposed initiatives are a good start in helping to revitalize manufacturing, but they don’t go nearly far enough.
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The Rise (or Fall?) of the Tactus Keyboard
How good an idea is a “now you feel it, now you don’t” keyboard?
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Musk–New York Times Debate Highlights Electric Cars’ Shortcomings
Tesla should emphasize the applications where EVs beat gas vehicles.
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Soraa Pushes LED Brightness to Next Level
Startup says its GaN-on-GaN LED offers more performance headroom than conventional LEDs.
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The True Story of a 1967 “Contact” Incident
The story of the SETI discussions during the discovery of pulsars has never been fully told—until now
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Why an Apple TV SDK Excited the Internet
No, the iTV isn’t imminent. But third-party programmers are rightly excited at the prospect.
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Obama: Technology Will Save the Country
Did Obama’s State of the Union speech include more mentions of technology than any other president’s?
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Moshers, Heavy Metal and Emergent Behavior
The collective behavior of moshers at heavy metal concerts is mathematically similar to a disordered 2D gas, say physicists.
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