How Accurate Is the Mason-Dixon Line? The resolution of the 18th-century mapping is also a story of 20th-century technology
Airport Security: Everything You Know Is Wrong Former TSA head Kip Hawley says we’re spending our money on all the wrong things
Ennet Fights the Power In Japan, a rebellious energy company is challenging TEPCO and the other utilities
Transit of Venus: The Other Half of the Longitude Story In the 1760s, astronomers turned the heavens into a celestial timepiece
Spider Silk Weaves New Path for Electronics Adding gold or nanotubes to spider silk creates microscopic wires

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Robotics: Wed, May 16, 2012
Laser-Equipped MAV Demonstrates Aggressive Autonomous Flight
Blog Post: With an IMU, LIDAR, and a 3D map, this MAV autonomously conquers and underground parking garage
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Green Tech: Wed, May 16, 2012
Do You Need a Tutor For Your Car Electronics?
Blog Post: Auto makers and car dealers think so
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Telecom: Wed, May 16, 2012
LightSquared's Final Chapter?
Blog Post: 4G wireless contender announces bankruptcy filing
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Semiconductors: Wed, May 16, 2012
Graphene Combined with Quantum Dots Result in Efficient Photodetector
Blog Post: Graphene/quantum dot hybrid lifts graphene's light absorbtion efficiency from just three percent to twenty-five percent
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Robotics: Wed, May 16, 2012
Juggling Robot Takes on Two Balls With One Very Fast Hand
Blog Post: This high-speed robot arm can juggle two balls at once. Can you?
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Biomedical: Thu, May 03, 2012
Middle Ear MEMS Microphone Could Restore Hearing
BlogPost: Hearing device could serve as discreet alternative to cochlear implants
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Aerospace: Tue, May 08, 2012
Airport Security: Everything You Know Is Wrong
Podcast: In a new book, former TSA head Kip Hawley says we’re spending our money on all the wrong things
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Consumer Electronics: Mon, Apr 30, 2012
The Kilogram, Reinvented
Article: Two difficult experiments are poised to remake one of the world’s most fundamental units
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Geek Life: Tue, Apr 24, 2012
John L. Hennessy: Risk Taker
Article: Stanford University’s president predicts the death of the lecture hall as university education moves online
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Geek Life: Mon, May 07, 2012
Transit of Venus: The Other Half of the Longitude Story
Podcast: While Harrison was reinventing the clock, astronomers turned the heavens into a celestial timepiece
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Robotics: Tue, May 15, 2012
We're at ICRA 2012!
Blog Post: We're live at ICRA 2012 from St. Paul, Minnesota
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Semiconductors: Fri, May 11, 2012
Nanostructured Silicon Anodes Improve, But Is It Enough for EVs?
Blog Post: Doubling energy density and increasing charge-discharge cycles may not be enough to get Li-ion batteries to power EVs
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Robotics: Fri, May 11, 2012
Video Friday: Talking Vacuums, Robotic Buttocks, and How Not to Fly a Spacecraft
Blog Post: It's Video Friday, and we're dead serious about having video of a robotic rump
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Green Tech: Sun, May 13, 2012
New York City to Explore Electricity from Water Mains
Blog Post: It sounds like a nifty idea, but will it ever be much more than that?
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Robotics: Thu, May 10, 2012
Opportunity Rover Fires Up Engines, Starts Another Year Exploring Mars
Blog Post: Oppy survives another Martian winter and is ready to get back to doing science
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