The Truth About Bender's Brain
David X. Cohen, of "Futurama," reveals how MOS Technology's 6502 processor ended up in the robot's head
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Will Face Recognition Ever Capture Criminals?
Despite thousands of cameras on the scene, the Boston Marathon bombers weren’t caught by face recognition technology
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IBM’s Watson Tries to Learn…Everything
What happens when Watson learns a million databases? RPI students and faculty hope to find out
Data Science Is Now a Job Market Based Entirely on Merit
A start-up ranks data scientists and creates competitions between them for specific consulting projects
Lost in America: Still No Phone Service After Hurricane Sandy
In several communities, Verizon has not restored landline phone service in seven months—and may never
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The Future of the Assembly Line
The assembly line was invented 100 years ago. It’s time to invent the disassembly line
Want to Save the Environment? Build More Cities
A new book argues for the environmental advantages of urban density
A Social Network for Emergency Notifications
Canadian start-up ePACT’s dedicated system keeps organizations connected in emergencies
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Hacking Pacemakers
Manufacturers are still not putting security first when designing implantable medical devices
Marriage by Skype
When advanced telecommunications is the only way to get you to the church on time
IEDs in Iraq, Afghanistan, and Boston
The U.S. Army knows more about countering IEDs than any other organization
Mapping the Human Brain
The U.S. BRAIN initiative will build the tools needed to model the human brain
Literature Is Hard to Remember—Compared to Facebook
And gossip is more memorable than the evening news, according to a new study
What’s Next For 3-D Printing? Car Bodies
Canadian start-up Urbee takes 2500 hours to print a car body that has only 40 parts
Mars Attack: The Curiosity Rover’s Laser-Zapping Rock Analyzer
In a timely new memoir, a geologist chronicles his journey from shooting model rockets to becoming one of Curiosity’s lead scientists
Robots Are Not Killing Jobs, Says a Roboticist
A Georgia Tech professor of robotics argues automation is still creating more jobs than it destroys
Paying for Free TV
Aereo takes broadcast TV signals and puts them on your computer, tablet, and smartphone—for a fee
A 3-D Printer for Human Embryonic Stem Cells
Researchers hope to one day be able to print out an entire human liver
Can Cars Keep Their Cool, Even at 100 Miles Per Gallon?
A look at the top tech cars of 2013 with car critic Lawrence Ulrich
Going Back to School for Drone Pilot Training
There will be 10 000 commercial drones by 2018. They’ll need pilots
Basketball and Biology: A Tale of Two Social Networks
A systems biologist looks at basketball games through the prism of graph theory
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