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Interview: Scott Hassan on Willow Garage and the Future of Suitable Technologies 27 Aug 2013 | 06:13 pm
When Suitable Technologies announced that it was absorbing most of Willow Garage last week, we pinged both companies to see if we could get any additional information about what was going on. Yesterda...
Energy Secretary Elaborates on Obama's Climate Action Plan 27 Aug 2013 | 09:04 am
If the most notable thing about President Obama's recent climate speech was the way he gave it, then the most telling thing about his energy secretary's elaboration on that speech, yesterday in New Yo...
Korean Telcos Advance Toward LTE-Advanced 27 Aug 2013 | 09:00 am
Long-term evolution (LTE), the wireless standard behind today’s top-of-the-line smartphones and tablets, was never meant to be the end of the road for fourth-generation (4G) mobile networks. And now,...
The Other Cross-U.S. Solar Plane Trek 27 Aug 2013 | 05:50 am
Last month, the photovoltaic-powered plane Solar Impulse completed its six-stage, two-month journey across the United States. It wasn’t quite Armstrong on the moon or Lindbergh in Paris, but it was st...
For First Time Graphene and Metal Make Super Strong Composite 27 Aug 2013 | 04:33 am
One of the characteristics of graphene that is often mentioned but seldom exploited is its strength compared to other materials. Its tensile strength has been measured at 130 GigaPascals, making it 20...
A teeny, tiny autopilot 27 Aug 2013 | 02:41 am
Researchers in the Netherlands have designed a thumbnail-size autopilot system that they say is the lightest in the world, at just 1.9 grams. That should free up a fair amount of carrying capacity fo...
Bionic Skin for a Cyborg You 26 Aug 2013 | 10:30 pm
One decade ago, my research group at the University of Tokyo created a flexible electronic mesh and wrapped it around the mechanical bones of a robotic hand. We had dreamed of making an electronic ski...
Exclusive: Super Duper Ultra Mega Secret Willow Garage PR2 Research 26 Aug 2013 | 07:32 pm
So what's been going on at Willow Garage for the past few months? We'd tell you that it involved cake, but that would be a lie. Instead, we have these exclusive secret pictures from deep inside the gi...
IT Hiccups of the Week: Stock Exchange “Gremlins” Attack 26 Aug 2013 | 09:21 am
We were blessed with another impressive week of IT-related burps, belches and eructs. This time, stock market officials are reaching for the antacid. Nasdaq Suffers Three-Hour Trading “Glitch” Well,...
