Pre-crime software recruited to track gang of thieves
A handful of individuals connected to the Felony Lane Gang have been arrested, but the ringleaders have remained at large for years. Can crime-predicting software finally stop them in their tracks?
March 12, 2015 at 07:10AM
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The Atomic-Scale Searchlight
The feeling of a laptop warming one’s knees, or a smartphone heating up a pocket, is a familiar one. Just as frequent, but far less cozy, is the frustration of electronic devices operating too slowly. Although we may not always realize it, these experiences are connected, as our devices waste precious energy in the process of writing and reading data.
March 12, 2015 at 06:39AM
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Who’s to blame for the digital time deficit?
If digital technology saves time, how come so many of us feel rushed and harried? Technological utopians once dreamt of the post-industrial society as one of leisure. Instead, we are more like characters in “Alice in Wonderland,” running ever faster and faster to stand still.
March 12, 2015 at 06:39AM
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Swatch Co-Inventor: Apple Will Succeed and an Ice Age Is Coming for Swiss Watches
Apple may soon sell as many timepieces as all of Switzerland, threatening the country’s four-century-old industry, the co-inventor of the Swatch predicted.
March 12, 2015 at 03:45AM
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Finding Out What the Past Smelled Like
Augmented reality could change the way we understand — and experience — history.
March 11, 2015 at 07:33PM
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How I Achieved Peace by Crippling My Phone
When the smartphone was invented — back when it was called a Blackberry, not a smartphone — it was also sold as a productivity tool. Now your employees can respond to email while waiting in the check-in line at the airport!
March 11, 2015 at 04:37PM
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Cody Wilson Wants to Destroy Your World
The techno-anarchist wants to make it easy for everyone to manufacture his or her own gun. But will he actually pull it off?
March 11, 2015 at 04:37PM
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AP sues State Department, seeking access to Clinton records
The Associated Press on Wednesday sued the State Department to force the release of email correspondence and government documents from Hillary Rodham Clinton’s tenure as secretary of state.
March 11, 2015 at 03:36PM
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Ariel-1 And The Atomic Space Bomb
Ariel-1 was (sort of) Britain’s first satellite, but then it came face-to-face with a space bomb.
March 11, 2015 at 02:03PM
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Atlas Robot Pushes It To The Limit
Paul Engemann, even though “Push It To The Limit” is best remembered from “Scarface,” this is what your work was meant for.
March 11, 2015 at 11:38AM
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