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Technology Review’s Emerging Technologies Conference is under way, and bloggers from all over are reporting conference news as it breaks.Technology Review is hosting its seventh annual Emerging...
View ArticleFiltering Internet Content
A company at the Venture Summit East conference focuses on a search engine for the non-savvy Web user.At the Venture Summit East conference in downtown Boston yesterday, CEOs of various tech start-ups...
View ArticleLimiting Coal Targets to Fight Climate Change
Limited goals for carbon-dioxide capture from coal might mean faster overall progress on climate change.The quickest and most effective way to deal with emissions from new coal power plants might be to...
View ArticleRethinking Nano Drug Design
Research shows that the arrangement of tumor-targeting molecules counts.Researchers may have made some incorrect assumptions about how to design nanoparticles deliver drugs that target tumor cells,...
View ArticleMicrosoft Game Helps Make Search Better
A new game asks users to help refine search results.
View ArticleMalleable Maps, Artistic Robots and Bubble Interfaces
An event showcases the intersection of design and technology.
View ArticleAre Games Good for You?
Jane McGonigal, in her latest book and during her PAX East keynote, talks about the positive effects of playing.Jane McGonigal has a message: games are good.
View ArticleGlimpse Our Robotic Future in China
Disembodied robots arms, miniature humanoids, and a robotic conga line at the ICRA 2011 conference.
View ArticleYour Smartphone Can Tell If You’re Bored
A group of researchers looked at how people used their phones to figure out when they were bored, then suggested they go read a BuzzFeed article.Add “boredom detector” to the seemingly endless list of...
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