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William Shockley is well known for helping to invent the transistor, but his aspiration to replace human workers with robotic ones is mostly lost to history.

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With full-fledged cyberwar becoming an increasingly likely possibility in the 21st century, one cybersecurity scholar calls on nations to extend the rules of war to cyberconflicts.

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Because GPS doesn't work well indoors, other radiolocation systems are vying to help you find your way around inside.

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Node names help the chip industry advertise its progress, but they no longer mean what they used to.

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In an attempt to reverse paralysis in patients with spinal cord injuries, researchers are electrically stimulating the spinal neurons of their patients in hopes of allowing them to stand and walk again.

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Here are four ways to smuggle messages through Internet services.

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The first full-size autonomous helicopter has shown the way for robotic medevac missions.

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We could save energy in everything from smartphones to supercomputers by letting them make mistakes.

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New technologies aim to track firefighters in blazing buildings.

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This September, augmented reality will transform sailboat racing into a thrilling televised sport.

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All is well for engineers in the Asia-Pacific tech job market, with software skills dominating job listings throughout the region.

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The first of a controversial new class of guided-missle destroyers is nearing completion.

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The Internet will break down without new biologically inspired routings.

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Measuring and modeling the bird's effortless flight could inspire new drone designs.

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Engineers aim to change silicon's central role in the heart of transistors.

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Ironically, electric cars may prove worse for the environment than the vehicles they are meant to replace.

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When it comes to technology and the future of food, the pessimists are wrong.

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Fixed-microwave communications differ fundamentally from broadcast radio, and the strategies used to regulate their spectrum should differ, too.

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Tracing the tortured legal trail of a simple smartphone patent reveals much about our intellectual property system.

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This year's cars do more with less weight.