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Spray-On Clothing Could Deliver a Suit in a Can [Video]
Start-up develops fiber-laden sartorial aerosol that can be styled and worn
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Soft Touch: Squishy Robots Could Lead to Cheaper, Safer Medical Devices
A Boston-based start-up is exploring the use of rubbery biomedical tools to improve robotic surgery
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Space Station Astronauts to Test 3-D Printing in Microgravity
NASA has big plans for 3-D printing in space, where mined asteroid materials could resupply longer missions
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Will TV Stations Power the Internet of Things?
Researchers repurpose TV signals to transfer data and power battery-free sensors
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In the Fog of Battle Acoustic Sensors Pinpoint Gunfire by Measuring Air Movement
U.S. and other militaries consider drone-mounted detectors to assist in reconnoitering the sources of enemy fire during combat
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When Everybody Starts Wearing Smartglasses, Google Won’t Be the Only Player
Sales of the devices will depend on development of compelling apps
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Crash Course: Training the Brain of a Driverless Car
Truly autonomous automobiles do not exist. Will things change once cars can think like people?
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Fashion Statement: Designer Creates Line of Drone-Proof Garments to Protect Privacy
As debate over the use of unmanned aerial vehicles in the U.S. rages on, a fashion designer introduces clothing that blocks drone-mounted infrared cameras
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Injectable Foam Blocks Internal Bleeding on the Battlefield
Field medics want to use a novel foam to seal off hemorrhaging organs, but safety concerns persist
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How to Survive an Avalanche: Skier’s Air Bag
For those who can’t resist fresh powder in the backcountry, a new wearable safety device could increase the chances of rescue
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Rocket Man: Land-Speed Racer Pushes 1,000 MpH Barrier [Slide Show]
England's Bloodhound Project successfully tested its booster in October, but other racers are likewise in hot pursuit of the land-speed record
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Wrist Device Makes Controlling Gadgets a Snap [Video]
Microsoft's wrist sensor controls smart phones, video games and other electronics via hand and finger gestures
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Remote-Controlled Roaches to the Rescue? [Video]
Researchers create cyborg insects that may one day save earthquake victims
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Forget Passwords: How Playing Games Can Make Computers More Secure
A new security approach would let users input patterns instead of words to verify identity
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Snap Judgment: Ultrafast Camera Renews Promise of Blood Test for Early Cancer Detection
U.C.L.A.'s enhanced laser-pulsing camera is one of several emerging approaches to finding cancer cells in the blood stream
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Vapor Trail: Electronic Noses Sniff Bad Breath for Signs of Disease
Nanofiber sensors could lead to less expensive, pocket-size, health-monitoring Breathalyzers
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Implantable Devices Could Detect and Halt Epileptic Seizures
Electrical stimulation, brain "cooling" and drug-delivery devices are all being developed as antiseizure tools
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Blade Runner: 18-Rotor "Volocopter" Moving from Concept to Prototype
It may look "nutty" and like a "blender," but the designers say the craft could challenge helicopters
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Impermanent Press: New Deformable Surface to Give Smart Phone Touch Screens Raised Tactile Keyboards
Flexible keys raised by fluid or gas on a touch screen surface applied to smart phones, tablets and other consumer electronics gadgets are expected to debut in 2013
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Shooting beyond the Moon: "Part-Time" Scientists Aim to Develop Autonomous Rover to Compete for Lunar X PRIZE
A 100-member team of experts aims to develop quick-response rover technology they hope will alter the way robots explore the moon and beyond
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AI Me-Rector Sets: Self-Assembling Robotic Cubes Can Replicate Objects [Video]
M.I.T. researchers experiment with modular bots smart enough to morph into things placed near them
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Bots of Burden: U.S. Army Recruiting an Array of Animal-Inspired Robots to Assist Battlefield Troops [Video]
The latest are the roachlike RHex and four-wheeled hopping Sand Flea. A mechanical cheetah might not be far behind
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Buzz Kill: Self-Dissolving Tinnitus Treatment Gives New Hope
The Pentagon searches for technology to treat tinnitus, characterized by a persistent ringing in the ears, and suffered by one in 10 U.S. adults, and 40 percent of all veterans
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Shocking Pink: An Inexpensive Test for Chemical Weapon Attacks
Paper sensors change color from blue to pink within 30 seconds of exposure to trace amounts of the toxic gas
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Land and See: Infrared and 3-D Vision Systems Combine to Help Pilots Avoid Crash Landings [Video]
Enhanced and synthetic vision technologies (and even a combination of the two) promise to make flying on small- and medium-size aircraft safer
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