Snails in a Race for Biological Energy Harvesting Tinkering could tailor snails to spy for us
Deflecting Asteroids A solar sail could use light to nudge an earthbound rock into an orbit we could live with
The Automotive Black Box Data Dilemma Now that your car records what you do behind the wheel, can you swear it to secrecy?
Top 10 Tech Cars 2012 The internal combustion engine strikes back
The Titanic’s Role in Radio Reform How the sinking of the Titanic sparked a century of radio improvements

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Robotics: Wed, April 11, 2012
DARPA Robotics Challenge: Q&A; With Gill Pratt
Blog Post: The program manager tells us everything about DARPA’s hottest new program and how it could change robotics in a big way
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Robotics: Wed, April 11, 2012
Curiosity Rover Gets Practice Time Before Mars Landing
Blog Post: A body double and software simulations help get the Mars rover team ready for the August landing
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Biomedical: Tue, April 10, 2012
Bursting Bubbles Kill Cancer Cells
Blog Post: A new technique uses nanobubbles to rupture cancer cell membranes and let drugs in.
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Consumer Electronics: Tue, April 10, 2012
Cell Phone Companies Break Evil Streak with Promise of Stolen-Phone Blacklist
Blog Post: A collaborative national database will deter phone theft
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Robotics: Tue, April 10, 2012
Can't Make It to RoboGames? Help Fund This Documentary
Blog Post: RoboGames needs your help to put together a professional documentary of their 2012 event
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Geek Life: Fri, Mar 30, 2012
Marissa Mayer: Google’s Chic Geek
Article: This self-proclaimed “girly girl” runs one of Google’s fastest-growing services
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At Work: Fri, Feb 24, 2012
Should You Still Choose Nuclear Engineering as a Career?
Article: Despite Fukushima, nuclear engineering still promises a stable career
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Green Tech: Wed, Mar 28, 2012
Top 10 Tech Cars 2012
Article: The internal combustion engine strikes back
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Semiconductors: Fri, Mar 30, 2012
MEMS Switches for Low-Power Logic
Article: A modern twist on a trusted old technology—the electromechanical relay—could lead to ultralow-power chips
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Robotics: Thu, April 05, 2012
The Future of Robotics and Artificial Intelligence Is Open
Blog Post: Openness is disruptive, profitable, and will allow participation in robotics and AI to take off
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Robotics: Tue, April 10, 2012
DARPA Robotics Challenge: Here Are the Official Details
Blog Post: Want to win $2 million? Build a robot that can drive a truck, operate power tools, and break through walls
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Green Tech: Wed, April 04, 2012
Solar Shakeout Gets Scarier
Blog Post: The latest bankruptcy claims a really big fish
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Energy: Mon, April 09, 2012
Why the Climate Challenge Has Been So Intractable
Blog Post: Death of Sherwood Rowland prompts reflections on how CFC and CO2 challenges have differed
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Semiconductors: Fri, April 06, 2012
E-nosy Phone Sniffs Out Danger
Blog Post: Nanosensor makes your mobile phone into a portable medical monitor
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