NASA makes final attempt to contact silent Mars rover
More than a year after losing communication with the Mars rover Spirit, NASA is making one final attempt today to contact the robotic traveler.
View ArticleNASA astronauts boost robotics on space station
NASA astronauts prepared today for their fourth and final spacewalk during the space shuttle Endeavour's last mission to the International Space Station.
View ArticleNASA astronauts complete space station work
NASA astronauts Friday wrapped up the fourth and final spacewalk of space shuttle Endeavour's last mission, moving a robotic arm from the space shuttle to its new home onboard the International Space...
View ArticleNASA bids farewell to Endeavour, tees up Atlantis
After 19 years and 25 space flights, NASA's space shuttle Endeavour returned to Earth from a 16-day mission early this morning, ending its storied career.
View ArticleGoogle live streams lunar eclipse
Afraid you're going to miss today's lunar eclipse? Google has a solution for you.
View ArticleIBM announces computer memory breakthrough
IBM Thursday announced a breakthrough in computer memory technology, which may lead to the development of solid-state chips that can store as much data as NAND flash technology but with 100 times the...
View ArticleNew tools driving big data analytics, survey finds
New technologies are enabling companies to perform increasingly sophisticated data analytics on very large and very diverse data sets, an upcoming report from The Data Warehousing Institute (TDWI) shows.
View ArticleCan a 'nifty' iWatch from Apple catch on?
A watch that doubles as a computer and two-way radio has been a technology vision since at least the 1950s. But if recent reports that Apple's interested in an 'iWatch' are true, would such a device sell?
View ArticleWhich way Apple ticks on the iWatch will show how gutsy the firm remains
If Apple ever makes some kind of "iWatch" wearable device, how the company positions the device will tell a lot about where it's going.
View ArticleSmart apps think (so you don't have to)
Over the next few years, almost every app we use and every website we visit may function less like a machine and more like a person helping us to do our work and live our lives.
View ArticleSamsung uses Qi charging for Galaxy S4, but sees A4WP as the future
While Samsung's latest smartphone, the Galaxy S4, uses the Qi standard for wireless charging, the company will continue to push the Alliance for Wireless Power's specification as the future standard...
View ArticleMicrosoft collects 13 design patents for Surface, keyboard covers
The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office yesterday awarded Microsoft 13 design patents for its Surface line of tablets, including their innovative Touch keyboards-slash-covers, according to published...
View ArticleLawmaker tries to ban drivers from wearing Google Glass
A West Virginia state legislator is looking to amend a no-texting-while-driving law by also banning drivers from using computerized glasses.
View ArticleNASA launches new nanosatellites: Android smartphones
NASA has launched three Google-HTC Nexus One smartphones into space in what scientists hope will be the lowest-cost satellites ever tested.
View ArticleCaesars Palace deals Google Glass out of its game
A year before Google's futuristic-looking, computerized eyeglasses are even expected to hit the market, they have been banned -- again.
View ArticleGoogle bans porn on Glass to nix the 'ick factor'
Early Monday, a developer announced the release of the first porn app for Google Glass only to learn that Google had banned porn apps for its computerized eyeglasses.
View Article3D printer creates lithium-ion batteries the size of a grain of sand
Researchers from Harvard and the University of Illinois have printed precisely interlaced stacks of tiny battery electrodes, each less than the width of a human hair.
View ArticleSurface smartwatch in prototype with modified Windows 8, reports say
Microsoft is reportedly moving ahead quickly with development of a smartwatch, having reached the prototype stage of a 1.5-in. device running on a modified Windows 8 housed in a translucent aluminum case.
View ArticleSelf-driving cars could create 1GB of data a second
While self-driving cars may be safe and efficient, they certainly won't be economical in terms of data storage, according to one big data strategist.
View ArticleThe Moto X represents the future of everything
The Moto X is a revolutionary smartphone that will push everyday voice interaction with an artificial intelligence virtual assistant into the mainstream.
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