Social Media Manipulation and the U.S. Election Twitter bombs, microtargeting, and astroturfed journalists
What’s Next for the Large Hadron Collider? And what, exactly, is a Higgs boson, anyway?
Adrian Cheok: Making a Huggable Internet An inventor builds gear to transmit touches, tastes, and more
iCandy: A Look Inside A German plasma chamber, a solar house, a flight simulator, and a $326 000 cellphone
Video and Audio Enabler WebRTC Near Release A simple way to turn anything with an Internet connection into a peer-to-peer video calling tool

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Computing: Sun, October 28, 2012
Predicting Hurricane Sandy
Blog Post: Last year’s hurricane models were quite accurate in their predictions of the track of Hurricane Irene, and algorithm changes earlier this year give forecasters even better tools for predicting Hurricane Sandy.
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Geek Life: Fri, October 26, 2012
A Defense Engineer With A Passion For Weather Is Forecasting On Facebook—And Tells You How To Build Your Own Hurricane Forecasts
Blog Post: If you’re tracking Hurricane Sandy you could watch the weather channel; or you could follow a software engineer’s smart, clear analyses of numerical weather prediction models on Facebook.
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Telecom: Fri, October 26, 2012
This Week in Cybercrime: Thieves Steal Credit Card Data from Barnes & Noble Customers
Blog Post: Plus: Millions of Android phones are vulnerable because of security-challenged apps, that message in your inbox might not have come from where it says it originated, and the link to that supposed government website might lead you right into a hacker’s trap
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At Work: October 2012
Adrian Cheok: Making a Huggable Internet
Article: An inventor builds gear to transmit touches, tastes, and more
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Semiconductors: Fri, October 26, 2012
Nanostructured Silicon Li-ion Batteries’ Capacity Figures Are In
Blog Post: Do the numbers really promise a game-changing technology for electric vehicles?
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Semiconductors: Wed, Oct 24, 2012
Chip Makes Twisted Light for Communications
Article: Silicon IC could pack more bits onto optical fiber by sending the light on a twisted path
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Computing: Mon, Sep 24, 2012
Deconstructing Recommender Systems
Article: How Amazon and Netflix predict your preferences and prod you to purchase
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At Work: Fri, Oct 26, 2012
Adrian Cheok: Making a Huggable Internet
Article: An inventor builds gear to transmit touches, tastes, and more
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Robotics: Wed, Oct 24, 2012
Meet the Amazing Robots That Will Compete in the DARPA Robotics Challenge
BlogPost: Over the next two years, robotics will be revolutionized, and here's how it's going to happen
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Robotics: Wed, October 24, 2012
Meet the Amazing Robots That Will Compete in the DARPA Robotics Challenge
Blog Post: Over the next two years, robotics will be revolutionized, and here's how it's going to happen
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Computing: Tue, October 23, 2012
FTC Presents $50K Engineering Challenge: Block Illegal Robocallers
Blog Post: Prize for developing proposed technical solutions or functional solutions and proofs of concept
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Semiconductors: October 2012
Chip Makes Twisted Light for Communications
Article: Silicon IC could pack more bits onto optical fiber by sending the light on a twisted path
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At Work: Tue, October 23, 2012
Help CERN and Angry Birds Battle Evil
Blog Post: What cool phenomena should CERN and game-maker Rovio build into a modern-physics version of Angry Birds?
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Semiconductors: Wed, October 24, 2012
NASA’s Decline as Leader in Nanotechnology Research
Blog Post: Has the past decade's reduction in NASA's nanotechnology research impacted space exploration?
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