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New work patterns create 24x7 rush hours on New York subways
Overall daily subway ridership is up, but peak-hour ridership is down: evidence that '9 to 5' is becoming '24/7/365.'
July 23, 2013 6:41pm |
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Cisco's $2.7B bet on anti-hacking tech
As businesses move beyond their network's firewall to cloud and mobile computing, their systems are becoming more exposed. Cisco's latest purchase aims to shore up its customers' defenses.
July 23, 2013 4:27pm |
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Extracting drinking water from sweaty shirts
Around 780 million people lack access to clean water. As part of UNICEF's campaign to raise awareness for the issue, the group has unveiled the Sweat Machine.
July 23, 2013 2:36pm |
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Top 10 countries with the fastest Internet
The global average peak connection speed grew 9 percent in the first quarter with Hong Kong leading the pack. The other nine countries with the fastest Internet might surprise you.
July 23, 2013 2:04pm |
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Unending Supply: charge a cellphone with urine
For the first time, a device that harnesses human waste products was used to successfully charge a standard cellphone battery.
1 | July 23, 2013 12:36pm |
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Why 2014 will be a great year for 3D printing
2013 has been the year of the desktop 3D printer. Will 2014 be the year industrial 3D printing takes off? Here's one reason to be optimistic.
July 23, 2013 12:32pm |
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Utilities haven't harnessed smart grid opportunity: study
Are businesses missing out on improving their profit margins by ignoring the potential of smart grid technology?
July 23, 2013 12:26pm |
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Eat this ice cream with your hands
Even your ice cream is adapting to climate change.
1 | July 23, 2013 10:17am |
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Gatwick Airport announces expansion plans
Is a second runway necessary for British airspace?
July 23, 2013 10:04am |
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Pentagon bows down to pressure in spectrum battle
In the upcoming spectrum auction, the Defense Department has offered to compromise with carriers over resources currently used in military programs.
July 23, 2013 8:05am |
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Israel's Silicon Valley introduces augmented reality research
As wearable technology and the idea of augmented reality catches the eye of tech firms worldwide, Israel stands to benefit.
July 23, 2013 7:16am |
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The end of guide books? Lonely Planet lays off one-third of editorial staff
Will the digital revolution claim travel guide books among its victims?
July 23, 2013 4:27am |
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What to name a modern royal baby
Kate and Will should come up with a moniker that embraces global contemporary times. A boy named Sue?
3 | July 23, 2013 3:19am |
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Tech tries to outmaneuver a tyrant in Zimbabwe
Ahead of important elections, Freedom Fone, a homegrown product designed to use cell phones to help inform voters and monitor the polls, has run out of funding.
6 | July 23, 2013 3:01am |
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Sign of the future: Sensors that stick everywhere
StickNFind has created colorful sensors the size of a quarter, its own Bluetooth software stack, and an open developer platform. What more do you need for the Internet of Things?
2 | July 23, 2013 3:00am |
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Innovator | Camille Fournier, director of engineering, Rent the Runway
The fashion start-up technologist breaks down the divide between geek and chic.
July 23, 2013 3:00am |
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These wetsuits confuse and repel sharks
Shark attacks are rare, but there's adequate apprehension in water sports for Australian scientists to have created wetsuits that can deter unwanted encounters.
3 | July 22, 2013 7:03pm |
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One more sign Google has big plans for Google Glass
Google has agreed to buy a 6.3 percent stake in the display unit of Himax Technologies, a Taiwan-based company that makes chips used in the Google Glass headset.
1 | July 22, 2013 3:30pm |
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Why U.S. electric vehicle sales are booming
There is clearly a market for electric vehicles. But at what cost to automakers?
19 | July 22, 2013 12:42pm |
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China's latest crime-fighting tool has feathers
Chinese police forces in rural areas of Xinjiang province have turned to a low-tech tactic that's been used for centuries to tackle crime.
2 | July 22, 2013 11:28am |