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Identity theft. Financial fraud. Cybercrime. These words have been integrated into our daily jargon seemingly overnight. It has become nearly impossible to turn on... Read More »

Nokia is bringing tattoos into the high-tech world. The telecommunications giant recently filed a patent for the world's first smart tattoos. Made of... Read More »

To address recurring difficulties in artificial intelligence, such as handling uncertainty, UC Berkeley scientists have turned to a new resource: young children. The... Read More »

These are the industry trends that might have slipped under the radar ... Google hires DARPA director Regina Dugan DARPA is losing its director as Regina... Read More »

The first female director of the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), Dr. Regina Dugan, is stepping down and leaving behind her three years of hard work ... Read More »

General Motors and NASA are jointly developing a robotic glove that auto workers and astronauts can wear to help do their respective jobs better while potentially... Read More »

Here’s your weekly collection of medical news making waves this week. Robotic surgery: Improving patient outcomes and opening the door for telesurgery... Read More »

The United States and the People’s Republic of China (PRC) have a vested interest in fostering research with both military and commercial applications. In the... Read More »

The first time I came across the term ‘robotic surgery’, I imagined an android, much like C-3PO, performing heart or brain surgery in the operating room... Read More »

Over the past few decades, doctors have noted a surprising trend in cancer of the tonsils and base of the tongue in a new type of patient: 30- to 50-year-old... Read More »

Raytheon Company was awarded a $3.8 million contract from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) to allow armed forces to conduct jamming operations... Read More »

A new technique inspired by elegant pop-up books and origami will soon allow clones of robotic insects to be mass-produced by the sheet. Devised by engineers at... Read More »

Researchers at Harvard University have developed a robotic device made from DNA that could potentially seek out specific cell targets within a complex mixture of ... Read More »

Palo Alto Research Center (PARC), A Xerox Company, today announced that it is currently helping the US government proactively identify internal threats... Read More »

Researchers at New York University’s Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences and Department of Physics have found that top-heavy structures are more likely... Read More »

Scientists have created an ultra miniature engine that is able to maneuver in acidic environments without any external energy source, such as the highly acidic human... Read More »

The University of Pennsylvania’s General Robotics, Automation, Sensing and Perception (GRASP) Laboratory has released a video of flying nano quadrotor robots... Read More »

Rockwell Collins has launched work on Phase 2 of a Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) research contract valued at $5.3 million. The effort is expected... Read More »

18 minutes isn't a very long time for most of us who operate in the civilian world. However, in April of 2010, the Chinese government took control of 15% of the... Read More »

Northrop Grumman Corporation has been awarded a contract by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) to develop more efficient radio frequency (RF)... Read More »