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MIT researchers build a computer program to recognize whether smiles are genuinely happy or frustrated -- and the computer does better than humans. As the video... Read More »

iCub is a humanoid robotic platform developed at the Italian Institute of Technology. The life-like robot is a collaborative research project with over twenty... Read More »

Early this week, Northwestern Physics undergraduate Zachary G. Nicolaou reported on some peculiar material properties in Nature Materials. What makes these materials... Read More »

At last week's CTIA wireless conference in New Orleans, the talk was all about small-cell technology to alleviate difficulties carriers are having with spectrum... Read More »

A group at the Nanyang Technological Institute has demonstrated new wireless technology capable of transmitting data 1,000 times faster than Bluetooth -- nearly 2... Read More »

Meg Whitman, HP's president and CEO since Q4 2011, is launching a large-scale corporate restructuring in hopes of helping the company find an identity in the... Read More »

With a voracious smartphone and mobile device market and fierce chip design competition, it's a good time to be a microchip fab company. Worldwide, UMC is second... Read More »

Using a group of small humanoid-like robots, researchers at the Aldebaran Robotics lab are investigating new ways for robots to coordinate complex motions. Instead of ... Read More »

The three axis accelerometers that currently inhabit our smartphones typically measure values on the order of a couple times the acceleration due to gravity -- about... Read More »

President Obama's presidential focus on technology took a step into the mobile realm today. The administration calls on every major federal agency to "make... Read More »

Early yesterday morning, Elon Musk became a very happy man. SpaceX, Musk's private space flight company, made an important first step towards establishing his... Read More »

Hyper Solar Inc. demonstrates their polymer-coated hydrogen-producing prototype. The company is understandably tight-lipped about specifics, but is one of several... Read More »

This morning Google announced that they have completed the $12.5 billion acquisition of Motorola, solidifying their newfound role as owners of an equipment... Read More »

The European Commission said Monday that Google is currently "abusing" its search market dominance to promote its own services. Google provides more links to ... Read More »

"So.cl" (pronounced "social"), Microsoft's take on social networking, went online this weekend in an experimental beta release with little pomp ... Read More »

In the wake of Samsung's Exynos quad-core processors, now powering their increasingly successful line of Galaxy smartphones, the semiconductor leader has started... Read More »

As our processing, storage, and display capabilities continue to grow, the verdict is still out on what will eventually take the place of the good ol' mouse and... Read More »

Shenzhen Institutes of Advanced Technology engineers have fabricated a robot that is able to navigate around your clothing by climbing the wrinkles. As demonstrated in ... Read More »

Block co-polymers are materials that are made of several different monomer components, and can fabricated to have unique properties as a result. Block co-polymers... Read More »

A recent International Trade Administration report found that Chinese companies are unfairly dumping Chinese-government-subsidized solar panels on the American... Read More »