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Sandia’s Gemini-Scout: A Rescue Robot Optimized for Mining Disasters
Robots

Sandia’s Gemini-Scout: A Rescue Robot Optimized for Mining Disasters

Unveiled at this week's giant drone conference

You Call This School? The 25 Coolest College Labs in the Country
Science

You Call This School? The 25 Coolest College Labs in the Country

Forget algebra homework: try building spaceships, operating a nuclear reactor or listening in to distant galaxies

DARPA Fills Us In On HTV-2’s Semi-Successful Flight and Very Successful Crash
Technology

DARPA Fills Us In On HTV-2’s Semi-Successful Flight and Very Successful Crash

Gray Matter: Easy DIY Gunpowder
Projects

Gray Matter: Easy DIY Gunpowder

While other kids played cops and robbers, our columnist made his own explosives. See how to make your own in our video

Science

Stanley Contest Rules

New Computer Chip Modeled on a Living Brain Can Learn and Remember
DARPA

New Computer Chip Modeled on a Living Brain Can Learn and Remember

IBM, with help from DARPA, has built two working prototypes of a "neurosynaptic chip." Based on the neurons and synapses of the brain, these first-generation cognitive computing cores could represent a major leap in power, speed and efficiency

DIY Solution to Annoying TV Celebs Mutes Your TV Whenever Charlie Sheen Is Mentioned
DIY

DIY Solution to Annoying TV Celebs Mutes Your TV Whenever Charlie Sheen Is Mentioned

In Which We Conclude Our Trip
Vehicles

In Which We Conclude Our Trip

With introspective retrospection, we consider the effects of our trip on transportation in this country

Space Boat: A Nautical Mission to an Alien Sea
Moons

Space Boat: A Nautical Mission to an Alien Sea

Symbiotic Bacteria Serve as Hydrogen “Fuel Cells” for Deep-Sea Mussels
Animals

Symbiotic Bacteria Serve as Hydrogen “Fuel Cells” for Deep-Sea Mussels

With Shuttle Program Over, NASA Prepares to Smash Retired Craft Together
Technology

With Shuttle Program Over, NASA Prepares to Smash Retired Craft Together

"We've wanted to do this for so long," says engineer

Software Seeks to Search Every Smartphone Simultaneously, Making Realtime Crowdsourced Photo Search a Reality
Technology

Software Seeks to Search Every Smartphone Simultaneously, Making Realtime Crowdsourced Photo Search a Reality

Phones

Google to Buy Motorola Mobility for $12.5 Billion

Building, Launching, and Landing a Rover (All Before Going to College)
Science

Building, Launching, and Landing a Rover (All Before Going to College)

Archive Gallery: A Century of Ambitious Amphibious Vehicles
Vehicles

Archive Gallery: A Century of Ambitious Amphibious Vehicles

Would you take these seaplanes and other vehicles out for a ride? We'd take our chances on the marsh buggy, but would probably strap on a life vest (or two) while riding the amphibious bicycle

Blackest Planet Ever Found, Absorbs Nearly 100% of Light That Reaches It
Exoplanets

Blackest Planet Ever Found, Absorbs Nearly 100% of Light That Reaches It

Willow Garage Introduces Discount PR2 SE, a One-Armed Personal Robot for the Rest of Us
Robots

Willow Garage Introduces Discount PR2 SE, a One-Armed Personal Robot for the Rest of Us

‘Epidermal Electronics’ Paste Peelable Circuitry On Your Skin, Just Like A Temporary Tattoo
Health

‘Epidermal Electronics’ Paste Peelable Circuitry On Your Skin, Just Like A Temporary Tattoo

U.K. Prime Minister David Cameron Wants a Master Kill-Switch for Social Networks
Social Media

U.K. Prime Minister David Cameron Wants a Master Kill-Switch for Social Networks

DARPA’s HTV-2 Launches, Contact Lost, Status of Mission Remains Unclear [Updated]
DARPA

DARPA’s HTV-2 Launches, Contact Lost, Status of Mission Remains Unclear [Updated]

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