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  3D images that are 'indistinguishable from reality' could be just 40 years away

  By Andrew Webster on June 25, 2012 04:58 pm + 26 comments

  From smartphones to game systems, 3D is making its way into many of the gadgets we use. But while Continue reading…

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  Photos from the Manhattan Project's 'Secret City'

  By Adi Robertson on June 25, 2012 04:38 pm + 7 comments

  In some ways, Oak Ridge was an ordinary Tennessee town in the 1940s, albeit one whose inhabitants Continue reading…

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  New study delves into Wikipedia editing process

  By Kimber Streams on June 25, 2012 12:28 pm + 3 comments

  A new study from Hungarian researchers collected and analyzed information on the sometimes heated Continue reading…

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  Artificial echo through the ages: a history of reverb in music

  By Adi Robertson on June 25, 2012 10:26 am + 8 comments

  Composers and musicians have worked echo or reverb into their performances for most of history, but Continue reading…

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  SportVu's missile-tracking technology turns basketball into a numbers game

  By Bryan Bishop on June 23, 2012 01:30 pm + 5 comments

  From the Fitbit to the FuelBand, fitness-tracking technology is trickling down to the consumer Continue reading…

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  The desks of tech CEOs

  By Aaron Souppouris on June 23, 2012 11:56 am + 51 comments

  Complex did a great little roundup of ten desks of tech CEOs, including Bill Gates, Steve Jobs, Mark Continue reading…

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  'The Prototype' trailer explores the union between man and machine

  By Evan Rodgers on June 22, 2012 09:19 pm + 35 comments

  A trailer involving a scientist, a humanoid robot, and technological singularity has leaked onto the Continue reading…

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  New technology leads NASA to reevaluate the role of ground control

  By Adi Robertson on June 22, 2012 05:28 pm + 10 comments

  When the Apollo space capsule was first designed, it was imagined that the astronauts themselves Continue reading…

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  Tim Wu on why 'free speech for computers' is dangerous

  By Adi Robertson on June 21, 2012 08:53 am + 11 comments

  We're a long ways from humanoid computers, but companies like Google have argued that their web Continue reading…

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  Life-size Hot Wheels double loop track coming to Summer X-Games

  By Sam Byford on June 21, 2012 01:35 am + 12 comments

  In a stunt that could leave the Summer X-Games' usual menu of skateboarding, BMX, and motocross Continue reading…