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  Semiconductors engineered from organic proteins in UCSB lab

  By Kimber Streams on June 8, 2012 02:21 pm + 11 comments

  Researchers at the University of California, Santa Barbara have developed a process to organically Continue reading…

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  Twitter back-end improvements help to reduce page load times to 20 percent of previous levels

  By Nathan Ingraham on May 29, 2012 06:57 pm + 12 comments

  Twitter's engineering team has just announced a number of back-end changes, with the goal of Continue reading…

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  Adam Savage at Maker Faire: 'Why We Make'

  By Evan Rodgers on May 28, 2012 12:48 pm + 9 comments

  Adam Savage delivered a speech entitled "Why We Make" at this year's Maker Faire. In it, Savage Continue reading…

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  Adafruit Industries hopes to inspire future engineers with a Lego version of its workshop

  By Adi Robertson on May 24, 2012 03:44 pm + 1 comments

  Not everyone can hang out at DIY electronics company Adafruit Industries, so founder Limor Fried Continue reading…

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  Facebook in New York: the search for 'universal truths' and the future of news

  By Ellis Hamburger on May 11, 2012 12:36 pm + 27 comments

  I spent some time last night at Facebook's New York office with Vadim Lavrusik, a "Journalist Continue reading…

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  A real-life tracking, shooting, talking 'Portal' turret

  By Adi Robertson on May 10, 2012 01:44 pm + 23 comments

  Just in case you didn't feel bad enough about crushing or burning murderously friendly turrets in P Continue reading…

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  TicTocTrac watch measures both time and your perception of it

  By Adi Robertson on May 8, 2012 03:21 pm + 15 comments

  The passage of time can be measured with increasing accuracy, but our own perception of it often Continue reading…

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  UC San Diego testing hospital with Japanese-style 'shake plate' earthquake analysis

  By Jamie Keene on May 7, 2012 07:24 am + 7 comments

  Engineers at UC San Diego have begun testing a five-story hospital built atop a moving platform that Continue reading…

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  Behind the scenes of Facebook's engineering team

  By Ellis Hamburger on April 6, 2012 12:20 pm + 30 comments

  Rolling out daily feature updates to 800 million users worldwide is no easy task — just ask Continue reading…

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  Researchers use Lego to help build artificial bones

  By Ryan Heise on March 16, 2012 03:21 am + 8 comments

  While not as impressive as a fully articulated pneumatic arm, researchers at Cambridge University Continue reading…