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Home Tweet Home: A House with Its Own Voice on Twitter

Rachel Metz — Tue, 21 May 2013 00:00:00 GMT

A techie’s San Francisco home has its own Twitter feed. Will yours be next?

Liquefied Air Could Power Cars and Store Energy from Sun and Wind

Kevin Bullis — Mon, 20 May 2013 00:00:00 GMT

A 19th-century idea might lead to cleaner cars, larger-scale renewable energy.

Intel Fuels a Rebellion Around Your Data

Jessica Leber and Antonio Regalado — Mon, 20 May 2013 00:00:00 GMT

The world’s largest chip maker wants to see a new kind of economy bloom around personal data.

Brain Training May Help Clear Cognitive Fog Caused by Chemotherapy

Susan Young — Fri, 17 May 2013 00:00:00 GMT

The mental fuzziness induced by cancer treatment could be eased by cognitive exercises performed online, say researchers.

Smartphone Tracker Gives Doctors Remote Viewing Powers

Tom Simonite — Fri, 17 May 2013 00:00:00 GMT

Here’s the smartphone technology that alerts a doctor when patients are headed for trouble.

Cheap Magnetic Helmet Detects Some Kinds of Brain Damage

Lucas Laursen — Thu, 16 May 2013 15:45:36 GMT

Prototype spots swelling and bleeding in a pilot study—but the novel technique employed is relatively unproven.

Google and NASA Launch Quantum Computing AI Lab

Charles Choi — Thu, 16 May 2013 05:00:00 GMT

The Quantum Artificial Intelligence Lab will use the most advanced commercially available quantum computer, the D-Wave Two.

Novel Material Shows Promise for Extracting Uranium from Seawater

Mike Orcutt — Thu, 16 May 2013 00:00:00 GMT

A so-called metal-organic framework could offer a better way to get at the vast uranium resource dissolved in the ocean.

Google’s Social Network Gets Smarter

Jessica Leber — Wed, 15 May 2013 19:22:00 GMT

With dozens of new features, Google’s social network is becoming more like a photo service and a news site.

Google Wants to Help Apps Track You

Jessica Leber — Wed, 15 May 2013 16:19:21 GMT

Google will help people who build Android apps follow their users around without draining too much battery life.

Treading Carefully, Google Encourages Developers to Hack Glass

Jessica Leber — Wed, 15 May 2013 00:00:00 GMT

Breaking its own restrictions, Google will show developers how to build any kind of app for Google Glass.

Augmenting Social Reality in the Workplace

Ben Waber — Wed, 15 May 2013 00:00:00 GMT

A new line of research examines what happens in an office where the positions of the cubicles and walls—even the coffee pot—are all determined by data.

Synthetic Biology Could Speed Flu Vaccine Production

Susan Young — Tue, 14 May 2013 13:21:58 GMT

Advanced genetic engineering is already changing vaccine development and could make inroads into other branches of medicine.

Sharper Computer Models Clear the Way for More Wind Power

Kevin Bullis — Tue, 14 May 2013 00:00:00 GMT

New prediction models can allow utilities to rely more heavily on wind and save millions.

China Comes to Silicon Valley at One Startup Accelerator

Jessica Leber — Tue, 14 May 2013 00:00:00 GMT

A year after launch, a startup program is helping U.S. companies reach China—and vice versa.

A More Efficient Jet Engine Is Made from Lighter Parts, Some 3-D Printed

Kevin Bullis — Tue, 14 May 2013 00:00:00 GMT

Composite and 3-D-printed components will mean jet engines that use 15 percent less fuel.

How to Mine Cell-Phone Data Without Invading Your Privacy

David Talbot — Mon, 13 May 2013 00:00:00 GMT

Researchers use phone records to build a mobility model of the Los Angeles and New York City regions with new privacy guarantees.

New Kind of LED Could Mean Better Google-Glass-Like Displays

Rachel Metz — Mon, 13 May 2013 00:00:00 GMT

Micro-display LED tech could light up the next generation of face-wearable gadgets.

With Personal Data, Predictive Apps Stay a Step Ahead

Tom Simonite — Mon, 13 May 2013 00:00:00 GMT

Apps that proactively help people with their lives represent a significant departure from earlier approaches to software.

Logging Life with a Lapel Camera

Duncan Geere — Fri, 10 May 2013 00:00:00 GMT

A startup believes people will want a photographic record of their lives, taken at 30-second intervals.