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Seeking a Russian Silicon Valley (Op-Ed)
By Nikolai Nikiforov, Mass Media published
Russia announces major push to expand tech-sector influence
How Twitter Fans Kept NASA Alive During the US Shutdown (Op-Ed)
By Vanessa Hill, Alice Gorman published
Science-minded tweeters took matters into their own hands and we saw the growth of the #ThingsNASAmighttweet hashtag, a crowd-sourced feed of NASA news and mission updates.
Smartphone-Controlled Brewbot Gets aHead with Kickstarter
By Tia Ghose published
A new Kickstarter campaign is raising funds for an appliance that will brew beer automatically for you.
Accelerometers: What They Are & How They Work
By Ryan Goodrich published
An accelerometer senses motion and velocity to keep track of the movement and orientation of an electronic device.
Phone Sensors Could Meld with Human Body
By Charles Q. Choi published
The sensors found in smart could be made of materials that would make them compatible with the human body, researchers say.
New Invisibility Cloak Creates Holes in Time
By Tia Ghose published
A newly developed "temporal cloak" could make digital data vanish in commercial optical communications.
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