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Video: The Closest Robotic Legs Have Ever Gotten to Mimicking Human Gait
Robotic Legs Institute of Physics Getting a robot to walk is doable. Getting it to walk exactly like a human? Not so easy. But now we're getting there, with researchers...
Obama takes the offensive on his healthcare law
He touts its provisions on the road in Ohio, while Romney seems to stumble and comes under fire from conservatives.MAUMEE, Ohio — A week after the Supreme Court upheld most...
Driver cellphone blocking technology could save lives
Researchers in India are developing a new technology that will prevent truck drivers and other road users from using their cell phones while driving. The technology based on RFIDs could...
Sharing data links in networks of cars
A new algorithm lets networks of Wi-Fi-connected cars, whose layout is constantly changing, share a few expensive links to the Internet.
Tories accused of flip-flopping on refugee health policy
A notice of looming cuts to health services for refugees was mailed to more than 104,000 beneficiaries — including about 14,000 the federal government now says won't be stripped of...
Phone app monitors data 'abuse'
SAARBRUCKEN, Germany, July 5 (UPI) -- German researchers say they've developed a smartphone app to stop other apps from secretly sending private data to a third party.
Virtual servers begin to intrigue smaller businesses
With the growing buzz around cloud computing - and its benefits of ramping up efficiency while cutting information technology costs - some smaller companies are beginning to weigh its pros...
Apps help smartphones become digital wallets
Wouldn't it be nice to forget your wallet - permanently? That day is coming sooner than you think. In the walletless future there will be no credit cards to lose,...
Apple's iconic iPhone turns 5
Even more than the introduction of the personal computer, the iPhone has upended the technological world order and revolutionized how people manage their daily lives.
Facebook's 'hacker' ways trickle to branch offices
Denise Noyes stood in front of 80 fellow social-networking engineers on the 18th floor of Facebook's Seattle office on the northeast edge of downtown. Following the ring of a gong,...
Ukraine's war of the words | Andrey Kurkov
The politicisation of our language means Ukrainian writers like me who use Russian are under real pressureEvery nation has its bugbears. Ukraine has two: the forced famine orchestrated during Stalin's rule, which killed...
'Driverless driving' envisioned for Japan in early 2020s
In just 10 years or so, Japanese motorists may be traveling around comfortably, free from traffic jams and accidents, in a vehicle that drives itself.
Microsoft helps startups create business connecting with Kinect
In a conference center room on Microsoft's Redmond campus last week, a slim, bespectacled CEO clad in a white lab coat was waving his arms wildly.
Special issue of Botany showcases CANPOLIN research
A special issue of the journal Botany is set to showcase to the world the multipronged-approach that Canadian researchers are bringing to the study of pollination biology. The journal's July...
Human Rights Council backs Internet freedom
The UN Human Rights Council (HRC) in Geneva passed its first resolution on Internet freedom on Thursday with a call for all states to support individuals' rights online as much...
Video: Tech tips for older job seekers
Finding a job is never easy, but especially not for older workers who have either been out of the workforce for a while or whose technology skills may not be...
Science Journalism: Not Buying The Higgs Hype
I stayed up late (California) to watch the Higgs announcement and posted various thoughts of my own, and comments from the presentations, on my Twitter feed. read more
Green Blog: Good News on Food Prices, While It Lasts
A global index of food prices fell 1.8 percent in June, the third consecutive month of decline. Still, by historical standards, food prices remain high.
Final Six-Member Crew Selected for Mars Food Mission
After receiving more than 700 applications, a team of researchers from the University of Hawaii at Mānoa and Cornell University have selected six individuals to make up the crew of...
Green Blog: On Our Radar: The Three Gorges Dam
The last turbine is hooked up for a hydroelectric project that has forced the relocation of at least 1.3 million people.
Indian police 'still using truth serum'
Use of Sodium Pentothal to secure confessions – classified by some as torture – still common in certain regions of IndiaIt is the sort of scene that belongs in a film noir,...
Sharing data links in networks of cars
Wi-Fi is coming to our cars. Ford Motor Co. has been equipping cars with Wi-Fi transmitters since 2010; according to an Agence France-Presse story last year, the company expects that by 2015,...
OPINION: Fat of the land: how urban design can help curb obesity
"There’s widespread agreement that we’ve created obesogenic environments that encourage both inactivity and overeating." Image: dan prat/iStockphoto OBESE NATION: It’s time to admit it – Australia is becoming an obese nation. This series...
Chinese scientists identify yield-boosting rice gene
Chinese scientists say that a gene they discovered in basmati rice could lead to higher yields and better quality.
Google puts Italy's film heritage on YouTube
US Internet giant Google and Italy's Istituto Luce-Cinecitta on Thursday announced a joint project to make much of the country's silver screen heritage available on a YouTube channel.
Al-Jazeera show's Twitter account hacked
(AP) The Twitter account of Al-Jazeera's English-language social media show has been hacked by supporters of Syrian President Bashar Assad.
FDA cracks down on unapproved painkillers
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Food and Drug Administration says it will begin cracking down on companies that market versions of the painkiller oxycodone which have not...
Tim Hortons to offer free wireless internet
Tim Hortons is joining the ranks of restaurants offering a digital perk to its coffee-mad customers — free wireless internet.