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Motorcycle Balances Segway-StyleTwo ingenious high school kids give their motorcyles better handling.
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Secret Messages Seen Only By Camera PhonesNew digital camera technology hides information from human eyes.
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Robots Take Up DrummingJapan designs robots that can perform taiko drumming.
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Tame Tornadoes Might Generate PowerEngineer patents way to generate power from tornadoes.
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Bionic Dog Gets Carbon-Fiber PawA Belgian shepherd named Storm gets carbon fiber prosthetic paw.
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Boy, These Receptionists are Real Robots!A Japanese company has hired a robot to do a traditionally human job.
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Micro Air Vehicle On Patrol In IraqThe military is developing robots to do the dirty work.
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Interactive Paper Sounds OffThe next evolution in paper is interactivity.
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The Ultimate Credit Card (Think iPod)
A new credit card technology works like an iPod.
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New Drug Deletes Bad MemoriesResearchers develop drug that blocks biochemical pathways in the mind.
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New Material Heals ItselfScientists create a self-healing surface.
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Canada May Ban Terminator SeedsCanada is considering banning genetically modified seeds.
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Russia Bans Exporting of Bodily GoodsRussia bans human tissue exports as fear of biological weapons rise.
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Scan Your Brain at Home With New DeviceA nifty new consumer device that lets you scan your own brain for fun.
neuroscience -
Ancestor of Matrix Sentinel Robot BornAn inspector robot has won a best engineering award in Britain.
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Robot Claims to be SickDisplays symptoms and complains, helping med students learn.
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New Plastic Blood Could Save LivesResearchers in UK create artificial blood made of plastic cells.
education -
Power Nap Device In DevelopmentResearchers are working on a gadget to help you get a good night's sleep.
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House Repairs Itself in EarthquakeWhen squeezed under pressure, nano polymer particles in the walls will flow into cracks and harden to form a solid material.
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Tiny Generator Would Make Electricity While You WalkNovel nanogenerator could power small electronic devices by harnessing your footsteps or even your blood flow.
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Robot Feat: Android Picks Up Human DummyA human-sized weightlifting android successfully picked up a 145 pound humanoid doll from a bed in Tokyo. And the robot itself weighs just 154 pounds.
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Portable Refinery Makes Fuel from Food Scraps and TrashThe tactical biorefinery converts food waste and inorganic trash into electricity and is designed for the U.S. Army.
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New Blimp Swims in Air Like FishSwiss researchers created this fish-like airship that uses artificial muscles made from electroactive polymers (EAPs) to propel itself forward.
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Robots Might Benefit from Sleep, TooHumans process the day while they snooze, aiding memory. Perhaps robots could do the same, a researcher suggests.
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