No, China Is Not Building a “Human Cloning Factory”

A planned factory for cloning a million cows by 2020 is news enough on its own. The words “cloning factory” elicit a potent mix of imagery, almost none of it pleasant. Add “human” to the mix and you’ve got yourself … Continue reading →

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No, China Is Not Building a “Human Cloning Factory”

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A Search Engine for the Internet’s Dirty Secrets

Google is helping to power a new search engine built on a daily scan of the whole Internet. Early this week the Austrian security company SEC Consult found that more than three million routers, modems, and other devices are vulnerable … Continue reading →

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Recommended Energy Reads This Week

A weekly roundup of the best and most important energy reads on the Web, compiled by MIT Technology Review energy editor Richard Martin. The Syrian Kurds Are Winning! from New on MIT Technology Review via MIT technologyreview.comFiled under: latest updates, … Continue reading →

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How Facebook’s AI Researchers Built a Game-Changing Go Engine

The best human players easily beat the best computer-based Go engines. That looks set to change thanks to a new approach pioneered by Facebook’s artificial intelligence researchers. One of the last bastions of human mastery over computers is the game … Continue reading →

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A Potato Made with Gene Editing

Plant scientists can swiftly modify crops in ways that would take years with conventional breeding. Dan Voytas is a plant geneticist at the University of Minnesota. But two days a week he stops studying the fundamentals of DNA engineering and … Continue reading →



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A New Source of Hydrogen for Fuel-Cell Vehicles

The prospects for carbon-neutral vehicles could get a boost from a new way to make hydrogen from biomass. A new method for making hydrogen directly from plants could be an inexpensive way to generate fuel for alternative vehicles, perhaps paving … Continue reading →



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Other Interesting arXiv Papers (Week Ending April 18, 2015)

The best of the rest from the Physics arXiv preprint server. US Stock Market Interaction Network As Learned By The Boltzmann Machine from New on MIT Technology Review via MIT technologyreview.comFiled under: latest updates, Moomblr, technology, technologyreview Tagged: latest updates, … Continue reading →



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A Way to Get Much-Higher-Resolution Selfies

A startup called Light uses a cluster of small camera modules to create top-notch photos. First stop: Your smartphone. Most digital cameras are limited by a key aspect of their design: they have one lens and one image sensor. Light … Continue reading →



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Seven Must-Read Stories (Week Ending April 18, 2015)

Another chance to catch the most interesting, and important, articles from the previous week on MIT Technology Review. from New on MIT Technology Review via MIT technologyreview.comFiled under: latest updates, Moomblr, technology, technologyreview Tagged: latest updates, MIT New on MIT … Continue reading →



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Lake Kivu’s Great Gas Gamble

In a first-of-its-kind endeavor, electricity-starved Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of Congo are trying to get power from a lake—and avert catastrophe. It’s a Friday afternoon on the Rwandan side of Lake Kivu, and in what was once a quiet … Continue reading →



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Putting Technology in Its Place

Kentaro Toyama went to India with noble intentions for using technology to improve people’s lives. Now he’s wrestling with why the impact was so small. from New on MIT Technology Review via MIT technologyreview.comFiled under: latest updates, Moomblr, technology, technologyreview … Continue reading →



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Researchers Use Electrodes for “Human Cruise Control”

A study put people on autopilot by electrically stimulating their thigh muscles. Sure, you can get directions by looking at a map on your phone or listening to turn-by-turn navigation. But what if you could just walk from point A … Continue reading →



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How a Troll-Spotting Algorithm Learned Its Anti-antisocial Trade

Antisocial behavior online can make people’s lives miserable. So an algorithm that can spot trolls more quickly should be a boon, say the computer scientists who developed it. from New on MIT Technology Review via MIT technologyreview.comFiled under: latest updates, … Continue reading →



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Seven Must-Read Stories (Week Ending April 11, 2015)

Another chance to catch the most interesting, and important, articles from the previous week on MIT Technology Review. from New on MIT Technology Review via MIT technologyreview.comFiled under: latest updates, Moomblr, technology, technologyreview Tagged: latest updates, MIT New on MIT … Continue reading →



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Paralyzed Again

We have the technology to dramatically increase the independence of people with spinal-cord injuries. The problem is bringing it to market and keeping it there. One night in 1982, John Mumford was working on an avalanche patrol on an icy … Continue reading →



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IBM Tests Mobile Computing Pioneer’s Controversial Brain Algorithms

IBM is testing a contentious idea for making computers more intelligent by trying to copy mechanisms from the human brain. For more than a decade Jeff Hawkins, founder of mobile computing company Palm, has dedicated his time and fortune to … Continue reading →



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AI Doomsayer Says His Ideas Are Catching On

Philosopher Nick Bostrom says major tech companies are listening to his warnings about investing in “AI safety” research. Over the past year, Oxford University philosophy professor Nick Bostrom has gained visibility for warning about the potential risks posed by more … Continue reading →



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A Startup’s Plans for a New Social Reality

AltspaceVR is building virtual hangouts that it hopes you’ll use to watch a movie with friends or play a game of life-size chess. We know what social networks are like on the Web and in apps, but what will they … Continue reading →



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Metamaterial Radar May Improve Car and Drone Vision

Powerful radar, mostly limited to the military, could soon be cheap enough for cars and consumer drones to use. Plenty of people play with small drone aircraft in their backyards these days. Tom Driscoll, cofounder and chief technology officer of … Continue reading →



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