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Experts think it's only a matter of time before cities are being run by sensors connected to powerful computers
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NASA and the Defense Department want scientists to start dreaming the next impossible dream: Exploring another solar system
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Pet products are already a huge business. Innovations like pet GPS and remote feeding devices are making it even bigger
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We're moving closer to the day when flying robots will make decisions on their own
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The idea that technology is causing us to lose our mental edge won't go away
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Following the collapse of the ballyhooed solar firm, these are dark times for renewable energy. But big players are betting it's treehugger fantasy
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Patents supposed to turn ideas into inventions. But in the tech world, they've become the weapons of choice when companies like Google and Apple face off
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From "smart helmets" to "intelligent mouthguards," football tackles the challenge of high technology to reduce injury and improve the game
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Thanks to social media and wireless networks, we have less reason to own things. Welcome to the sharing economy
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A company called Booktrack Introduces a new kind of e-book. It plays music or sound effects to accompany your reading
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Most climate scientists say we should expect extreme weather to happen more often in the future. Do we have to be satisfied with just being prepared?
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The Apple CEO's resignation has prompted an outpouring of tributes you rarely, if ever, see for corporate executives
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IBM scientists say their "cognitive" chip is a key step toward developing computers that think and learn more like human beings and less like calculators
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Corporate execs say they're looking for independent thinkers, but schools are stilled geared to assembly lines. Here are ideas to spur imaginative learning
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Some folks say this should be declared National Relaxation Day. Here are some products that claim to help you get your mellow on
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Clothing embedded with nanotechnology taps into our growing desire to turn everyday things into electronic gadgets
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To start rebuilding our faith in government, we need to go local. And our smart phones will help us
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