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University of Sydney engineers have developed a four-wheeled robot to keep tabs on massive farms in Australia's outback
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StoneCycling turns ceramic tiles and toilets, discarded glass and insulation into new, eco-friendly building materials
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New research into "liquid biopsies" is promising, but there's still not proof they can find cancer in a healthy person
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From the 1970s to 1990s, the government-owned Minnesota Educational Computing Consortium dominated the educational software market with more than 300 games
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Virtual reality therapy may be medicine's newest frontier, as VR devices become better and cheaper
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Andrew Myers uses screws to make 3-D masterpieces for curious fingers
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From community "solar gardens" to energy pellets made from coffee grounds to a phone-charging device that you plug into soil
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Ahead of the Olympics, Google and a Brazilian nonprofit have been recruiting locals to pinpoint businesses and other landmarks in the city's shantytowns
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Manufacturers have made it increasingly difficult for individuals or independent repair people to fix electronics. A growing movement is fighting back
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More than 60 years ago, a broken soda fountain led to this cool invention
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From a bicycle mister to ice energy, here are a few innovative ways for cooling down
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The optimistic futurist says we'll share more, own less and spend far more time on our devices
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Developed by a team from California, this machine plants seeds, pulls weeds and waters plants individually
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Researchers in California and China have discovered a new method for breaking polyethylene into liquid fuel and solid wax
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Refugees and the technology of exile
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How did the pliosaurus, a 45-foot-long underwater prehistoric predator, keep up with its prey? A biomechanics expert finds answers by observing the penguin
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The new exhibition touches on design, landscape architecture, the life of icebergs and climate change
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The American History Museum's Lemelson Center will record 20 oral histories from early video game innovators
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That Luke Skywalker prosthetic arm may strike the average user as less than sensational
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A half century ago, a young doctor took on a deadly form of cancer—and the scientific establishment
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