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Get Ready For A Search Engine Right Out Of George Orwell’s 1984

In a move that’s both groundbreaking and eerily Orwellian, the University of Glasgow has announced that its begun work on a future search engine that utilizes city audio-visual sensors to answer complex queries.

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Oatmeal Creator Crashes Indiegogo To Address Lawsuit, Raises $20,000 In 64 Minutes

The creator of a popular online comic fights a lawsuit by raising money on IndieGoGo, which crashes the site.

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American Underground Founder Asks You To Know Your Role

In a recent speech, Michael Goodmon asked young entrepreneurs to consider their informal daily role in the world of innovation, whatever level of the chain they currently hold.

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Turner Broadcasting Introduces Its Startup Accelerator’s Inaugural Class

Turner Broadcasting is embracing the future of digital video with the inaugural class of its new startup accelerator Media Camp.

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The Technology Behind the Technology in Prometheus Steals the Show

Prometheus, the prequel to the Alien film franchise, opened this weekend in theaters across North America. Although the fictional technology in the film is impressive, the real technology that was used to create the 3D universe in Prometheus steals the show.

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Can’t Find Your Keys? Ask Your Kinect Where They Are

If you’re prone to misplacing items around the house and also a Kinect owner, computer science researchers at the University of Virginia have an interesting new solution for you.

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Historical Fiction Author Takes A Swing At Perfecting Swordfighting In Games

Science and historical fiction author Neal Stephenson has launched a Kickstarter campaign to fund CLANG, his idea for the first truly realistic sword fighting game.

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Many Wi-Fi Networks Are Running At 1/5 Speed

When large numbers of wireless devices are present, more and more of the routers’ bandwidth is taken up by control mechanisms instead of data traffic.

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Refugees From The Etsy Police Flee To Storenvy

Coverage has unearthed an uneasy underbelly to handcrafted and vintage e-commerce monster Etsy, where a team of “young detectives” play cat-and-mouse with peddlers who blatantly disregard the site’s authenticity requirements.

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Surgeons Go Hands-Free With Microsoft’s Kinect

Microsoft’s Kinect motion camera isn’t just a gaming tool anymore. Doctors in the UK have been using it to control medical imaging during surgical procedures — a task that, up until now, had to be carried out through an assistant.

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