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Alpha Dog: Goes "Hi Ho," Romps Over Hills If you're any sort of fan of robotics, you'll know about Boston Dynamics' Big Dog and Alpha Dog--research prototype robots that will be used to inform the design of a genuine military support quadruped robot. Now DARPA has just taken Alpha Dog out into the wild to put it through some grueling tests: [youtube xY42w1w0TWk] The tests include hauling 400 pounds of cargo over 20 miles during a 24-hour window without needing refueling--exactly the sort of automated troop-following tasks that will make its military-grade offspring incredibly useful in what may be a surprisingly small number of years.

Is online dating better than doing it the old fashioned way? Also, an 83-year-old woman gets a new jaw from a 3D printer; And, turns out - tattooing your penis isn't a good idea

An extensive new study shows that online dating is no better than doing it the old fashioned way; Also, an 83-year-old woman in Belgium receives the first lower jaw implant - made by a 3D printer; And, turns out - tattooing your penis isn't a good idea.

Two thousand years before smartphones, Plato suggested that excessive democracy would lead directly to tyranny, because sooner or later the majority will choose to trample the rights of the minority.

Social is one of the hottest trends in enterprise software, and many companies are considering rolling out products and services that make it easier for employees to share information with each other and communicate with customers and suppliers. Social software covers a lot of ground, but in general, products in this field enable people to share ideas and documents, find expertise and connect with colleagues, and communicate interactively with others. Gartner reports that “social software technologies as a whole are among the most hyped in the industry at the moment,” but is quick to warn companies that different social software technologies are “at different levels of maturity.” Meanwhile,

How do you create technology to recommend new channels to users? And when does a person need to step in to curate these recommendations?

In 2009 alone, more than 600,000 knee replacements were performed in the U.S, according to first national estimate of knee replacement surgeries

I stopped asking my students to write essays years ago. When I required them, I was shocked to find nearly half of the papers had been plagiarized! These young college undergrads, studying entrepreneurship, could not understand why copying text from a Google search and pasting it into a paper as your own is wrong.

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What the former Stanford professor-turned-independent educator teaches us about the new online power dynamic. Wars have been fought in pursuit of it.

Within 72 hours, mice saw 50 percent reduction in Alzheimer's brain plaques and showed improved memory

Everyone (including the New York Times !) is suggesting that Google is busy designing and testing its own-branded hardware--information that's coming directly from insiders with knowledge of the company's plans.

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When your business is built around talent, you cant afford to skimp on healthcare and other employee benefits. As a rapidly growing business , one of the last things we were focused on was our employee benefits plan. Not a great approach, since providing a world-class benefits package can be a relatively inexpensive way to reward and retain key people.

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