Photograph by Jason Grow/Wonderful Machine Timothy Gifford and Anjana Bhat Movia Robotics CEO and University of Connecticut Assistant Professor of Kinesiology, Movia Robotics and UCONN Hartford and Storrs, Connecticut Movia Robotics CEO Gifford, 48, and Bhat, 34, an assistant professor of kinesiology at the University of Connecticut, use robots to help autistic children develop social and physical skills.
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Photograph by Jason Grow/Wonderful Machine Timothy Gifford and Anjana Bhat Movia Robotics CEO and University of Connecticut Assistant Professor of Kinesiology, Movia Robotics and UCONN Hartford and Storrs, Connecticut Movia Robotics CEO Gifford, 48, and Bhat, 34, an assistant professor of kinesiology at the University of Connecticut, use robots to help autistic children develop social and physical skills.
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IBM Yorktown Heights, New York | Photograph by Reed Young David Ferrucci Principal Investigator - Watson Project, IBM Yorktown Heights, New York The principal investigator for IBM's DeepQA/Watson project, Ferrucci, 49, led the creation of the Jeopardy-playing robot, Watson.
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Ai Miyazato spent four days fearing the absolute worst after the earthquake and tsunami devastated northern Japan.
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Alfred Vassilkov, who is well known throughout Europe for both his speaker and crossover designs, is the mastermind behind Alfred & Partners and its newest brand, Estelon. The Estonian company’s recently released flagship speaker, the XA, pushes the boundaries of style and engineering, bearing an amorphous shape that is a ...
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Bell & Ross’ Vintage collection hearkens to the 1940s, when watches were key instruments for pilots. The retro aviation spirit infuses the entire range, including two recent arrivals to the line: the Vintage Original and Vintage Officer models. The Vintage Originals ($2,600 to $3,900) are rugged re-editions of ’40s-era pilot ...
Read More »Inspired by a teammate, Watson helps a country
Bubba Watson was moved when he heard about the earthquake and tsunami that caused so much destruction in Japan, and he began thinking about a contribution to the relief efforts, just as he did with Haiti earthquake.
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In what may be a perfect "if you can't beat 'em, join 'em" maneuver, Samsung has just revealed its answer to the iPad 2--a new set of Galaxy Tab tablets. In terms of specs, they're pretty much clones of Apple's offering.
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Former Secretary of State Condoleeza Rice will serve as honorary chairperson for the Champions Tour's Regions Tradition at Shoal Creek near her hometown.
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Los Angeles, Houston, and Phoenix are three of the biggest cities in the U.S, and also the most water-constrained.
Read More »Video: Survivors struggle in Japan
Almost two weeks after disaster struck Japan, thousands of displaced survivors are still struggling to find adequate food, water and shelter in the face of disease and radiation scares. Lucy Craft reports from Tokyo.
Read More »Video: States demand nuclear waste reform
The recent disaster in Japan has sparked fears in the U.S. over the storage of nuclear waste and potential dangers involved.
Read More »Captured Carbon Can Be Safely Stored Underground: Study
Carbon capture and storage (CCS), a technique that captures carbon emissions from industrial and coal-fired plants and buries them underground, is understandably controversial.
Read More »Blockbuster’s Largest Shareholder Calls Blockbuster Worst Investment Ever Made
Finally! Admission of wrongdoing! After years as Blockbuster's largest shareholder, Carl Icahn, who at one point amassed some 17 million shares of the now-bankrupt company, has called Blockbuster "the worst investment I ever made." In a candid piece written for the Harvard Business Review, Icahn opens up about the rental giant's struggles and failures in an ever-changing industry. "[Blockbuster] failed because of too much debt and changes in the industry.
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