Google signed a US$146 million contract with US space agency NASA on Wednesday to lease 42.2 acres of open field at NASA Ames facility in Mountain View California to build a new research facility.
Simon Worden, director of the NASA Ames Research Centre, talks on climate change, astrobiology, Google, elections and peace.
A privately funded race to land a rover on the moon could cost each team well more than the US$20 million grand prize they're vying for, but all of the contestants view Google's Lunar X Prize as a new engine for business in space.
Yahoo has announced a program to encourage the development of software around distributed computing, with researchers from Carnegie Mellon University already signed up.
For Tony Tether, an upcoming race of robot cars isn't just about creating new technology for the military. It's also designed to inspire a new generation of technologists.
In Washington and Silicon Valley circles, betting has already begun on who will be the nation's first chief technology officer.
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IBM and Google on Monday released details of their academic cluster computing initiative that will provide datacentres for remote computer programming.
Security researcher Christopher Soghoian reflects on the hard work that comes after finding a vulnerability.
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While touring Carnegie Mellon's Entertainment Technology Center, CNET News.com's Kara Tsuboi literally bumped into Anthony Daniels, the actor behind Star Wars' lovable android C3PO. You might not recognize his face, but you surely know his voice. Take a walk down memory lane with Daniels, who talks...
On a recent visit to Pittsburgh, Penn., CNET News.com's Kara Tsuboi dropped by professor Howie Choset's Robotics Lab at Carnegie Mellon University to see his latest creation, the Snakebot.
Heat or dots? The question is dividing the hard drive industry as it prepares for a major product overhaul.
A Carnegie Mellon University professor known for predicting the evolution of super-capable robots says he's just given robots better eyesight.
Rick Rashid envisions a future in which disk drive capacity of a terabyte is routine and user interfaces possess active intelligence.
In the future, Deborah Estrin says "nanometer-sized sensors will track the path of pollutants, and "smart buildings" will adjust their bearings to avoid earthquakes. Believe it, or not?
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