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Amtrak unveils locomotives to replace aging fleet
When Amtrak unveils the first of 70 new locomotives Monday at a plant in California, it will mark what the…
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Ray Dolby, audio pioneer, dies aged 80
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In the early decades of the 20th century, the magazine Popular Mechanics made a few predictions of future innovations. Some…
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Winter weather is taking its usual toll on roads — but a new, high-tech technique could fix the pothole problem.…
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TOKYO – The head of troubled bitcoin exchange Mt. Gox says in a web post that he is still in…
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Underwater robots could sniff out smuggled drugs, weapons
A warning to all smugglers: A new underwater robot could be used to sniff out contraband including weapons and drugs…
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NYPD to fight crime with Google Glass
The NYPD is taking a page out of the RoboCop playbook — outfitting cops with Google Glass so a suspect’s…
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Afghan voters monitor new government’s progress via online tool
As Afghanistan’s fledgling democracy takes its latest baby steps, a specially developed online tool is giving the nation’s citizens an…
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