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NASA hits new frontier with historic SpaceX rendezvous

Astronauts using a robotic arm on board the space station, grabbed hold of the unmanned Dragon cargo spacecraft while flying at speeds of 17,000 mph. It was the first time such a maneuver had taken place using a spacecraft from a commercial U.S. company.

SpaceX Dragon flies by space station

The first U.S. commercial spacecraft to head for the International Space Station made its first fly-by of the orbiter this morning and now is undergoing a series of pre-rendezvous tests.

NASA on 'brink of a new future' with SpaceX launch

The nation's space efforts entered a new chapter today with the launch of the first commercial vehicle to the International Space Station.

Why Israel is a hotbed for flash storage innovation

Israel is where the USB flash drive was invented and where innovative companies such as Anobit and XtremIO are drawing American companies to their shores in droves to get a piece of the intellectual property pie.

Google gets first license for self-driving cars

The people of Nevada may be in for a surprise when they drive to the market or down the highway: They might encounter driverless cars.

Researchers use diamonds to boost computer memory

Researchers were able to use diamond tipped tools to add pressure to a phase-change memory alloy and increase its data storing capacity, its performance and its ability to store data longer.

Google calls on Detroit for self-driving car project

Google plans to move ahead with its self-driving car technology and hopes to get a hand from the folks in Detroit.

Scientists tap brain signals to help paralyzed hand move

Researchers at Northwestern University have developed a device they say can deliver messages from the brain directly to muscles -- skipping over the spinal cord -- and enable a paralyzed hand to move.

Look out, Google -- Oakley's developing its own smart glasses

Google might want to use its new smart-glasses prototype to look over its shoulder.

DARPA seeks car-driving, life-saving robots

DARPA has launched a Robotics Challenge, a high-tech contest that will award as much as $34 million in prize money in various categories, for robotics hardware and software development tasks that can be used in emergency response situations.

New App Store Caters to Robot Fans

If you want to waltz with your Roomba or remotely control your flying AR Drone, there's a new app store that has the tools you need.

Google co-founder spotted wearing Google Goggles

The same day that Google took the wraps off its computerized eye glasses, the company's co-founder Sergey Brin was spotted wearing a pair while out to dinner.

Flying car one step closer to delivery with prototype flight

A Massachusetts company is one step closer to delivering its flying car after testing a production prototype.

Forecasting a warming world via thousands of PCs

A recently released study that found global temperatures may be rising faster than expected was developed with the help of thousands of PCs.

IBM to develop telescope data analysis system

IBM is developing new data management and analysis technologies for what will be the world's largest radio telescope. The Square Kilometre Array, due to become operational in 2024, will produce so much data that even tomorrow's off-the-shelf computers will have difficulty processing all of it, the company predicted.

Marvel Offers Digital Extras for Comic Book Fans

Next month, Marvel Comics will release a new application to add content enhanced with augmented reality to some of its comic books.

DARPA director goes to Google but probes continue

Twin probes into possible irregularities in the awarding of contracts worth hundreds of thousands of dollars during the tenure of Regina Dugan at the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) will continue even though Dugan has left the agency for a position at Google.

P100 Profile: Tomas Soderstrom, NASA's JPL

At this week's Premier 100 event in Phoenix, Computerworld's Johanna Ambrosio talked with Tomas Soderstrom, IT CTO for NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, about some of the innovations coming from the lab.

IBM Touts Quantum Computing Advance

Scientists at IBM Research say they have achieved a major breakthrough in quantum computing that will allow engineers to begin creating a full-scale quantum machine.

Solar storm doesn't bash Earth but more are coming

The solar storm buffeting the Earth on Thursday isn't as bad as physicists had expected, but there's still a chance it could get worse before it's over.