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Larry Dignan
Larry Dignan
Editor-in-Chief
Larry Dignan is editor-in-chief of SmartPlanet and ZDNet. He is also editorial director of TechRepublic. Previously, he was an editor at eWeek, Baseline and CNET News. He has written for WallStreetWeek.com, Inter@ctive Week, New York Times and Financial Planning. He holds degrees from the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism and the University of Delaware. He is based in New York but resides in Pennsylvania.
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Andrew Nusca
Andrew Nusca
Editor
Andrew Nusca is editor of SmartPlanet and an associate editor for ZDNet. Previously, he worked at Money, Men's Vogue and Popular Mechanics magazines. He holds degrees from the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism and New York University. He based in New York but resides in Philadelphia.
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Charlie Osborne
Charlie Osborne
Morning Editor
Charlie Osborne is a freelance journalist and graphic designer based in London. In addition to SmartPlanet, she also writes the iGeneration column for business technology website ZDNet. She holds degrees in medical anthropology from the University of Kent.
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Sarah Korones
Sarah Korones
Weekend Editor
Sarah Korones is a freelance writer based in New York. She has written for Psychology Today and Boston's Weekly Dig. She holds a degree from Tufts University.
Sarah Korones
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She writes for SmartPlanet and is not an employee of CBS.
Hannah Waters
Hannah Waters
Weekend Editor
Hannah Waters is a freelance writer based in Brooklyn. She writes a blog on the Scientific American network, and has written for Nature Medicine and The Scientist. She holds Biology and Latin degrees from Carleton College.
Hannah Waters
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Amy Kraft
Amy Kraft
Weekend Editor
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Amy Kraft
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She writes for SmartPlanet and is not an employee of CBS.
Ina Damm Muri
Ina Damm Muri
Weekend Editor
Ina Damm Muri is a multimedia journalist based in New York. Previously, she worked at Aspen Magazine, CBS4 Denver and the Daily Camera in Boulder. She holds two degrees from the University of Colorado at Boulder.
Ina Damm Muri
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Archive: 03-2011
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With a drop of blood, detect HIV, tuberculosis and cancer
With just one drop of blood and a new blood analysis chip, researchers can detect HIV, malaria, tuberculosis and some types of cancer.
March 31, 2011, 12:27 PM PDT | By Andrew Nusca
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Tesla: Will it be America’s fourth automaker?
Tesla has the potential to take electric vehicles mass market and produce 500,000 units in 2025, a year when electric vehicles will represent more than 15 percent of all cars, according to a...
March 31, 2011, 10:21 AM PDT | By Larry Dignan
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With bio-inspired design, better robot movement
Spanish researchers are using sophisticated, bio-inspired designs to help robots move more naturally. The secret: rhythmic impulses called “central pattern generators.”
March 31, 2011, 8:17 AM PDT | By Andrew Nusca
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Beyond Boundaries: connecting brain to machine
Duke University neuroscientist Miguel Nicolelis wants to help paralyzed people walk again using a robotic vest that takes commands from the brain.
March 31, 2011, 7:03 AM PDT | By Andrew Nusca
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DARPA seeks to track genetic changes, protect patented genes
The Pentagon seeks to track changes in microbes to protect the IP of patented genes by monitoring against tampering — and evolution itself.
March 31, 2011, 6:38 AM PDT | By Andrew Nusca
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Google to build high-speed Internet infrastructure in Kansas City
Google will turn Kansas City into its networked city of the future with high-speed fiber Internet infrastructure. Here’s a look.
March 30, 2011, 11:31 AM PDT | By Andrew Nusca
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America, meet your future (young) innovators
U.S. CTO Aneesh Chopra announced the winners of the National STEM Video Game Challenge. America, meet the next generation of programmers.
March 30, 2011, 10:58 AM PDT | By Andrew Nusca
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NASA in flux: Is U.S. space expertise being hollowed out?
The United States’ ever-fluctuating plans for NASA is threatening the science and engineering brainpower and workforce development needed to remain a space player.
March 30, 2011, 10:15 AM PDT | By Larry Dignan
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Obama: ‘No quick fixes’ to American energy security
U.S. president Barack Obama said Wednesday that the U.S. needs to free itself from dependence on foreign oil, and set a goal of reducing oil imports by one-third in a decade.
March 30, 2011, 9:27 AM PDT | By Andrew Nusca
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GE to buy Converteam for $3.2 billion; targets gas, grid, globe
GE Energy will acquire French firm Converteam, which manufactures electrification and automation equipment and systems for several major industries, for $3.2 billion.
March 29, 2011, 12:05 PM PDT | By Andrew Nusca