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        <title><![CDATA[Q&amp;A: Leila Takayama, research scientist, on human-robot interaction]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Leila Takayama imagines a world where human-friendly robots interact successfully with people. But it's not always easy teaching a 500-pound machine not to block the office coffee maker.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[Christina Hernandez Sherwood]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>2013-05-20T10:00:44Z</pubDate>
                                
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        <title><![CDATA[Forget pets; have a drone follow your footsteps]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[A flying robot that tracks your movements could be the next step in drone development.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[Charlie Osborne]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>2013-05-11T17:35:20Z</pubDate>
                                
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        <title><![CDATA[Robots work together to build Ikea furniture]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[With the IkeaBot system, two orange robots can put together your Lack end table.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[Janet Fang]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>2013-05-08T05:00:04Z</pubDate>
                                
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        <title><![CDATA[Robo-docs: The future of telemedicine?]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Patient care may be taking an interesting turn as doctors can now treat you through a mobile robot.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[Charlie Osborne]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>2013-05-07T12:27:36Z</pubDate>
                                
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        <title><![CDATA[In China, contests and karaoke debut in factories]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Would a karaoke room at work keep you from leaving your employer? Some factory owners in China, pinched by a workforce shortage, are betting on perks like this to keep their employees happy.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[Kirsten Korosec]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>2013-05-03T18:06:45Z</pubDate>
                                
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        <title><![CDATA[UAVs powered by laser over fiber networks]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Fiber networks are not all about Internet speeds -- but could also be used to power our airborne vehicles.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[Charlie Osborne]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>2013-05-01T09:06:18Z</pubDate>
                                
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        <title><![CDATA[Q&amp;A: Linda Stone, former tech exec, on conscious computing]]></title>
        <link><![CDATA[http://www.smartplanet.com/blog/pure-genius/q-a-linda-stone-former-tech-exec-on-conscious-computing/9891]]></link>
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        <description><![CDATA[Linda Stone, who spent 16 years as an executive at Apple and Microsoft, talks about the effect technology has on our health and productivity.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[Rachel James]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>2013-04-26T10:00:57Z</pubDate>
                                
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        <title><![CDATA[White House Science Fair inventions find cancer, brings music to deaf]]></title>
        <link><![CDATA[http://www.smartplanet.com/blog/bulletin/white-house-science-fair-inventions-find-cancer-brings-music-to-deaf/18189]]></link>
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        <description><![CDATA[Artificial limbs, cancer detection, music for the hearing impaired, rockets, water filtration - these are all some of the ideas that were presented today at the White House Science Fair in Washington, D.C.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[David Worthington]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>2013-04-23T03:57:13Z</pubDate>
                                
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        <title><![CDATA[U.S. military creates mini infrared cameras]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Infrared imaging sensors, which can locate hidden enemies day or night, were once too big to be carried. They are now handheld.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[David Worthington]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>2013-04-18T03:27:32Z</pubDate>
                                
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        <title><![CDATA[DARPA seeks to build robots with more human-like 'brains']]></title>
        <link><![CDATA[http://www.smartplanet.com/blog/bulletin/darpa-seeks-to-build-robots-with-more-human-like-brains/17516]]></link>
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        <description><![CDATA[Researchers are already working on systems that replicate the human brain -- not just in capacity, but also in cognitive thought processes.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[Joe McKendrick]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>2013-04-12T20:48:18Z</pubDate>
                                
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        <title><![CDATA[A competitor for graphene?]]></title>
        <link><![CDATA[http://www.smartplanet.com/blog/bulletin/a-competitor-for-graphene/17234]]></link>
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        <description><![CDATA[A material once used to create primitive transistors 60 years ago could pave the way for faster electronics in the future.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[Charlie Osborne]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>2013-04-11T12:56:13Z</pubDate>
                                
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        <title><![CDATA[Lessons from Dubai: Clean anything without water]]></title>
        <link><![CDATA[http://www.smartplanet.com/blog/bulletin/lessons-from-dubai-clean-anything-without-water/17133]]></link>
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        <description><![CDATA[There's not much of the stuff in the desert. Entrepreneurs Sanuj and Rishi Kholi offer a service to &quot;dry clean&quot; everything from cars to skyscrapers to urinals.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[Mark Halper]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>2013-04-10T10:57:50Z</pubDate>
                                
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        <title><![CDATA[Artificial plants could beat bed bugs]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Bean plant leaves won't bite bed bugs back, but they do impale the pests though their feet. Artificial leaves could become effective traps.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[David Worthington]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>2013-04-10T02:25:15Z</pubDate>
                                
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        <title><![CDATA[NASA hopes for $100m to drag an asteroid into orbit]]></title>
        <link><![CDATA[http://www.smartplanet.com/blog/bulletin/nasa-hopes-for-100m-to-drag-an-asteroid-into-orbit/16834]]></link>
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        <description><![CDATA[A grant to bring an asteroid into orbit will be one of NASA's future goals.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[Charlie Osborne]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>2013-04-09T12:53:24Z</pubDate>
                                
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        <title><![CDATA[U.S. border patrol uses drones to detect desert runners]]></title>
        <link><![CDATA[http://www.smartplanet.com/blog/bulletin/us-border-patrol-uses-drones-to-detect-desert-runners/16836]]></link>
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        <description><![CDATA[A new military sensor has been hooked up with a drone to detect those in the desert trying to enter the United States illegally.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[Charlie Osborne]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>2013-04-05T12:01:06Z</pubDate>
                                
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        <title><![CDATA[A way to eradicate robocalls for good?]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Can new solutions put an end to irritating robotic calls?]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[Charlie Osborne]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>2013-04-03T12:25:01Z</pubDate>
                                
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        <title><![CDATA[U.S. Navy bids for ground vehicles to take down drones]]></title>
        <link><![CDATA[http://www.smartplanet.com/blog/bulletin/us-navy-bids-for-ground-vehicles-to-take-down-drones/16311]]></link>
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        <description><![CDATA[It's not just aerial defense that can combat low-flying drones.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[Charlie Osborne]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>2013-04-02T16:00:48Z</pubDate>
                                
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        <title><![CDATA[Disruptor | Farrah Bostic, founder of The Difference Engine]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Advertising industry veteran Farrah Bostic wants to help companies slim down their marketing strategies.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[Audrey Quinn]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>2013-04-02T10:00:06Z</pubDate>
                                
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        <title><![CDATA[New and improved aerogel is world's lightest material]]></title>
        <link><![CDATA[http://www.smartplanet.com/blog/bulletin/new-and-improved-aerogel-is-worlds-lightest-material/16062]]></link>
        <s:doctype><![CDATA[Blog posts]]></s:doctype>
        <description><![CDATA[The graphene version of &quot;frozen smoke&quot; can have applications across many industries, such as energy storage insulation, sound-absorption, spill control and water purification.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[Tuan C. Nguyen]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>2013-03-27T11:20:04Z</pubDate>
                                
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        <title><![CDATA[Celebrity architect death match: Ito vs. Beeby]]></title>
        <link><![CDATA[http://www.smartplanet.com/blog/take/celebrity-architect-death-match-ito-vs-beeby/613]]></link>
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        <description><![CDATA[The winners of this year's two most influential architecture prizes have built careers predicated on rejecting modernism, but only one can truly claim that title.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[C.C. Sullivan]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>2013-03-27T10:00:03Z</pubDate>
                                
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