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Science Grads Swap Finance Jobs for Cleantech
The economic downturn may be gutting the ethanol markets and souring term sheets, but here’s one silver lining: Math and science grads are turning to engineering instead of investment banking,...
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White iPhone Launch Notes: Lines in China, Ship Times Slip, Thickness
Apple finally launched the white iPhone 4 yesterday, and despite being just a new look for a phone that’s nearly a year old (in a market where the vast majority of smartphone users feel obsolescence...
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New York takes its engineering talent crunch to the NYSE floor
We’ve talked about the rise of New York as a tech hot spot, but the challenge of attracting good engineering and technical talent remains one of the region’s biggest hurdles. Now Next Jump, a New...
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Intel’s dilemma: Whose problem do Ultrabooks solve?
If one could earn an “A” for effort, I’d have to award it to Intel. The company’s CES press event on Monday morning was an outstanding and entertaining presentation. Ultrabooks were the focus, but even...
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The next big thing for data centers: DC power
In 1893, Rudolf Diesel was awarded a patent for the diesel engine. Gandhi committed his first act of civil disobedience. Thomas Edison created the movie studio. And zany New Zealand became the first...
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Siri isn’t a bandwidth hog & users aren’t the problem
The sky is falling again in cellular land, and this time Siri is to blame. At least, that’s the assessment from an opinion article in the Washington Post Friday morning claiming Siri not only...
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Wallee adds more versatility to its iPad mount solution
The Wallee is an iPad accessory that’s almost as old as the iPad, yet it’s shown that it can remain just as relevant, and actually become more so as the iPad has evolved. The new headrest mount that...
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Codecademy expands to server side with new Python courses
New York-based Codecademy is taking a walk over to the server side. The programming education startup, which last month announced a $10 million round of funding, today said that it is expanding to...
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How closely knit design and engineering teams put Pinterest on a rocket ship
As businesses increasingly prioritize good design and as we start demanding it in our daily lives, more and more technology companies will face tensions over how to incorporate design principles...
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Study: Perceived value of “hard” versus “soft” engineering might drive gender...
Inequality in engineering isn’t just a product of how few women are in the profession: the tasks women perform within engineering are relevant, too. Deep-rooted ideologies also contribute to a gender...
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How a caterpillar-like robot inches up bridge cables to check for defects
Every day, an average of 26,000 tourists ride a San Francisco cable car and 280,000 vehicles cross the Bay Bridge. Every one of them relies on a network of support cables to keep them safe,...
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Pinterest adds to mobile experience with contextual menus; no API just yet
Pinterest threw a party to talk up engineering work at its new San Francisco headquarters Wednesday, and it didn’t announce the long expected API. Most components are set in place, said Jon Jenkins,...
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VCs continue to embrace design and young design talent
Tech companies aren’t the only groups embracing design these days. Their investors are also getting their feet wet in the design worlds, launching fellowship and internship programs, in an attempt to...
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Heart cells could propel sperm-like robots (seriously) through the body to...
In the 1966 film “Fantastic Voyage,” a CIA agent and his crew shrink down inside a submarine to venture inside a scientist’s body to remove a life-threatening blood clot. Younger readers might remember...
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Thoughts of the Day: from Oracle's Ellison
I had separate lunches this week with two serial founders, both of whom happened to cut their teeth working at the foot of that tyrannical, yet irrepressibly successful,...
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Science Grads Swap Finance Jobs for Cleantech
The economic downturn may be gutting the ethanol markets and souring term sheets, but here’s one silver lining: Math and science grads are turning to engineering instead of investment banking,...
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White iPhone Launch Notes: Lines in China, Ship Times Slip, Thickness
Apple finally launched the white iPhone 4 yesterday, and despite being just a new look for phone that's nearly a year old (in a market where the vast majority of smartphone users feel obsolescence...
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New York takes its engineering talent crunch to the NYSE floor
The effort to solve New York's engineering talent crunch is coming to the floor of the New York Stock Exchange in a major recruiting event hosted by Next Jump and the NYSE. The event will bring...
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Intel’s dilemma: Whose problem do Ultrabooks solve?
At Intel's CES press event, Ultrabooks were the focus, as were the six "experiences" these thin and light notebooks bring. But consumers are getting such experiences from smartphones and tablets, so...
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Origami robots build themselves and walk away
When heated, flat sheets fold into functional robots that can move and turn. The technology could be used to assemble tiny structures or make it easier to ship robots long distances. Origami robots...
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