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FAA poised to enable police departments to use UAVs domestically

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In January, the FAA is expected to issue new air space regulations allowing for the civilian use of unmanned aerial vehicles. Police departments are expected to be early and widespread users of the drones, but some are raising concerns about privacy.
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Israeli company bringing renewable power to remote, powerless Palestinian villages

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COMET-ME was established to help some of the dozens of Palestinian villages that aren't hooked up to any electric grid. By setting up solar panels and wind turbines, the company provides power to villages that previously had none.
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Hackers united for friendly event to improve the world

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The Random Hacks of Kindness project over the weekend helped developers around the world link up to develop software that can help save or improve lives around the country.
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Romania's loss is China's gain as Nokia moves manufacturing to Asia

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Romania was thrilled when three years Nokia announced it would move its manufacturing to the eastern European country. But now, Nokia is packing up again and moving its facilities to China.
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Pakistani scholars concerned that Urdu script being lost to technology

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In SMS-happy Pakistani, many young people are writing their text messages in using the Latin alphabet, rather than the traditional Urdu script. That has some concerned that the classical script will disappear.
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London museum immortalizes invention of paper clips, condoms

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London's Science Museum is trying to help us understand the way humble objects we take for granted have a profound impact on our lives.
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Artist spends decades teaching a computer to paint — successfully

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Harold Cohen created AARON to paint. AARON is a computer and for 40 years Cohen has been teaching it all the rules of painting so that, today, it can do work that closely resembles that which you might find from a human.
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Computers now smart enough to write fiction, design snack foods

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Computer programmers have built software that makes computers capable of increasingly creative tasks. They can do everything from write fiction novels to design snack foods. But whether it's truly creative remains a subject for debate.
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America developing a serious taste for food trucks

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Food trucks are cropping up around the country and doing innovative things with food. They're drawing crowds, but also the ire of local restaurant owners, who say their lower cost of business is unfair competition.
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VIDEO: Original Apple founding contract fetches more than $1 million at auction

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The contract that created Apple Computers was sold at an auction in New York on Tuesday, just one of a number of documents planned to be auction. Expected to fetch $150,000, the contract sold for a final big of $1,350,000. With fees, the final price was just shy of $1.6 million.
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