September 18, 2014

Weekly Computing Newsletter

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Q&A

Peter Thiel Says Computers Haven’t Made Our Lives Significantly Better

Peter Thiel says he’s trying to get entrepreneurs to go after bigger problems than the ones Silicon Valley is chasing.

 
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News

Microsoft, Intel, and Gaming Companies Get Ready for Laptops and Tablets with 3-D Vision

Your next laptop or tablet may have 3-D sensors that let it recognize gestures or augment a real scene with virtual characters.

 

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Passive Sensing Lets Smartphones Find Parking Spots

Researchers say “pocketsourcing” could let you find parking spots easily, without requiring cities to add spot sensors.

 
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Business Reports

Human-Robot Collaboration Will Alter Manufacturing

Robots are starting to collaborate with human workers in factories, offering greater efficiency and flexibility.

 
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How Network Theory Is Revealing Previously Unknown Patterns in Sports

Analyzing the network of passes between soccer players reveals that one of the world’s most successful teams plays an entirely different type of football to every other soccer team on the planet.

 
 

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Seven Stories You Shouldn’t Miss (Week Ending September 13, 2014)

Another chance to catch the most interesting, and important, articles from the previous week on MIT Technology Review.

 
 

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Recommended from Around the Web (Week Ending September 13, 2014)

A roundup of the most interesting stories from other sites, collected by the staff at MIT Technology Review.

 
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