Silicon Valley-area hub becomes factory town
In a busy factory, machinists move sheets of aluminum roll in the back door to be molded, stamped, twisted and notched into high-tech electric cars that sell for more than $60,000 each. Full story
Aimee Copeland gets new high-tech hands
In a major milestone, Aimee Copeland, the Georgia graduate student who contracted flesh-eating bacteria after a zip-lining accident, is learning to use two state-of-the art prosthetic hands. The high-tech hands may one day allow her to do the kinds of things most of us take for granted: cooking, cle Full story
New Way To Afford High-Tech Tools At Taylor Ridge School
At a time when many schools are struggling with limited funding, one school has come up with a new way to get high-tech tools to boost learning. Full story
High-tech sign has secret anti-abuse message for kids' eyes only
It can be difficult to reach out to mistreated children, since their persecutors are likely to prevent them from hearing or reading anything that might let them escape or alert the authorities. This street advertisement uses a clever optical trick to make emergency information visible only from a ki Full story
A Day In the Life of a Google Glass Wearer
Tim Stevens, Editor-in-Chief at Engadget, describes his experiences while wearing the high-tech eyewear, and explains why he thinks it has more potential than another other device he's seen in years.
Qualcomm founder gives $133M to NYC tech school
A burgeoning graduate school aimed at reinventing higher education's relationship with high tech is getting a $133 million gift from a professor-turned-entrepreneur who used his engineering background to help build a major telecommunications company, officials announced Monday. Full story
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New smartphone is Samsung’s answer to Apple
The South Korean electronics company is developing a high-tech fleet of new products to compete with Apple in the United States. NBC’s Ian Williams reports.
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