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Your Phone Can Help Predict the Weather

A network of smartphones can improve short-term weather forecasts.

Marcus Woo, Contributor

Observation could improve filtration systems and boost conservation efforts.

Charles Q. Choi, Contributor

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Drones may spare groves from mass infestation.

Joel Shurkin, Contributor

As law enforcement increasingly uses body-worn cameras, researchers are studying the roles of camera design and perspective.

Katharine Gammon, Contributor

Will the kitchen of the future include a 3-D printer?

Tracy Staedter, Contributor

3-D camera technology gets behind the wheel of self-driving cars.

Karin Heineman, Executive Producer

Tethered balloons equipped with sophisticated cameras can survey threats and damage from an elevated perspective.

Peter Gwynne, Contributor

Japanese art inspires scientists to create self-folding structures small enough to float through the bloodstream.

Devin Powell, Contributor

This year's Oscar Sci-Tech awards go to new technologies that seamlessly blend virtual worlds with the real one.

Emilie Lorditch, Staff Writer