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• NASA scraps plan for 3D camera on Mars Rover

  NASA has given up on the hope to build a 3D camera for the next robotic rover that the space agency will send to Mars.

• Remote-controlled nanoparticles target cancer

  Researchers at a Canadian university are using nanotechnology and a tiny remote-controlled magnetic sphere to deliver cancer-fighting drugs directly to where they need to go.

• Four red-hot display technologies to watch in 2011

  The apps on your smartphone might be brilliant, but what about the display? Emerging technologies could soon deliver the richer, Wizard of Oz Technicolor experience you crave while performing like a Maserati.

• NASA: Humanoid robot launching into future

  With 38 computer processors and working arms and hands, the humanoid robot onboard NASA's space shuttle Discovery is expected to be the centerpiece of a dramatic step forward in the evolution of humans and robots working together in space.

• Researchers create computer that fits on a pen tip

  Researchers at the University of Michigan today announced they have created the first prototype for a millimeter-scale computing system that can hold up to a week's worth of data when implanted in something as small as a human eye.

• NASA's robot may get Japanese space companion

  The humanoid robot taking off in NASA's space shuttle Discovery tomorrow afternoon could get a companion in a few years when the Japanese Space Agency plans to send its own robot to the International Space Station.

• HP makes webOS trifecta with TouchPad, Pre3, Veer

  Hewlett-Packard rolled out its debut entrant into the red-hot tablet market, the HP Touchpad, as well as two new smartphones - all running the latest version of the webOS acquired last year when it bought Palm. Here's a visual tour of the new products.

• Some say NFC mobile payments will catch on slow, even with Apple involved

  Reports that the next iPhone and iPad could include Near Field Communication (NFC) technology have raised the prospect that many more consumers in the U.S. will soon be able to use their devices to pay for almost anything -- a candy bar, a subway ride, a parking space, or a bag of groceries.

• Intel to invest $100M in U.S. university research

  Intel announced today that it's set to invest $100 million over the next five years into U.S. university research.

• Elgan: When the iPhone feels your pain

  We love our gadgets. But they treat us with an indifference that sometimes feels like contempt. They're like cats.

• Researchers one step closer to 'bootless' computer

  Physicists at the University of California at Riverside have made a breakthrough in developing a "spin computer," which would combine logic with nonvolatile memory, bypassing the need for computers to boot up.

• New SandForce SSD controllers offer better security, speed

  Solid-state processor maker SandForce today announced a new line of controllers for enterprise-class drives that promise to double I/Os per second (IOPS) for those products.

• Google reportedly ready to unveil JPEG alternative

  Google is reportedly set to announce later today that it has developed a JPEG alternative that should speed up the Web.

• Devs bet big on Android over Apple's iOS

  A majority of mobile application developers see Google's Android as the smart bet over the long run even as they vote for Apple's iOS in the short term, according to a survey published Monday.

• Panasonic robot gives 16-finger, automated hair washing

  Panasonic has developed a hair-washing robot that uses 16 electronically controlled fingers to give a perfect wash and rinse, the company said Friday.