The Solar Impulse, a solar-powered plane, flies over Switzerland. The makers will be journeying across the U.S. this spring, hoping the flight helps challenge assumptions about what solar technology can do. Courtesy of Solar Impulse hide caption
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Nick d'Aloisio displays his mobile application Summly, which Yahoo recently purchased for a reported $30 million. But the Internet company is killing the app and integrating the algorithm that drives it into its own technology. Matt Dunham/AP hide caption
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This 9 mm semi-automatic handgun is configured with transducers in its handle that can detect the grasp of an authorized user. New Jersey Institute of Technology/AP hide caption
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Google employees play chess at the company's Russian headquarters in Moscow. Experts say tech companies are using "serendipitous interaction" in their workplace design to promote idea sharing and communication between employees. Krasilnikov Stanislav/ITAR-TASS /Landov hide caption
'Serendipitous Interaction' Key To Tech Firms' Workplace Design
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A screenshot shows game designer Mike Mika's Donkey Kong: Pauline Edition he created for his daughter show she could play as a female hero. Screengrab via YouTube hide caption
Dad's 'Donkey Kong' Hack Recasts Female As Hero For Daughter
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Festival attendees experiment with Leap Motion technology. Elise Hu/NPR hide caption
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Baxter is billed by its makers as a "collaborative manufacturing robot." It can work alongside humans to do simple, repetitive tasks. © Stephen F. Bevacqua/Courtesy of Rethink Robotics hide caption
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At SXSW 2012, the app "Highlight" was touted but failed to break out like Foursquare or Twitter in years prior. Jack Plunkett/AP hide caption
A law designed to protect copyrights on music and movies put digital locks on all sorts of things. iStockphoto.com hide caption
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Internet gambling has become legal in New Jersey and Nevada, but experts say enforcement and regulations still need to be straightened out. Jim Mone/AP hide caption
NPR's Steve Henn works from his Silicon Valley home. He says his fragmented schedule allows him to fit in time with his daughters. "It works for me because, in the end, the hours balance out — and I am in control of my time," he says. Steve Henn/NPR hide caption
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Smartphones based on Ubuntu, a Linux-based operating system, are expected in 2014. Canonical hide caption
Life of Pi won an Oscar for Best Visual Effects, but the studio that helped bring to life the tiger Richard Parker is now facing bankruptcy in a increasingly volatile industry. AP via Twentieth Century Fox hide caption
Joe Kummer, president of Propulsive Wing in Elbridge, N.Y., is rooting for having a drone test site in upstate New York. He says it could save him trips to the West Coast to try out new drone prototypes. Ryan Delaney/WRVO hide caption
Seeking A 'Field Of Dreams' For A Rising Drone Industry
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Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer on Feb. 20, 2013. Under Mayer, Yahoo is ending its remote work policy for employees. Peter Kramer/ASSOCIATED PRESS hide caption