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Ronald Martinez/Getty Images WR Breshad Perriman (r.) celebrates a third-quarter touchdown with WR J.J. Worton. GLENDALE, Ariz. (AP) — Baylor’s first BCS bowl appearance was a big-time bust. The sixth-ranked Bears, a 17-point favorite in the Fiesta Bowl at kickoff, never led against No. 15 Central Florida in a stinging 52-42 loss Wednesday night. This was supposed to be the ...

Courtesy of Rhyme Lou Wearing the Vigo on the road could help keep drivers from dozing off, its makers suggest. A new wearable device claims to be able to put an end to untimely sleepiness by measuring alertness and nudging the user awake if necessary. Vigo is a headset which uses an infrared sensor to track blinking patterns and eye ...

Courtesy of Rhyme Lou Wearing the Vigo on the road could help keep drivers from dozing off, its makers suggest. A new wearable device claims to be able to put an end to untimely sleepiness by measuring alertness and nudging the user awake if necessary. Vigo is a headset which uses an infrared sensor to track blinking patterns and eye ...

Google, the search engine and advertising company, has acquired Boston Dynamics — the robotics and engineering company famous for the creation of some of the world’s most advanced robots, including BigDog, Cheetah, Petman, and Atlas. This brings Google’s total number of robot-related acquisitions to eight, and the company now has teams of robotics experts in California and Japan. As we’ve ...

© Eduardo Munoz / Reuters/REUTERS People walk around the Princeton University campus in New Jersey. A meningitis vaccine approved for use in Europe and Australia but not in the United States can be imported to try to stop an outbreak of the disease at Princeton University in New Jersey, federal health officials said. PRINCETON, N.J.— Princeton University officials decided Monday ...