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There Is a Blind Spot in AI Research
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There Is a Blind Spot in AI Research

This week, the White House published its report on the future of artificial intelligence (AI)—a product of four workshops held between May and July 2016 in Seattle...

World's First 'cybathlon' Pits High-Tech Prosthetics Against One Another
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World's First 'cybathlon' Pits High-Tech Prosthetics Against One Another

Bob Radocy finished screwing a light bulb into a lamp perched on the desk ... and the crowd went wild.

Scrapping Ict Gcse 'was a Mistake' Finds Education and It Skills Report
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Scrapping Ict Gcse 'was a Mistake' Finds Education and It Skills Report

A new report says the U.K. government's November 2015 decision to scrap basic ICT instruction at secondary and A-Level schools was a mistake.

Facebook Has Repeatedly Trended Fake News Since Firing Its Human Editors
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Facebook Has Repeatedly Trended Fake News Since Firing Its Human Editors

The Intersect ran a little experiment a few weeks ago: During the work day, we’d check in with Facebook each hour, on the hour, and record which topics were trending...

The Search For Virtual Reality's Killer App
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The Search For Virtual Reality's Killer App

Sony Corp.'s release of the PlayStation VR on Thursday brings virtual reality to the cusp of mainstream adoption.

Vr Started with Gaming, But It Will Take Over Every Other Industry
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Vr Started with Gaming, But It Will Take Over Every Other Industry

"We are looking at sensory immersion.

Why Do Some STEM Fields Have Fewer Women Than Others?
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Why Do Some STEM Fields Have Fewer Women Than Others?

A University of Washington study identifies three main factors driving gender disparities across STEM fields.

Designing For 3-D Printing
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Designing For 3-D Printing

The "Foundry" tool from MIT CSAIL lets non-programmers design a wide range of multi-material 3-D-printed objects.

Synchronizing Optical Clocks To One Quadrillionth Of A Second
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Synchronizing Optical Clocks To One Quadrillionth Of A Second

Despite distance and turbulence challenges, a team of researchers has successfully used a frequency comb to demonstrate femtosecond-level optical clock synchronization...

Welcome Your New Robot Overlords: Humans
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Welcome Your New Robot Overlords: Humans

I became a robot.

Dhs S&t Selects 10 Start-­ps For First Responder Innovation
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Dhs S&t Selects 10 Start-­ps For First Responder Innovation

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Science and Technology Directorate has selected 10 startup companies to be part of a program designed to bring startups...

Celebrating Pioneering Women in STEM at the MIT Libraries
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Celebrating Pioneering Women in STEM at the MIT Libraries

For Ada Lovelace Day, an annual celebration of the history of women in STEM fields, the MIT Libraries looks at 10 women with works in its significant collection...

­nder Hawaii's Starriest Skies, a Fight Over Sacred Ground
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­nder Hawaii's Starriest Skies, a Fight Over Sacred Ground

Little lives up here except whispering hopes and a little bug called Wekiu.

Highlights from the 2016 World Maker Faire
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Highlights from the 2016 World Maker Faire

The chill in the air last weekend was a reminder that fall has arrived in New York City.

Smallest. Transistor. Ever.
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Smallest. Transistor. Ever.

A research team at the U.S. Department of Energy's Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory has created a transistor with a working 1-nanometer gate.

'we're Doing It Wrong'  Vandana Sikka on Computer Science Education
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'we're Doing It Wrong' Vandana Sikka on Computer Science Education

The alarming lack of computer science educated students is only matched by the lack of teachers in this discipline. Infosys Foundation USA chair Vandana Sikka talks...

Abi Names Highest Scoring Organizations from 2016 Top Companies Program
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Abi Names Highest Scoring Organizations from 2016 Top Companies Program

The Anita Borg Institute has announced the 2016 Top Companies for Women Technologists Leadership Index. The national benchmark program named 25 organizations as...

Europe's Love/hate Relationship with Silicon Valley, and What that Means For ­.s. Tech Firms
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Europe's Love/hate Relationship with Silicon Valley, and What that Means For ­.s. Tech Firms

The last time Mark Zuckerberg visited Berlin, he appeared to be having a really good time.

Science at Cusp of 'transformational' Grasp of Life via Cell Modeling, Researchers Say
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Science at Cusp of 'transformational' Grasp of Life via Cell Modeling, Researchers Say

A new paper recently published in the Journal of Molecular Biology shows how advances in molecular biology and computer science around the world soon may lead to...

Tech Billionaires Convinced We Live in the Matrix Are Secretly Fund Scientists to Break Us Out of It
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Tech Billionaires Convinced We Live in the Matrix Are Secretly Fund Scientists to Break Us Out of It

Some of the world's richest and most powerful people are convinced that we are living in a computer simulation. And now they're trying to do something about it.
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