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When Will Computers Have Common Sense? Ask Facebook
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When Will Computers Have Common Sense? Ask Facebook

Facebook is well known for its early and increasing use of artificial intelligence.

Robotic Motion Planning in Real-Time
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Robotic Motion Planning in Real-Time

Duke University engineers and computer scientists have developed a computer processor that can design robotic motion plans in under a millisecond.

Ethnic, Gender Imbalances Plague Computer Science Education
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Ethnic, Gender Imbalances Plague Computer Science Education

An Obama administration official says that computer science classes are disproportionately unavailable to low-income students.

Billion-Dollar Brain Training Industry a Sham—nothing but Placebo, Study Suggests
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Billion-Dollar Brain Training Industry a Sham—nothing but Placebo, Study Suggests

Who wouldn't want to be smarter? After all, high intelligence can help you get better grades in school, more promotions at work, fatter pay checks through your...

Basic Income: A Sellout of the American Dream
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Basic Income: A Sellout of the American Dream

Matt Krisiloff is in a small, glass-walled conference room off the lobby of Y Combinator’s office in San Francisco's South of Market neighborhood, shouting distance...

Keyboard Warriors: South Korea Trains New Frontline in Decades-Old War with North
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Keyboard Warriors: South Korea Trains New Frontline in Decades-Old War with North

In one college major at Seoul's elite Korea University, the courses are known only by number, and students keep their identities a secret from outsiders.

Advertisers Look to Harness Virtual Reality For Marketing Boost
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Advertisers Look to Harness Virtual Reality For Marketing Boost

A syringe-making machine built by Stevanato Group SpA of Italy runs 23 hours a day, churning out glass needles that can be filled with blood thinners, vaccines...

Parallel Programming Made Easy
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Parallel Programming Made Easy

Researchers from MIT CSAIL have created a chip design that could make parallel programs more efficient and easier to write.

China Holds Top Spots on List of Fastest Computers
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China Holds Top Spots on List of Fastest Computers

Chinese systems hold the No. 1 and No. 2 positions on the 47th edition of the TOP500 list of the world's top supercomputers.

It'll Be Very Hard For Terrorism Victim's Family to Win Lawsuit Against Twitter
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It'll Be Very Hard For Terrorism Victim's Family to Win Lawsuit Against Twitter

Legal experts say that it will be an uphill battle for the plaintiffs who filed a lawsuit this week against Twitter, Facebook, and Google.

Here's How IBM Is Planning to Use Its Own Blockchain Software
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Here's How IBM Is Planning to Use Its Own Blockchain Software

Bitcoin may still bring to mind images of clandestine drug markets and anarchist hackers bent on liberating finance from financial companies. But some of the world’s...

Scientific Gains May Make Electronic Nose the Next Everyday Device
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Scientific Gains May Make Electronic Nose the Next Everyday Device

Researchers at the Texas Analog Center of Excellence at UT Dallas are working to develop an affordable electronic nose that can be used in breath analysis for a...

Six Ways Fathers Can Inspire Their Daughters in Technology
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Six Ways Fathers Can Inspire Their Daughters in Technology

A few top women in technology share how their dads inspired them to become programmers, engineers, and entrepreneurs — and how fathers today can follow suit.

Meet Deep Thunder: Ibm's Next Step in the Automation of Forecasting
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Meet Deep Thunder: Ibm's Next Step in the Automation of Forecasting

Until recently, weather forecasting was a fairly straightforward process.

Let There Be Light
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Let There Be Light

University of Utah Professor Mike Scarpulla and NREL Senior Scientist Kirstin Alberi have developed a theory that light can stamp out defects in semiconductors,...

Eye-Tracking System ­ses Ordinary Cellphone Camera
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Eye-Tracking System ­ses Ordinary Cellphone Camera

Researchers at MIT CSAIL and the University of Georgia believe they can make eye tracking technology pervasive with software turns any smartphone into an eye-tracking...

Why Do Women Leave Engineering?
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Why Do Women Leave Engineering?

A new study proposes that negative group dynamics of teamwork and internships may deter many women in the engineering profession.

Promising Gene Therapies Pose Million-Dollar Conundrum
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Promising Gene Therapies Pose Million-Dollar Conundrum

Drugs that act by modifying a patient’s genes are close to approval in the United States, and one is already available in Europe. The developments mark a triumph...

Researchers Gear Up Galaxy-Seeking Robots For a Test Run
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Researchers Gear Up Galaxy-Seeking Robots For a Test Run

A prototype system, designed as a test for a planned array of 5,000 galaxy-seeking robots, is taking shape at the U.S. Department of Energy's Lawrence Berkeley...

Barefoot Networks' New Chips Will Transform the Tech Industry
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Barefoot Networks' New Chips Will Transform the Tech Industry

Nick McKeown and his new startup, Barefoot Networks, just launched out of stealth. That's Silicon Valley-speak for trumpeting the arrival of your new startup in...
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