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How Video Games Are Helping Players and Parents During Lockdown
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How Video Games Are Helping Players and Parents During Lockdown

Video games have been an important support for players' mental health as well as for parents educating their children during the lockdown, according to a report...

Job Candidates Are Rated Lower in Virtual Interviews, Researchers Say
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Job Candidates Are Rated Lower in Virtual Interviews, Researchers Say

People who watch a virtual job interview rate the candidate substantially lower than those who watch the same interview in person, researchers say.

Process Enables Self-Powered Paper-Based Electronics
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Process Enables Self-Powered Paper-Based Electronics

Purdue University engineers developed a printing process that renders any paper or cardboard packaging into a keyboard, keypad, or other human-machine interfaces...

Pandemic Spurs a Burst of Technology Innovation
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Pandemic Spurs a Burst of Technology Innovation

Technology invention and innovation are flourishing during the coronavirus pandemic.

Study Examines Robocall Strategies and Techniques for Stopping Them
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Study Examines Robocall Strategies and Techniques for Stopping Them

Researchers from North Carolina State University conducted a large-scale study of robocalls, and report on useful tools and perspectives for researchers, investigators...

Automated Coding Could Mean Big Changes for Software Developers
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Automated Coding Could Mean Big Changes for Software Developers

Researchers from Intel and MIT have unveiled a machine learning tool that brings developers one step closer to automated coding.

A Scientific Approach to Education Reform
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A Scientific Approach to Education Reform

The Covid-19 pandemic has laid bare the need to reinvent education. A new book by Sanjay Sarma, MIT's vice president for open learning, points a way.

College Kid's Fake, AI-Generated Blog Fooled Tens of Thousands
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College Kid's Fake, AI-Generated Blog Fooled Tens of Thousands

Liam Porr, a computer science student at the University of California, Berkeley, used the GPT-3 language-generating tool created by OpenAI to produce an entirely...

Short on Workers, Shippers Have Robots Pick Up the Slack
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Short on Workers, Shippers Have Robots Pick Up the Slack

The COVID-19 pandemic and the explosion in demand for home-delivered goods means FedEx and other shippers are pushing the limits of what robotic arms can do.

'Social Wearables' in Role-Playing Games Could Spark Girls' Interest in Computing
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'Social Wearables' in Role-Playing Games Could Spark Girls' Interest in Computing

The U.S. National Science Foundation has awarded a $1.2 million grant to a team at UC Santa Cruz to develop summer camp for middle school girls focused on designing...

Driverless Cars Set to Race at Indy Speedway
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Driverless Cars Set to Race at Indy Speedway

More than three dozen universities from around the world have signed up for the Indy Autonomous Challenge, a race to be held at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway...

'Second Skin' Interfaces Tap Crafters' Expertise
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'Second Skin' Interfaces Tap Crafters' Expertise

Researchers from Cornell's Hybrid Body Lab combined centuries-old crafting techniques with cutting-edge technology to advance the design and fabrication of on-skin...

GoPro for Beetles: Researchers Create a Robotic Camera Backpack for Insects
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GoPro for Beetles: Researchers Create a Robotic Camera Backpack for Insects

Researchers at the University of Washington have developed a tiny wireless steerable camera that can ride aboard an insect, providing an Ant-Man view of the world...

AI Project Creates Simulated Conversations with Fictional and Historical Figures
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AI Project Creates Simulated Conversations with Fictional and Historical Figures

An experiment by magician and novelist Andrew Mayne creates simulated conversations with virtual historical figures or fictional characters.

Big Rise in People Taking Job-Relevant Online Courses
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Big Rise in People Taking Job-Relevant Online Courses

Millions of students and working professionals are flocking to online courses in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic, Coursera reports.

CMU Project Could Improve Email Manners
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CMU Project Could Improve Email Manners

A team of researchers from Carnegie Mellon University's Language Technologies Institute built a tool that could automatically make email sentences more polite. ...

Are Companies More Productive in a Pandemic?
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Are Companies More Productive in a Pandemic?

Many claim their employees are hyper efficient while working from home. But there are social and emotional costs to ambition in isolation.

RIT Researchers Create Math-Aware Search Interface
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RIT Researchers Create Math-Aware Search Interface

Researchers at RIT have developed MathDeck, a math-aware search interface that  allows users to look up sophisticated math formulas on a computer.

Digitize Your Dog Into a Computer Game
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Digitize Your Dog Into a Computer Game

Computer scientists at the University of Bath have developed motion capture technology that enables you to digitize a dog without using a motion capture suit.

Self-Driving Vehicles May Prevent Only About a Third of Crashes, Study Says
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Self-Driving Vehicles May Prevent Only About a Third of Crashes, Study Says

Autonomous vehicles might prevent only around a third of all crashes if automated systems drive too much like people, a new study says.
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