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Engineers Design a Heated Face Mask to Filter and Inactivate Coronaviruses
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Engineers Design a Heated Face Mask to Filter and Inactivate Coronaviruses

Researchers from MIT are working to create a face mask that can filter out and inactivate coronaviruses using heat.

Meet Your (Chinese) Facebook Censors
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Meet Your (Chinese) Facebook Censors

At least half a dozen Chinese nationals are working as social media censors at Facebook, a former company insider says.

How Video Games Are Saving Those Who Served
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How Video Games Are Saving Those Who Served

Video games can be lifesaving, grounding, and even therapeutic for those who have served overseas in combat zones.

Augmented Reality Dog Goggles Could Help Protect Soldiers
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Augmented Reality Dog Goggles Could Help Protect Soldiers

A technology developed by Command Sight Inc. provides military working dogs with augmented reality goggles that allow a dog's handler to give it specific directional...

XR Enhances Online, Classroom Learning Experiences
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XR Enhances Online, Classroom Learning Experiences

California State University faculty are incorporating extended reality (XR) into teaching, enhancing learning experiences in the classroom and online.

'I Monitor My Staff With Software That Takes Screenshots'
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'I Monitor My Staff With Software That Takes Screenshots'

The increase of employees working from home during the coronavirus pandemic coincides with a spike in demand from employers for surveillance software.

Com­puter Creates Images Based on Your Thoughts
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Com­puter Creates Images Based on Your Thoughts

Researchers at the University of Helsinki have developed a technique in which a computer models visual perception by monitoring human brain signals and presents...

NUS Team Develops Smart Suit That Provides Real-Time Data to Athletes
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NUS Team Develops Smart Suit That Provides Real-Time Data to Athletes

Researchers from the National University of Singapore developed a smartphone-powered suit capable of providing athletes with real-time physiological data about...

Robots to Help Children With Disabilities Touch the Outside World
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Robots to Help Children With Disabilities Touch the Outside World

A team of University of California researchers is working to improve telepresence robots and the algorithms that drive them to help children with disabilities stay...

Alumnus Donates Brain-Computer Interface Technology to Tufts
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Alumnus Donates Brain-Computer Interface Technology to Tufts

Alumnus Jeff Stibel and his business partners donated BrainGate Inc. and its brain-computer interface technologies to Tufts University.

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...
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