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Hp Destroys a Dream Computer to Save It
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Hp Destroys a Dream Computer to Save It

Hewlett-Packard has lowered expectations for one of its biggest bets, called the Machine.

Stopping Malware
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Stopping Malware

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security Science and Technology Directorate Cyber Security Division has made it a top priority to develop tools to prevent malware...

Vision System Auto-Identifies Hundreds of Bird Species
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Vision System Auto-Identifies Hundreds of Bird Species

Researchers and bird enthusiasts have enabled computers to achieve a task that stumps most humans — identifying hundreds of bird species pictured in photos.

Computer Scientists Are Astir After Baidu Team Is Barred From A.i. Competition
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Computer Scientists Are Astir After Baidu Team Is Barred From A.i. Competition

A group of researchers at the Chinese web services company Baidu have been barred from participating in an international competition for artificial intelligence...

World's Smallest Spirals Could Guard Against Identity Theft
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World's Smallest Spirals Could Guard Against Identity Theft

Nano-spirals with unique optical properties could be added to identity cards, currency, and other objects to make them almost impossible to counterfeit, researchers...

Meet the New Generation of Robots For Manufacturing
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Meet the New Generation of Robots For Manufacturing

A new generation of robots is on the way—smarter, more mobile, more collaborative and more adaptable.

Crispr, the Disruptor
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Crispr, the Disruptor

Three years ago, Bruce Conklin came across a method that made him change the course of his lab.

Hong Kong Children Learn to Code After School
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Hong Kong Children Learn to Code After School

On a lazy Friday afternoon, a small group of primary school students open their laptops and, laughing and chatting, plunge straight into the world of computer programming...

NIST Seeks Comments on Draft Privacy Risk Management Framework
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NIST Seeks Comments on Draft Privacy Risk Management Framework

A National Institute of Standards and Technology draft document lays out a framework for privacy risk management to anticipate and address information technology's...

The Agency
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The Agency

Around 8:30 a.m. on Sept. 11 last year, Duval Arthur, director of the Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness for St. Mary Parish, Louisiana, got...

Using Soccer to Teach Robotics
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Using Soccer to Teach Robotics

MIT's Introduction to Robotics is a hands-on convergence of design, manufacturing, kinematics, controls, mathematics, mechatronics, problem-solving, and computer...

Brain's Reaction to Certain Words Could Replace Passwords
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Brain's Reaction to Certain Words Could Replace Passwords

You might not need to remember complicated e-mail and bank account passwords much longer. A new study suggests that your brain's response to certain words could...

Getting 'physical' and Emotional in Virtual Reality
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Getting 'physical' and Emotional in Virtual Reality

If you think about virtual reality, you probably think of it as the place where gamers don an Oculus headset and go shoot up enemies in 3D or travel space.

Facebook to Open AI Lab in Paris
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Facebook to Open AI Lab in Paris

Facebook is to expand its artificial intelligence research, opening its first lab outside the US, in Paris.

Deciphering the 'Book of Life' With Supercomputers
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Deciphering the 'Book of Life' With Supercomputers

Novel algorithms, computational techniques, and an innovative programming language have helped scientists simplify and speed up genome assembly, reducing a months...

Google Wants to Turn Your Clothes Into a Computer
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Google Wants to Turn Your Clothes Into a Computer

If you thought it was only a matter of time before Google tried to turn your pants into a computer, well, guess what, you were right.

The Inside Story of Google's Bizarre Plunge Into Vr
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The Inside Story of Google's Bizarre Plunge Into Vr

David Coz worked in Google's Paris office, but what he really wanted was a job at the mothership in Silicon Valley.

Online Course Targets High-School Teachers of Computer Science
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Online Course Targets High-School Teachers of Computer Science

Jeff Gray, professor of computer science at The University of Alabama, will lead a free, online course, sponsored by Google, this summer to train high-school...

Can Google Fix Gesture Tech with Tiny, All-Knowing Sensors?
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Can Google Fix Gesture Tech with Tiny, All-Knowing Sensors?

Ivan Poupyrev looks like he's playing the world's smallest violin.

Nasa Begins Testing Mars Lander For Next Mission to Red Planet
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Nasa Begins Testing Mars Lander For Next Mission to Red Planet

Testing is underway on NASA's next mission on the journey to Mars, a stationary lander scheduled to launch in March 2016.
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