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Medical Imaging Fails Dark Skin. Researchers Fixed It
A team led by researchers at Johns Hopkins University developed a way to produce clear images of anyone's internal anatomy, no matter their skin tone.
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Glasses Transcribe Speech in Real Time
Several companies have started marketing "live-captioning glasses" to help hearing-impaired users communicate by overlaying real-time transcribed speech on the...
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'A.I. Obama' and Fake Newscasters: How A.I. Audio Is Swarming TikTok
TikTok accounts are spreading falsehoods with the help from A.I.-generated voices.
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This Robot Could Be the Key to Empowering People With Disabilities
It's simple to use and gives users—and their caregivers—much needed independence.
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AI Beats Human Sleuth at Finding Problematic Images in Research Papers
A study by independent U.K. biologist Sholto David found that artificial intelligence can identify image manipulation in research papers faster and more accurately...
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'Impossible' Millimeter Wave Sensor Has Wide Potential
A proof-of-concept sensor for millimeter wave radars can detect vibrations 1,000 times smaller and target-position changes 100 times smaller than a strand of human...
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Robot Learns to Clean Space Just the Way You Like It
Roboticists developed a robot that can clean spaces based on users' personal preferences.
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Unequal Park Quality Exposed Using Social Media, Machine Learning
The study uses social media and machine learning to show environmental injustices in Philadelphia's urban parks.
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Geoffrey Hinton on the Promise, Risks of Advanced AI
U.K. computer scientist and 2019 ACM A.M. Turing Award recipient Geoffrey Hinton said advanced artificial intelligence (AI), for all its promise, could conceivably...
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Software Detects Hidden Emotions in Parents
Software can identify complex hidden emotions by mapping facial features and evaluating the intensities of multiple facial expressions.
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States Are Calling for More Computer Science Classes. Now They Need Teachers
Code.org reported that every U.S. state had a law or policy in place promoting K-12 computer science education by 2022.
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Microscopy Image Segmentation via Point and Shape Regularized Data Synthesis
Researchers applied a new segmentation network trained by point annotations and synthetically produced image-segmentation pairs to microscopy images.
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Dubai to Start Robotaxi Trials
The U.A.E. city of Dubai will launch its first wave of robotaxis this month in a bid to reduce congestion and accidents.
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Laureates Look Past the Hype in Generative AI
Attendees at this year's Heidelberg Laureate Forum anticipate future applications of the technology.
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3D Printing Method Shows Promise for Repairing Brain Injuries
Scientists at the U.K.'s University of Oxford three-dimensionally (3D)-printed human neural cells to emulate the cerebral cortex's architecture.
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An Exabyte of Disk Storage at CERN
The European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN) in Switzerland has exceeded the 1-exabyte threshold, amassing 1 million terabytes (TB) of disk space.
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Keshav Pingali Recognized with ACM-IEEE CS Ken Kennedy Award
The award will be formally presented to Pingali in November at The International Conference for High Performance Computing, Networking, Storage and Analysis (SC23)...
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An Hour of Training to Control Third Robotic Arm
Researchers found that one hour of training is sufficient to make working with supernumerary robotic arms as effective as working with a partner.
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