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A Healthy Dose of AI
Building artificial intelligence into medical devices can speed diagnoses and potentially improve treatments and outcomes.
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Perpetual Motion Test Could Amend Theory of Time
In February 2012, the Nobel Prize-winning physicist Frank Wilczek decided to go public with a strange and, he worried, somewhat embarrassing idea.
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Graphene: The Nano-Size Material with a Massive Future
Ever since it was discovered in 2004, graphene has been hailed as a natural wonder of the materials world destined to transform our lives in the 21st century.
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It Jobs Market: The Trends Behind the Statistics
Today's IT jobs market is far from uniform, but some trends stand out. Employers are under pressure to fill positions, salaries are being pushed up, and tony tech...
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Students’ Lofty Goal Is Clear
WashBOT is a multiyear project to automate the process of cleaning recessed windows in buildings that present problems for human and machine-based washers.
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Battery and Memory Device in One
Resistive memory cells are not purely passive components, but should be regarded as tiny batteries.
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Engaging Online Crowds in the Classroom Could Be Important Tool For Teaching Innovation
Input from social media and crowdsourcing can help students identify needs for products or services, generate ideas, and more easily test those ideas.
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IBM Brings Augmented Reality, Robotics to Field Engineers
Researchers have developed a new system to deliver information and remote expertise to field engineers performing maintenance and repairs on critical equipment. ...
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Brain Computer Interfaces Inch Closer to Mainstream
Increasingly sophisticated brain computer interfaces might soon allow users to interact with smart devices using only their minds.
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Congress Tries to Reset Science Grants, Wants Every One to Be 'groundbreaking'
Due to Congressional rules, the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology had to choose new leadership this year.
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Valuing Versatility
It's often said that we live in an age of increased specialization: physicians who treat just one ailment, scholars who study just one period, network administrators...
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Brain Computer Interfaces Inch Closer to Mainstream
Last week, engineers sniffing around the programming code for Google Glass found hidden examples of ways that people might interact with the wearable computers...
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Diamond Shows Promise For Quantum Internet
Today's Internet runs on linked silicon chips, but a future quantum version might be built from diamond crystals.
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20 Years On, the Open Web Faces Challenges
For people of a certain age in the technology industry, one of the ways of establishing a connection with someone is by asking some version of the following question...
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In the Fog of Battle Acoustic Sensors Pinpoint Gunfire By Measuring Air Movement
Sensors originally designed to alert pilots of single-engine planes to the location of nearby aircraft are instead finding a military role locating unseen battle...
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Would You Like Your Assistant Human or Robotic?
Asked about assistive robots, more than half of healthcare providers would prefer assistance in the form of a robotic helper over a human.
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Squishy Robots Evolve to Run
Researchers have released a video that shows the evolution of a creature into a galloping, soft robot over 1,000 generations.
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A Touchscreen You Can Pinch, Poke and Stretch
The touch-screen display and three-dimensional display have been combined to develop the Obake screen that users can pinch, poke, and stretch.
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Google Glass Could Spur Wearable Tech Boom
IHS estimates that wearable-technology companies could sell up to 9.4 million devices by 2016.
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Robot-Human Interaction: Will We Bond With Bots In The Future?
As robots become more intelligent and aware, experts say people might develop emotional relationships with them.
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