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Building artificial intelligence into medical devices can speed diagnoses and potentially improve treatments and outcomes.
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Google’s Vint Cerf Explains How to Make SDN as Successful as the Internet
Google chief Internet evangelist and ACM president Vint Cerf says that software-defined networking could benefit from lessons learned in creating the Internet.
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We Need More Cameras, and We Need Them Now
On Thursday afternoon, the FBI released photos and video of two persons of interest in the Boston Marathon bombing.
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Drone Medal Dumped; High-Tech Troops to Be Honored with Device
Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel has decided to scrap the controversial Distinguished Warfare Medal that was intended to honor drone pilots and other high-tech troops...
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How Wireless Carriers Are Monetizing Your Movements
Wireless operators have access to an unprecedented volume of information about users' real-world activities, but for years these massive data troves were put to...
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New Microbatteries a Boost For Electronics
The most powerful batteries on the planet are only a few millimeters in size, yet they pack such a punch that a driver could use a cellphone powered by these batteries...
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The Internet Archive's Trove of Historical Software Dwarfs All Others, Archivist Claims
The Internet Archive now offers the largest collection of historical software in the world, incorporating terabytes of data.
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Tech Hosts Artificial Intelligence Competition
More than 50 teams recently competed in an artificial intelligence competition at Michigan Technological University.
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Frog-Like Robot Will Help Surgeons
Researchers are developing robots with feet similar to those of tree frogs to crawl inside patients' bodies during keyhole surgery.
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Cornell Project Uses Artificial Intelligence to Id Birds
An artificial intelligence project could make it easier for amateur bird watchers to identify different species of birds.
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nsw Researchers Push Open Source, Android For Archeology
The Federated Archeological Information Management System Project aims to develop new archeological tools compatible with Android-based mobile devices.
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Is High-Tech Security at Public Events Counterproductive?
Which is more intrusive: security screening and metal detectors every few blocks, or a drone flying high above it taking video of every little thing you do?
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Smoke Color Is Key Clue to Analyzing Boston Marathon Bombs
As a team of investigators led by the FBI begins deciphering the bombs that killed three people and wounded 150 more in Boston this week, a key clue is already...
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How the Boston Pd Could Examine the Videos From the Bombing
As investigators try to figure out what happened during the bombings at the Boston Marathon, they'll turn to video taken at the scene of the explosions.
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Military Academies Take on Nsa in Cybersecurity Competition
The Cyber Defense Exercise is an annual cybersecurity contest in which teams from U.S. military academies compete against one from the National Security Agency. ...
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Engineers se Brain Cells to Power Smart Grid
A team of engineers and neuroscientists is using neurons cultured in a dish to control simulated power grids.
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Google Emulates Apple in Restricting Apps For Glass
Google is restricting apps for Glass, its Internet-linked glasses, in an effort to gradually introduce the technology to the public.
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High-Speed Wi-Fi? Not So Fast
Next-generation Wi-Fi standard 802.11ac will hit the market this year, but most people will have to wait to access to the increased throughput.
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Google Activates Person Finder in Aftermath of Boston Marathon Bombings
Google activated the Google Person Finder website in Boston to help people connect after the bombings at the Boston Marathon.
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How to Target an Asteroid
Like many of his colleagues at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif., Shyam Bhaskaran is working a lot with asteroids these days.
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