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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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What Is the Internet of Everything?
In the Internet of Everything, all people and objects will be connected to a common Internet backbone.
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Computer Scientists Prevent Data Theft on Smartphones and Tablet Computers
SRT Appguard software scans every selected app installed on Android-based smartphones and tablets and indicates its real behavior
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Blueprint For an Artificial Brain
Researchers are developing an artificial brain using memristors, electronic microcomponents that imitate natural nerves.
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And Now, From I.b.m., Chef Watson
I.B.M.'s Watson beat "Jeopardy" champions two years ago. But can it whip up something tasty in the kitchen?
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This Amazing 3d Desktop Was Born at Microsoft
The history of computer revolutions will show a logical progression from the Mac to the iPad to something like this SpaceTop 3D desktop, if computer genius Jinha...
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Autopsy of a Dead Social Network
Friendster is a social network that was founded in 2002, a year before Myspace and two years before Facebook.
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On Today's Battlefield, Is Information More Important Than Firepower?
Halo, Borderlands, Call of Duty, Medal of Honor, Battlefield, Metal Gear Solid—these kinds of games taught a generation to see enemies as red dots on a mini-map...
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Social Network Could Revolutionize Disease Treatment
The social network PatientsLikeMe plans to build an open science platform to aid chronic disease sufferers in measuring the progression of their ailments.
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Wearable Computers Struggle to Go Mainstream: 10 Reasons Why
The market for wearable technology remains small and faces obstacles to widespread use.
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Onr-Funded Software Boosts Marines Civilian Operations at Fleet Exercise
The U.S. Navy's Office of Naval Research recently software that utilizes mobile devices to streamline civilian assistance operations.
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Chinese Hackers Seen as Increasingly Professional
China's government denies involvement in a wave of cyberattacks against international targets, but the hackers appear to be professionals who keep regular work...
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Coming to a Smartphone Near You: Personalized Experiences
A new study suggests future apps will provide personalized experiences through systems that integrate across all service platforms.
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China Says .s. Routinely Hacks Defense Ministry Websites
Two major Chinese military websites, including that of the Defense Ministry, were subject to about 144,000 hacking attacks a month last year, almost two-thirds...
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Sd College Tests Fingerprint Purchasing Technology
Futurists have long proclaimed the coming of a cashless society, where dollar bills and plastic cards are replaced by fingerprint and retina scanners smart enough...
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White House Opens More Federally Funded Scientific Research to the Public
A new White House directive will allow the general public more access to federally funded scientific research, the Obama administration announced at the end of...
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After M.t.a. Setbacks, No-Swipe Fare Cards Are Still Stuck in the Future
For nearly 50 years, coins were the currency in New York’s subway and bus system. Tokens carried the next 40 years, until the MetroCard first slid into riders’...
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The Melting Pot of New York, Seen in Its Multilingual Tweets
A Twitter map visualizes, by language, the locations of 8.5 million geolocated tweets sent in the city between January 2010 and February 2013.
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Happy, Snappy Tweets Gain the Most Twitter Followers
The content of tweets, rather than a followers list, that has the biggest impact on the size of a Twitter audience, researchers have found.
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Quantum Algorithm Breakthrough
A research group says it has made an important step toward practical quantum computing by implementing a full quantum algorithm without knowing its solution.
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