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Chameleon Theory Could Change Our Thoughts on Gravity
Massive supercomputer simulations of the universe will be used to test whether the Chameleon Theory (f(R)-gravity) could explain the formation of cosmological structures...
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C3M Programs a Humanoid Robot to Communicate in Sign Language
Researchers programmed a humanoid robot to communicate in sign language.
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Major League Baseball 'Robot mp' Calls 1st Professional Baseball Game with 1 Hitch, No Controversy
A computer in the press box communicated to the umpire whether each pitch was in or out of the strike zone, and the umpire relayed the calls to the field as usual...
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Waze Data Can Help Predict Car Crashes, Cut Response Time
City leaders, academic researchers, and the U.S. Department of Transportation are working to predict car crashes and reduce emergency response times using data...
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Shopping Centers Exploring Facial Recognition in Brave New World of Retail
U.S. mall owners and retailers are ramping up their use of facial recognition to ascertain shoppers' traffic patterns, employee performance, and consumer response...
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Lennon or McCartney? Machine Learning Tries to Crack Disputed Beatles Authorship
Researchers used machine learning to ascertain the authorship of disputed Beatles songs.
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How Do You Read Ancient Scrolls Too Brittle to nfurl? American Scientist May Have Answer
Ancient papyrus scrolls too fragile to unwrap are being scanned with the hope of "digitally unwrapping" and reading them.
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China's Big Brother Casinos Can Spot Who's Most Likely to Lose Big
Some of the world's biggest casino operators in the Chinese territory of Macao are using technology to identify which of their customers are likely to lose the...
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Astronomy Bot Speeds Search for Jupiter's Twins
A new astronomy algorithm can help identify stars around which planets may revolve.
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Florida's Latest Oddity: Semi Trucks With Nobody Inside
Startup Starsky Robotics is testing unmanned semi trucks on public roads in Florida.
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NASA Hack sed Raspberry Pi
A federal review of a 2018 data breach at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory discovered an unauthorized Raspberry Pi computer was exploited to access the network,...
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Java, JavaScript Remain Most Popular Programming Languages
Java and JavaScript continue to be the most-used programming languages, with the former the most popular primary coding language, and the latter the most used overall...
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Eavesdropping on the Brain
Putting sound to thought, to hear what the brain is 'hearing.'
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Who Owns Your Face?
Today's facial recognition tools raise new questions about how, where, and when data can be used.
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Software to Protect World's Most Endangered Species
Researchers are integrating genetic and environmental databases to help identify species threatened by climate change more accurately.
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Car Companies Sharpen Focus on Curbing Distracted Driving
Automakers are accelerating initiatives to address distracted driving by equipping vehicles with monitoring technology.
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Google's Language Techniques Help O2 Czech Republic Reveal Network Secrets
Word2vec, a neural network technique developed to understand human languages, also can interpret raw cell tower data.
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Facebook Plans Global Financial System Based on Cryptocurrency
Facebook has unveiled a plan to create an alternative financial system that relies on a new cryptocurrency.
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