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Think Fast, Robot
One of the reasons we don't yet have self-driving cars and mini-helicopters delivering online purchases is that autonomous vehicles tend not to perform well under...
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Virtual Soccer Now a World Cup Fan's Best Prediction Tool
Thursday marks the kickoff of the 2014 World Cup, signaling the start of a global guessing game about which two teams will appear in the finals of the 64-match...
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Teenager Unleashes Computer Power For Cancer Diagnosis
Duke University undergraduate Brittany Wenger recently spoke about her research into using artificial intelligence to teach computers to diagnose cancer.
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Innovative Diabetes App For Smartphones
A new smartphone-based system makes it easier for diabetics to plan their meals and control their blood glucose.
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Turing Test Breakthrough as Super-Computer Becomes First to Convince US It's Human
A program that convinced humans it was a 13-year-old boy has become the first computer ever to pass the Turing Test.
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World Cup Kickoff Looms For Demo of Brain-Controlled Machine
During the World Cup next week, there may be 1 minute during the opening ceremony when the boisterous stadium crowd in São Paulo falls silent: when a paraplegic...
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Robots: Can We Trust Them with Our Privacy?
Joss Wright is training a robot to freak people out.
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E launches world’s largest civilian robotics program – 240,000 new jobs expected
The European Commission and 180 companies and research organizations have launched the world’s largest civilian research and innovation program in robotics.
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A Rare Look Inside the Air Force's Drone Training Classroom
Learning how to drop bombs and fire Hellfire missiles is more like sitting in a regular college classroom than you might expect.
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A Tour of Bletchley Park: Codebreaking that Helped Win Wwii, and the Birthplace of the Modern Computer
MI6 called it Station X.
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Robots As Furniture?
Planning the menu for a dinner party in a tiny apartment can be far easier than making sure guests have a place to sit: Many apartment dwellers simply don’t have...
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Robot Linda Will Mingle With Visitors at the Natural History Museum
A specialist mobile robot named Linda will interact with the public at the Natural History Museum in London during Universities Week 2014.
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How Darpa's Augmented Reality Software Works
Six years ago, the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) decided that they had a new dream. The agency wanted a system that would overlay digital tactical...
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Experimental Google Smartphone Becomes Brain of Space Robot
Robots excel at the tedious, repetitive tasks that bore humans into ineffectiveness.
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Can Killer Robots Learn to Follow the Rules of War?
As Memorial Day reminds us every year, war doesn't go away.
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sing Thoughts to Control Airplanes
Pilots of the future could be able to control their aircraft by merely thinking commands.
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Mint Program Helps Pinpoint Threats Contained in Intelligence Data
Researchers are working to improve the capabilities of the U.S. Multi-Disciplinary Intelligence system, which monitors incoming intelligence data.
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Google ses Artificial Brains to Teach Its Data Centers How to Behave
At Google, artificial intelligence isn't just a means of building cars that drive on their own, smartphone services that respond to the spoken word, and online...
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Google's Next Phase in Driverless Cars: No Brakes or Steering Wheel
Humans might be the one problem Google can't solve.
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