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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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How Computers Are Changing Biology
Sophisticated computer models and simulations are replacing test tubes and beakers. This revolution in biology research is redefining medicine, agriculture, and...
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10 Breakthrough Technologies 2014
Technology news is full of incremental developments, but few of them are true milestones.
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How America's Leading Science Fiction Authors Are Shaping Your Future
Stories set in the future are often judged, as time passes, on whether they come true or not.
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Sheffield Team Shows Simplicity Is Key to Cooperative Robots
Engineers have found a way to get a large number of robots to cluster together and execute tasks without using any memory or processing power.
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What Makes an Alien Intelligent?
On Thursday, astronomers announced that they'd reached a new milestone in the search for Earth's "twin," or a planet much like ours that orbits in what's known...
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Watch the Astounding Dexterity of Honda's Dancing Humanoid Robot
Even in today's rapidly evolving world of technology, there are few things that make your jaw drop when you see them in real life.
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Chess Robots to Cause Judgment Day?
Autonomous systems must be designed and deployed very carefully or they could develop antisocial and potentially harmful behavior, according to a study.
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Microrobots, Working Together, Build with Metal, Glass, and Electronics
Someone glancing through the door of Annjoe Wong-Foy's lab at SRI International might think his equipment is infested by ants.
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AI Gets Its Groove Back
The field of artificial intelligence is making real progress after a long period of sporadic advances that failed to pan out.
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The Truth About Google X
Astro Teller is sharing a story about something bad. Or maybe it's something good.
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World Cup Mind-Control Demo Faces Deadlines, Critics
In less than 60 days, Brazil will begin hosting soccer's 2014 World Cup, even though workers are still hurrying to pour concrete at three unfinished stadiums.
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Cheaper Joints and Digits Bring the Robot Revolution Closer
SRI International is rethinking the design of Boston Dynamics' Atlas robot to try to help the machine retain its capabilities while trimming its power consumption...
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How a Ping-Pong-Playing Robot Is Revolutionizing Robotics
An Massachusetts Institute of Technology graduate student is developing a new way for robots to learn by using a ping-pong-playing robotic arm.
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Sri Wearable Robots Make Soldiers Better, Stronger, Faster
In the heart of Silicon Valley, lining the wall in one of the world’s most advanced robotics labs, is a row of sewing machines.
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Bu Prof Earns $450k Grant to Improve Computer Chips
Binghamton University professor Timothy Miller focuses on teaching computer chips how to be smarter about themselves.
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As Human Laws Grapple with Robots, There Are No Easy Answers
There's been a lot of buzz about robots lately.
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A Fundamental Theory to Model the Mind
In 1999, the Danish physicist Per Bak proclaimed to a group of neuroscientists that it had taken him only 10 minutes to determine where the field had gone wrong...
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Cheaper Joints and Digits Bring the Robot Revolution Closer
The Atlas humanoid robot, unveiled last year by Boston Dynamics, a company later acquired by Google, is a marvel.
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Orienteering For Robots
Suppose you're trying to navigate an unfamiliar section of a big city, and you’re using a particular cluster of skyscrapers as a reference point.
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