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Emotion-Sensing Robot Launches to Assist Space Station Astronauts
A robot with emotion-sensing voice detectors has been launched to the International Space Station.
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Can We Identify Invasive Species Before They Invade?
Researchers have developed models for predicting patterns of damage by invasive insects that attack North American trees.
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Water Animation Gets Easier, Thanks to BYU Professors
A new technique permits the rapid resizing of fluid animations without the need to remodel entire animation sequences.
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Tech Aims to Predict Problems on Power Lines Before Disaster
A new diagnostic tool designed to detect power line problems is being used by utilities to address those problems before they become disasters.
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Cellphone Detection Cameras Rolled Out in Australia
Australia's state of New South Wales has started using high-definition detection cameras to identify drivers illegally using cellphones while driving.
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50 Years Later, We Still Don't Grasp the Mother of All Demos
Doug Engelbart didn't just want to show off new technology. He wanted to demonstrate a system for improving humanity.
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Producing Glass with a 3D Printer
Researchers employed three-dimensional printing to manufacture complex and porous glass objects using an ultraviolet-light-cured resin.
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Electro-Optical Device Provides Solution to Faster, More Energy-Efficient Computing Memories, Processors
Researchers have developed a nanoscale device that is programmable with either photons or electrons.
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3D Scanner Could Increase Accuracy of Surgery
Researchers have invented a scanner to capture full-field three-dimensional surface-shape data in real time by facilitating three-dimensional capabilities at each...
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Can You Hear Me Now?
Columbia University researchers achieve a meeting of minds on Artificial Intelligence-assisted hearing technology.
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Toward More Efficient Computing, With Magnetic Waves
A new circuit design enables computing using magnetic waves, rather than electricity.
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Carpentry Compiler Helps Woodworkers Design Objects They Can Actually Make
Researchers developed a digital tool that generates fabrication instructions and solves problems with techniques from programming languages when users design woodworking...
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New Streaming Technology Will Change Computer Gaming
Researchers have developed a streaming technology that will allow a VR headsets to display computer games in extremely high quality.
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Attackers Using WhatsApp MP4 Video Files Vulnerability Can Remotely Execute Code
Facebook has reported a vulnerability in WhatsApp messaging software that allows malefactors to conduct denial-of-service or remote code execution attacks.
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AI Moves Into Healthcare
Artificial intelligence's diffusion into medicine is at a nascent stage, but researchers expect further proliferation.
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Turn Any Object Into a Robot Using This Program and a 3D Printer
Researchers created a program to render household items into hand-activated robots using a three-dimensional (3D) printer.
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Can a Stealth T-Shirt Foil Digital Spies?
Researchers have designed stealth apparel that renders the wearer invisible to spying computers.
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Inside CDC's Scramble to Solve Mysterious Vaping Disease
Efforts by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to investigate a spate of vaping-related injuries and deaths required building a new data-collection...
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Tracking the Eye of the Pilot
Researchers have developed and tested eye-tracking software for use in training pilots.
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