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Bot With Boyish Personality Wins Biggest Turing Test
The chatbot Eugene Goostman fooled Turing test judges 29 percent of the time into thinking it was human to take first place in the recent contest in the United...
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An Online Encyclopedia That Writes Itself
DARPA recently collaborated with Raytheon BBN researchers to develop a system that can follow global news events and provide intelligence analysts with useful summaries...
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How Many Computers to Identify a Cat? 16,000
Inside Google’s secretive X laboratory, known for inventing self-driving cars and augmented reality glasses, a small group of researchers began working several...
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Researchers Advance Biometric Security
A biometric security system developed by researchers at the University of Calgary can simulate the way the brain makes decisions about information from different...
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Three Questions For Patti Maes
Massachusetts Institute of Technology researcher Patti Maes recently spoke with Technology Review to discuss the future of mobile technology.
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What Nasa's Next Mars Rover Will Discover
NASA's Mars Science Laboratory is on its way. In a little more than a month, the 1-ton rover, whichlaunched in November, will descend to the Martian surface.
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Microsoft's Research Boss Celebrates Legacy of Alan Turing
What does Alan Turing mean to Microsoft and the rest of the modern tech world? Rick Rashid can tell you.
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The Highly Productive Habits of Alan Turing
June 23 marks the 100th birthday of Alan Turing. If I had to name five people whose personal efforts led to the defeat of Nazi Germany, the English mathematician...
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War With Friends: Pentagon Eyes a Drone App Store
The U.S. military has dozens of different types of drones in its arsenal. Each one has its own unique controller. And each of those various controllers flies a...
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Why You Should Care About Robocup
This month, soccer fans are glued to Euro 2012. But another prestigious championship is about to kick off, too. The game is slower—much slower—and the players fall...
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.s. Needs Another 600 Humans to Fly Its Robot Planes
The Pentagon doesn't have nearly enough people to operate its growing fleet of flying robots. Right now, the U.S. Air Force is short nearly 600 drone pilots and...
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In the Afghan War, a Little Robot Can Be a Soldier's Best Friend
The 310 SUGV is a distant cousin of the Roomba, the robotic vacuum cleaner currently being promoted as a Father's Day gift. In Afghanistan, the Marines call him...
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The AI Game That Knows You Better Than Anyone
Many computer science researchers are trying to create an AI system that offers video game players a more tailored experience.
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Social Network Data Reveals Non-Members' Secrets
People who avoid social networking sites to maintain their privacy may not be as secure as they think, German computer scientists say.
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Freaks, Geeks, and Microsoft
When the Kinect was introduced in November 2010 as a $150 motion-control add-on to Microsoft's Xbox consoles, it drew attention from more than just video-gamers...
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Technology to Monitor Bird Sounds, Impacts of Environmental Change
Oregon State University researchers have developed a multi-instance, multi-label machine-learning system to simultaneously listen to multiple bird sounds.
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'part-Time' Scientists Aim to Develop Autonomous Rover to Compete For Lunar X Prize
Some people try to make the most of their spare time by exercising, volunteering, or simply recharging their batteries. Others like to use that time to build robots...
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Mind-Reading Robot Teachers Keep Students Focused
University of Wisconsin-Madison researchers have developed a robotic teacher that monitors students' attention levels and mimics the techniques human teachers use...
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Dark Shadows on Mars: Scene from Durable Nasa Rover
Like a tourist waiting for just the right lighting to snap a favorite shot during a stay at the Grand Canyon, NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity has used...
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