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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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For $1,000, Anyone Can Purchase Online Ads to Track Your Location and App se
Researchers suggest it could cost only about $1,000 for someone to buy and target online ads in order to monitor the location of others, as well as their application...
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Alphago Zero Shows Machines Can Become Superhuman Without Any Help
DeepMind's upgrade to the AlphaGo algorithm, AlphaGo Zero, beat its predecessor in a 100-game Go match, acquiring skills by playing millions of games against itself...
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The Shape of Work to Come
Last year, entrepreneur Sebastian Thrun set out to augment his sales force with artificial intelligence.
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AI Algorithms Are Starting to Teach AI Algorithms
Artificial intelligence researchers and companies are applying machine learning to automate the more complicated aspects of AI algorithm development.
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New Method to Detect Spin Current in Quantum Materials nlocks Potential For Alternative Electronics
Researchers have developed a new method that precisely measures the mysterious behavior and magnetic properties of electrons flowing across the surface of quantum...
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Wpi Computer Scientists se Mixed Reality to Visualize Complex Biological Networks
Researchers are developing new mixed-reality methods for visualizing complex biological networks so they can find the most salient information and linkages.
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Mapping the Great Barrier Reef with Cameras, Drones and Nasa Tech
Richard Vevers, a British underwater photographer, was horrified when he returned in 2015 to a colourful reef in American Samoa he had shot a year earlier. It had...
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Now There's an Iq Test For Siri and Friends
Researchers used an intelligence test they developed to rank intelligent assistants such as Google Assistant and Siri on the same scale used for humans.
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Fresh Findings From Cassini
NASA's Cassini spacecraft ended its journey on Sept. 15 with an intentional plunge into the atmosphere of Saturn, but analysis continues on the mountain of data...
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Liquid Metal Brings Soft Robotics a Step Closer
Researchers in the U.K. say they have applied electrical charges to manipulate liquid metal into two-dimensional shapes such as letters and a heart.
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There's a Huge Opportunity in Robotics For Early-Career Computer Scientists and Serious Software Engineers
University of Washington professor Maya Cakmak discusses the role of programming by demonstration in her work on human-machine interaction.
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Researchers Create Digital Objects From Incomplete 3D Data
Researchers in Germany say they have developed a computational method for reconstructing a digital object from incomplete images.
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Study Finds Auto-Fix Tool Gets More Programmers to pgrade Code
Researchers at North Carolina State University have found that auto-fix tools are effective ways to get programmers to make relevant upgrades.
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Welcoming Our New Robot Overlords
When David Stinson finished high school, in Grand Rapids, Michigan, in 1977, the first thing he did was get a job building houses.
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Scientists se Machine Learning to Translate 'hidden' Information That Reveals Chemistry in Action
Researchers say they have taught computers to decipher previously inaccessible information from x-ray data and apply it to decoding three-dimensional nanoscale...
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Esnet's Science Dmz Design Could Help Transfer, Protect Medical Research Data
Researchers say the Energy Sciences Network's Science DMZ architecture for rapidly and securely transferring large datasets could be adapted to fulfill the needs...
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Scientists Can Read a Bird's Brain and Predict Its Next Song
Researchers have built a brain-to-tweet interface that predicts the song a finch is going to sing a fraction of a second before it does so.
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The State of Wireless Charging
Apple's recent wireless charging announcements highlight how far the tech has come—and how far it needs to go.
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Nasa Missions Catch First Light from a Gravitational-Wave Event
For the first time, NASA scientists have detected light tied to a gravitational-wave event, thanks to two merging neutron stars in the galaxy NGC 4993, located...
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