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Scaling p Search for Analogies Could Be Key to Innovation
Investment in research is at an all-time high, yet the rate of scientific breakthroughs isn't setting any records. To resolve this quandary, scientists are turning...
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Heathrow Trials AI System for Landing Planes in Bad Weather
The U.K.'s National Air Traffic Services is testing an artificial intelligence system at London's Heathrow Airport to help guide airplanes in low visibility.
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New Program Reduces Spine Surgery Errors Linked to 'Wrong Level' Labeling
A new computer program helps surgeons identify and label spinal segments during real-time operating room procedures, to help prevent surgical errors.
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Ripple Adds 11 New niversity Blockchain Research Initiative Partners to Fund Research and Education
Blockchain network provider Ripple has added 11 universities to its University Blockchain Research Initiative.
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Software-Defined Power Cuts Costs
Hyper-scale datacenters need more efficient control of their electrical use.
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New York Beats Out San Francisco to Be World's Best Tech City
New York City is the best city in the world for the technology industry, according to the Savills Index.
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New Horizons' Evocative Farewell Glance at ltima Thule
An evocative new image sequence from NASA's New Horizons spacecraft offers a departing view of the Kuiper Belt object (KBO) nicknamed Ultima Thule—the target of...
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360 Video: Curiosity Rover Departs Vera Rubin Ridge
After exploring Mars' Vera Rubin Ridge for more than a year, NASA's Curiosity rover recently moved on. But a new 360-video lets the public visit Curiosity's final...
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Football: New TV Technology to Take Fans 'Inside the Game'
Intel has partnered with the U.K.-based soccer teams Manchester City, Liverpool, and Arsenal to introduce its state-of-the-art True View system to each team's respective...
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Open Access Satellite Data Allows Tracking of Seasonal Population Movements
Researchers have provided open access to detailed satellite data on brightness for five cities in Niger and Nigeria.
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Auto Engineers Warn Your Car Might Be Easier to Hack Than You Think
Adding sophisticated features to vehicles to make drivers' daily commutes easier also make their new vehicles more vulnerable to cyberattacks, according to a new...
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'Robbie the Robot' Can Spot Worsening Dementia After Watching 13 Episodes of Emmerdale
A robot equipped with artificial intelligence learned to recognize facial expressions by watching TV.
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Trump's Plan to Keep America First in AI
U.S. President Donald Trump today will sign an executive order for the federal government to channel funds, programs, and data in support of artificial intelligence...
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The Era of General Purpose Computers is Ending
The computational economics enabled by Moore's Law is now changing.
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There's No Good Reason to Trust Blockchain Technology
Opinion by Bruce Schneier, a security technologist who teaches at the Harvard Kennedy School.
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The Real Reason America Is Scared of Huawei: Internet-Connected Everything
There was a time when the world's two great superpowers were obsessed with nuclear weapons technology.
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Bless the Overclockers: In the Data Center World, Liquid Cooling Is Becoming King
In Iron Man 2, there is a moment when Tony Stark is watching a decades-old film of his deceased father, who tells him "I'm limited by the technology of my time,...
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A DNA Search Engine for Microbes
Researchers at the European Molecular Biology Laboratory's European Bioinformatics Institute have developed a DNA search engine for microbial data.
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Mind-Controlled Robot Lets You Weld Metal Without sing Your Hands
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign researchers have developed a robot that can follow mental instructions from its operator to weld metal.
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