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The Robots Will See You Now
Researchers used advanced real-time tracking software and robotics to design and test the first closed-loop control system featuring a bioinspired robotic replica...
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Improving Drone Performance in Headwinds
Researchers have found that angling the rotor blades of a quad-rotor unmanned aerial vehicle can reduce pitching when attempting to fly into headwinds.
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Come Meet ZJ's Robot Dog 'Jueying'
Jueying is a quadruped robot dog that can run up a steep slope, walk on thick snow, and regain its balance after receiving a heavy blow.
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N Calls for Smashing Stereotypes
United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has cited the need to support and invest in women and girls who want to pursue careers in scientific research....
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Mr. Robot
Geoffrey Hinton spent 30 years hammering away at an idea most other scientists dismissed as nonsense. Then, one day in 2012, he was proven right.
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Early Facebook, Google Employees Form Coalition to Fight What They Built
The cohort is creating a union of concerned experts called the Center for Humane Technology.
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China: Police sing Facial-Recognition Sunglasses
The Chinese government is equipping its police with real-time facial-recognition sunglasses to instantly locate criminals in crowds.
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Online Sites Fight Back Against Blocked Ads
Researchers recently examined the anti-ad blocking environment and what can be done to improve it.
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Social Robot Developed at NSW Set to Revolutionize Workplace Experience
Researchers have developed a social robot to promote creativity and collaboration in the workplace.
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Center for Machine Intelligence Launched to Help Build a Smarter and Safer Society
The University of Southampton in the U.K. recently launched the Center for Machine Intelligence.
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Where's the Bear?
Researchers are using machine learning to identify and classify wildlife caught on camera.
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Researchers Take Terahertz Data Links Around the Bend
A recent study demonstrated terahertz frequency data links can bounce around a room without losing too much data, which could make terahertz wireless data networks...
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How Nuclear Weapons Research Revealed New Climate Threats
After atmospheric scientist Ivana Cvijanovic began pushing a computerized climate simulation to its limits, she noticed a disturbing result: as Arctic sea ice nearly...
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Winter Olympics’ Security on Alert, but Hackers Have a Head Start
More than 300 Olympics-related computer systems have already been hit, with many of them compromised.
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Mind the Gap: This Researcher Steals Data With Noise, Light, and Magnets
The field of cybersecurity is obsessed with preventing and detecting breaches, finding every possible strategy to keep hackers from infiltrating your digital inner...
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EFF Founder and Internet Activist John Perry Barlow Has Died
John Perry Barlow has one of those resumes that seems too surreal to be true: poet turned Grateful Dead lyricist; lifelong activist; columnist for Communications...
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Inside North Korea's Hacker Army
In most respects, Jong Hyok looks like any other middle-aged male tech worker you might see on the skyscraper-shadowed streets of Seoul's Gangnam district: smartphone...
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Supercomputing More Light Than Heat
Researchers have used the eXtreme Science and Engineering Discovery Environment to gain access to more than 975,000 compute hours on the Maverick supercomputing...
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Quantum Algorithms Struggle Against Old Foe: Clever Computers
The quest for "quantum supremacy" – unambiguous proof that a quantum computer does something faster than an ordinary computer – has paradoxically led to a boom...
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