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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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Virtual Humans, Programmed to Feel
A new program called Cerebella enables virtual humans to demonstrate emotions using facial expressions and hand gestures.
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Getting Everyday Objects to Think
In an interview, Ayla Networks co-founder and Stanford University professor Thomas Lee discusses the future of the Internet of Things (IoT).
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Listening to Bipolar Disorder: Smartphone App Detects Mood Swings Via Voice Analysis
A new smartphone app monitors a person's voice during telephone conversations to detect early signs of mood changes in people with bipolar disorder.
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What Is the 'right to Be Forgotten'?
Sixteen years ago, a Spaniard named Mario Costeja Gonzalez had hit financial difficulties.
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Gaittrack App Makes Cellphone a Medical Monitor For Heart and Lung Patients
The GaitTrack app turns a smartphone into a medical monitor.
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W Building Teleoperated Robots for Disaster Response in National Challenge
Researchers say they have developed telerobotics technology that could make disaster response faster and more efficient.
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Research in India Suggests Google Search Results Can Influence an Election
Google long ago went from being a mere directory of the Internet to a shaper of online reality, helping determine what we see and how.
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Cheap Gadget Lets You Steer a Wheelchair with Your Eyes
Put some "crap" technology with some smart software and you get one life-changing solution.
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Problem at the Polls: Tech Stuck in Past
Election officials are facing a growing imperative to replace outdated voting technology to prepare for elections over the next decade.
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The Military Thinks Bitcoin Could Pose a Threat to National Security
Does Bitcoin risk endangering the nation's safety? The Pentagon thinks it might.
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Math Makes Mobile Maps Meaningful
Researchers say a new method will ensure mathematically optimal adaptation of the labeling to the perspective and driving direction on digital maps.
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Dogs, Technology, and the Future of Disaster Response
The Smart Emergency Response System aims to use cyber-physical systems to share information and coordinate emergency and disaster response and recovery.
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Scientific Computing's Future: Can Any Coding Language Top a 1950s Behemoth?
Take a tour through the research laboratories at any university physics department or national lab, and much of what you will see defines "cutting edge."
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Former Head of the Nsa and Commander of the S Cyber Command, General Keith Alexander
Recently retired director of the U.S. National Security Agency and commander of the U.S. Cyber Command General Keith Alexander was interviewed by Australian Financial...
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First Life with 'alien' Dna
For billions of years, the history of life has been written with just four letters—A, T, C and G, the labels given to the DNA subunits contained in all organisms...
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An Intelligent Vehicle That Can Detect Pedestrians at Nighttime
Researchers have developed a pedestrian detection system for cars that works in low visibility conditions by capturing body heat with infrared cameras.
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Augmented Reality Gains Traction For Training
Training is one of the original applications of the technology.
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The Plug-and-Play Luxury Home
When it is completed in early 2018, Muse, a 49-story luxury-condo development in Sunny Isles Beach, Fla., will have an automated parking system with push-button...
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Saving Crops and People With Bug Sensors
A new method of classifying insects could help protect crops from insect damage and limit the spread of insect-borne diseases.
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