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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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These Robots Are sing Static Electricity to Make Nikes
The most labor intensive part of putting together a pair of Nikes is assembling the "upper"—the flexible part of the shoe that sits on top of your foot.
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How We Won Gold in the Cyborg Olympics' Brain Race
In October 2016, inside a sold-out arena in Zurich, a man named Numa Poujouly steered his wheelchair up to the central podium.
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White House Floats Vision For It Modernization
The report sets as high-level goals a vision for the future of federal IT, and a plan to jumpstart government transition to that vision.
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nifying Statistics, Computer Science, and Applied Mathematics
A project led by Lehigh University will advance machine learning by merging statistical, computer science, and applied mathematical techniques.
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Your Broadband Provider Can se Your Smart Devices to Spy on You
Internet service providers can access the data on Internet-connected devices people use in their homes, even when those devices are set up to protect users' privacy...
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Artificial Intelligence Analyzes Gravitational Lenses 10 Million Times Faster
Researchers have demonstrated that neural networks can accurately analyze gravitational lenses 10 million times faster than traditional methods.
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Making Datacenters More Energy Efficient
BlueCache is a more energy-efficient datacenter caching system that uses flash memory.
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Enhancing Disease Modeling
Computational math and biology yield sophisticated guidance for public health officials.
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Designing Custom Robots in a Matter of Minutes
The Interactive Robogami system lets users quickly design a robot, and then three-dimensionally print and assemble it in as little as four hours.
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The Quest to Perfect the niversal Language of Science
For millennia, humans have turned to the sky to tell time.
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New App Could se Smartphone Selfies to Screen For Pancreatic Cancer
The BiliScreen app provides pancreatic cancer screening by having users take photos of themselves with a smartphone.
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Everyone's an Expert, but a Computer Program May Be Able to Pick the Best Ones
A new algorithm analyzed the estimates of an agribusiness expert and helped a business division at an agricultural chemicals company improve its forecast accuracy...
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Shark-Hunting AI-Powered Algorithm to Begin Flying Over Aussie Beaches
SharkSpotter is a new deep learning algorithm that can use real-time video footage streamed from aerial drones to detect sharks and alert swimmers.
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With a Simple Dna Test, family Histories Are Rewritten
Bob Hutchinson's mother told him and his siblings almost nothing about her family, no matter how often they asked. "She was good at brushing people off," said Mr...
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Accelerating the Mobile Web: 'vroom' Software Could Double Its Speed
Vroom is a new software prototype that works by optimizing the end-to-end interaction between mobile devices and Web servers.
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Computer Algorithm Automatically Recognizes Soccer Formations and Defensive Strategies
Researchers have developed a deep-learning algorithm that automatically recognizes formations of teams when analyzing player tracking data.
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Nyu Steinhardt Awarded More Than $4 Million From National Science Foundation For STEM Education Research
The National Science Foundation has awarded New York University grants totalling more than $4 million for research to improve computer science and computational...
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2 to Receive 2017 Acm/ieee George Michael Memorial Hpc Fellowships
The Fellowships honor exceptional Ph.D. students worldwide whose research focuses on high-performance computing, networking, storage, and large-scale data analysis...
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Niac Cybersecurity Report Regarding Critical Infrastructure Issued
The draft report warns the U.S. is falling short on its ability to defend critical systems against aggressive cyberattacks.
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