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How AR and Computer Mapping are Leading to Safer Medical Procedures
New smartphone technology can create a more accurate human body scan by using augmented reality and Simultaneous Localization and Mapping.
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Intelligent Components for the Power Grid of the Future
A smart transformer prototype that automatically regulates the current flow in semiconductors made of silicon carbide could be used for better integration of electric...
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Sony, Carnegie Mellon Form Partnership to Research Cooking Robots
Researchers are studying how artificial intelligence and robotics can be used to improve food preparation, cooking, and delivery.
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Made in China 2025: Beijing's Big Ambitions from Robots to Chips
China is looking to catch up with rivals like the United States and Germany in high-end technology, making a major push with a "Made in China 2025" strategy that...
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Oral History: Russell Impagliazzo in Conversation with Dick Karp
In honor of Dick Karp's five years of service as Founding Director of the Simons Institute for the Theory of Computing.
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Chip Developed by Brazilian Researchers Will Be Linchpin of LHC pgrade
Researchers in Brazil have designed a chip to upgrade the detection system in the Large Hadron Collider's A Large Ion Collider Experiment (ALICE).
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Andrea Goldsmith Receives ACM Athena Lecturer Award
Stanford University professor Andrea Goldsmith has received the ACM Athena Lecturer Award.
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New Algorithm Locates Fake sers on Social Networks
Researchers have created a generic method to detect fake accounts on most social networks.
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FlyJacket Lets You Control a Drone With Your Body
The Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne has developed an intuitive, wearable drone control system.
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Robot Conquers One of the Hardest Human Tasks: Assembling Ikea Furniture
Researchers have programmed a robot to assemble an Ikea chair.
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'One Has This Feeling of Having Contributed to Something That’s Gone Very Wrong'
A conversation with virtual reality pioneer Jaron Lanier on Silicon Valley's politics, being quoted by Mark Zuckerberg, and what went wrong with the Internet.
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Cerf, Kahn Among 8 Recognized with Franklin Institute Awards
Robert Kahn and Vint Cerf are among the award recipients, "for enabling the Internet by developing TCP/IP."
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How to Blow Up a Star
After spending three months trying to blow up a star, Hans-Thomas Janka and his team finally saw what they had been waiting for.
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Moscow State niversity Team Wins World Finals of ACM International Collegiate Programming Contest
University teams from Beijing and Tokyo also were recognized with gold medals.
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Machine Learning's 'Amazing' Ability to Predict Chaos
Half a century ago, the pioneers of chaos theory discovered that the "butterfly effect" makes long-term prediction impossible.
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Scientists se Machine Learning to Speed Discovery of Metallic Glass
Researchers used artificial intelligence to discover and improve metallic glass faster and less expensively than previous methods.
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Weird Quantum Physics Is Key to Keeping Your Credit Card Safe
Researchers used quantum mechanics to develop a new method for generating random numbers to help shield sensitive information from eavesdropping.
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Google Offers New Way to Discover Books, Fun Way to Play With Words
Google recently launched a website to demonstrate the company's progress in semantic search.
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Invertebrates Inspire First Fully 3D Printed Active Materials for Robots
Researchers say they have developed the first fully three-dimensionally-printed dielectric elastomer actuators to perform high bending motion.
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