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Building artificial intelligence into medical devices can speed diagnoses and potentially improve treatments and outcomes.
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Techies the Latest Weapon in Catching Car Thieves
Researchers at the University of Technology, Sydney, (UTS) Australia, have developed software that uses new imaging technology to enable moving police cars to automatically...
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Digital Boost For Works of Art
Imagine the research possibilities of being able to view three-dimensional scans of museum objects, write dance moves electronically or study ancient documents...
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Cars Get Cooperative
European researchers have developed a groundbreaking middleware platform that could lead to thousands of new applications in a range of industries. Beginning with...
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Radar Will Improve Agents' Tunnel Vision
Of every tunnel ever discovered by U.S. border patrol agents, "all of them have been found by accident or human intelligence," said Ed Turner, a project manager...
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Master of Connections
Jon Kleinberg is honored for his pioneering research on the Web and social networking.
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Are We Losing Our Ability to Think Critically?
Computer technology has enhanced lives in countless ways, but some experts believe it might be affecting people's ability to think deeply.
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Rfid Examined as Shoplifting Prevention Technology
Shoplifting in retail outlets is an increasing problem that creates an estimated annual retail deficit of more than $30 billion, but RFID technology can help to...
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sing Video Game Processors For Defense Needs
Researchers in the Georgia Tech Research Institute (GTRI) and the Georgia Tech School of Electrical and Computer Engineering are developing programming tools to...
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Computer Scientists Model Cell Division
Harvard University computer scientists have developed a model for studying the arrangement of tissue networks that are created by cell division. "We developed a...
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U.s. Creates Military Command For Cyber Battlefield
The U.S. military announced a new "cyber command" designed to wage digital warfare and to bolster defenses against mounting threats to its computer networks. Defense...
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Neural Networks That Replicate Biological Brains
Imperial College London professor of cognitive robotics Murray Shanahan is using graphics processing technology originally developed for the gaming industry to...
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Futurephile: Knowledge Embedded in Everything
The day will come when everyone will wear glasses with a computer overlay capable of processing the faces of passersby and tell wearers if they have met someone...
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Better Games Through Long-Distance Networking
University of Melbourne researcher Florian Mueller was awarded this year's Fulbright Postgraduate Scholarship in Technology for his research into video games that...
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Writing on Air Is Not Pie in the Sky
Duke University engineering students have developed the PhonePoint Pen, a program that uses the accelerometers in smart phones to enable users to write messages...
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Let the Search Engine Try Again
A Pennsylvania State University researcher has analyzed the way Web surfers reformulate their Web searches and believes his research could lead to improvements...
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Nasa: Robots Critical to Endeavour's Mission on Space Station
The U.S. space shuttle's current mission, one of the most technical ever attempted by NASA, would not be possible without the use of robotics, says Holly Ridings...
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Computer System For Dementia Patients
The shortage of healthcare workers has led to a demand for computer-based solutions that will allow elderly people to live in the own homes. However, the technology...
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Robotic Ferret Will Detect Hidden Drugs and Weapons
Engineering & Physical Sciences Research CouncilScientists at the University of Sheffield have developed the first cargo-scanning device that can operate inside...
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Technology Looks Into Some Old Dinosaur Bones
A new study published in The Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology uses high-resolution computed tomography (CT) imaging to guide sampling of bone lesions in the vertebrae...
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