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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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sing Drones to Make Peace, Not War
Amin Rigi says drones should be used to save lives, not spy or kill.
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Scientists Consider Repurposing Robots For Ebola
Robotics scientists nationwide are pondering an intriguing possibility: Might robotic technologies deployed in rescue and disaster situations be quickly repurposed...
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Researchers Take Big-Data Approach to Estimate Range of Electric Vehicles
North Carolina State University researchers say they have developed a more accurate way to determine how far electric vehicles can go before needing a recharge. ...
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Irish Researchers Develop New Tool to Protect Earth From Space Debris
In collaboration with the European Space Agency, researchers at Trinity College in Dublin have designed a risk assessment tool for the re-entry of spacecraft debris...
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Painting By the Numbers: Data Visualization
There is rising interest in digital visualization, which serves as a communication tool in areas ranging from hip hop to scientific collaboration.
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How Technology Is Helping Fight Ebola
A wide variety of technologies, from apps and software to big data and robots, are being employed to help fight the Ebola outbreak in West Africa.
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Electronics in the Operating Room
Electronic devices increasingly are being incorporated into surgical procedures on a functional level.
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How Movie-Makers Read Your Mind
Why is there such interest in finding new ways to gauge audience reactions?
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Phone Hackers Dial and Redial to Steal Billions
Bob Foreman's architecture firm ran up a $166,000 phone bill in a single weekend last March.
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Agencies Bring Energy Modeling Out of the Lab
The U.S. National Institute of Standards and Technology has developed a database and software to help building professionals manage energy upgrades.
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Open Surveillance
A new encrypted search system could enable law enforcement officials to collect data more openly without compromising investigations.
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What Happened to All the Women in Computer Science?
Ada Lovelace is recognized as the first computer programmer, but today computer science is overwhelmingly a male domain.
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Machine-Learning Maestro Michael Jordan on the Delusions of Big Data and Other Huge Engineering Efforts
The overeager adoption of big data is likely to result in catastrophes of analysis comparable to a national epidemic of collapsing bridges.
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.s. Government Probes Medical Devices For Possible Cyber Flaws
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security is investigating about two dozen cases of suspected cybersecurity flaws in medical devices and hospital equipment that...
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.s. National Security Prosecutors Shift Focus from Spies to Cyber
The U.S. Justice Department is restructuring its national security prosecution team to deal with cyber attacks and the threat of sensitive technology ending up...
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Ask Watson or Siri: Artificial Intelligence Is as Elusive as Ever
Scientists are no closer to achieving an overall general artificial intelligence, in the sense that a computer can behave like a human.
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.k. Child Coders Triumph in European Contest
Microsoft recently brought together young programmers from across Europe for a gaming competition based on Kodu, the company's visual programming language.
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The Social Web of Things
Federal University of Bahia researchers suggest a social Internet of Things will enable people and their devices to be more coherently connected.
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Transforming Typewriters For the Digital Generation
A Plymouth University graduate has used sensors and circuit boards to convert a typewriter into an interactive social tool.
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