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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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How Scammers Trick Your Mind
None of us likes being scammed, and David Modic is no different.
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Cyber Spy High: Meet the Nsa's Hacker Recruiter
The National Security Agency has a recruiting problem.
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.s. May Be Falling Behind in Researching Tech's Next Big Thing
A University of Virginia professor says the U.S. is not spending enough on research and development of cyber-physical systems.
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Here Comes the Future: We're Making Robots That Feel!
Cornell University professor Hod Lipson envisions the creation of robots with self-awareness.
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Kentucky ses Ideafestival to Push Students Toward Hour of Code Movement
Kentucky Coders hopes to register 1 million Hour of Code coding events before December, starting at the 2014 IdeaFestival, an international event held in Louisville...
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sing Intelligence to nlock the Market For Electric Vehicles
A European Union-funded project recently provided electric vehicles with enhanced energy efficiency in Spain.
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What It Will Take For Computers to Be Conscious
Christof Koch says it is possible people will some day create conscious machines, but they may not look as expected.
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Computer Science and Engineering Researchers Win Best Paper Award
Texas A&M University researchers received the Best Paper Award at the recent 2014 Parallel Architectures and Compilation Techniques conference in Alberta, Canada...
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China May Be Monitoring Hong Kong Protesters' Off-the-Grid Chats
An app called FireChat is making headlines for being the go-to medium for communication among pro-democracy protesters in Hong Kong.
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It Skills That Are in Demand, and Those That Will Be
A recent survey of employers found IT professionals with cloud and security-related certifications were in greatest demand.
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Intel Encourages Women to Pursue Cloud Training
Cloud services firms need to do a better job recruiting and retaining women if they want to fill positions with qualified candidates, according to Intel's Raejeanne...
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Robot Jurisprudence: How to Judge a 'bot; Why It's Covered
The RoboLaw consortium recently presented the European Parliament its findings on potential legal frameworks to manage the development of robotic technology.
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What It Will Take For Computers to Be Conscious
Is a worm conscious? How about a bumblebee? Does a computer that can play chess "feel" anything?
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Obama's Brain Project Backs Neurotechnology
The White House said that President Obama's BRAIN Initiative is generating interest from companies and philanthropies in a sign of what it calls a wider partnership...
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Walter Isaacson on the Women of Eniac
Ever since the days of Charles Babbage, who conceived of a giant mechanical calculator called the Analytical Engine in the 1830s, the engineering of computer hardware...
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Tim Berners-Lee Wants Internet Magna Carta to Guarantee Netizens' Privacy
Sir Tim Berners-Lee is using the 25th anniversary of his invention of the World Wide Web to push for an Internet bill of rights.
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Electronic Brain by 2023
Researchers on the European Union's decade-long Human Brain Project disclosed how far they have come toward the goal of creating an artificial brain by 2023.
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The Google Formula For Success
Can Google’s winning ways be applied to all kinds of businesses?
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nderwater Robot For Port Security
A new submersible robot has a flattened panel on one side so it can slide along an underwater surface to perform ultrasound scans.
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