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Why Bartenders Have to Ignore Some Signals
Bielefeld University researchers are leading a study into how a robotic bartender can understand human communication and appropriately serve drinks socially.
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Artificial Intelligence Called In to Tackle Lhc Data Deluge
The next generation of particle-collider experiments will feature some of the world's most advanced thinking machines, if links now being forged between particle...
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Biologists Create More Precise Molecular Scissors For Genome Editing
By tweaking an enzyme that cuts DNA, synthetic biologists say that they can make genome editing even more specific—an essential improvement if the technique is...
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Everything You Need to Know About Crispr Gene Editing's Monster Year
Muscle-bound beagles. Hornless cows. Better potatoes. Genetically modified human embryos.
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Speeding Delivery By 3D-Printing Products
Online mega-retailer Amazon appears to be exploring the use of 3D printing to get products to consumers faster.
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Data Mining Reveals How Smiling Evolved During a Century of Yearbook Photos
A new machine-vision strategy for data-mining a massive database of high school yearbook photos has been pioneered at the University of California, Berkeley.
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Sandia's Panther Predicts Movement
A team at Sandia National Laboratories has developed software that will enable security data analysts to work more efficiently with big data sets.
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Ibm's Systemml Moves Forward as Apache Incubator Project
IBM announced the Apache Software Foundation's acceptance of its SystemML machine-learning algorithm translator as an Apache Incubator open source project.
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The Most Important Number in Climate Change
The furious majesty of a thunderstorm defies computer simulation.
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Smile, Frown, Grimace, and Grin--Your Facial Expression Is the Next Frontier in Big Data
Affectiva co-founder Rana el Kaliouby sees the use of computers to interpret human facial expressions as the next logical step in computer-user interaction.
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No, Nsa Phone Spying Has Not Ended
At 11:59 P.M. on Saturday night, the U.S. National Security Agency supposedly yanked the cord on its bulk telephone records collection, thereby ending an expansive...
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Strange Star Likely Swarmed By Comets
A star called KIC 8462852 has been in the news recently for unexplained and bizarre behavior.
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Genome Editing: 7 Facts About a Revolutionary Technology
The ethics of human-genome editing is in the spotlight again as a large international meeting on the topic is poised to kick off in Washington DC.
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Blood Gushes from Virtual Leg Injury to Help Train Combat Medics
If you're very squeamish, look away now.
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Strategy Based on Human Reflexes May Keep Legged Robots, Prosthetic Legs From Tripping
A new robotic leg prosthesis could help users recover their balance by using techniques based on the way human legs are controlled.
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Seeking Data Wisdom
Data wisdom is needed to make discoveries and assure the significance of the results of data-intensive research, says a statistician and data scientist.
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Email Security Improving, but Far From Perfect
A new report observes that email security has improved significantly in the past two years, although widespread issues remain.
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‘outsiders’ Crack 50-Year-Old Math Problem
Three computer scientists have solved a problem central to a dozen far-flung mathematical fields.
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Why Ball Tracking Works For Tennis and Cricket but Not Soccer or Basketball
Tracking balls in some sports--such as basketball, volleyball, and soccer--is significantly harder for machine-vision algorithms than it is in other sports.
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