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Building artificial intelligence into medical devices can speed diagnoses and potentially improve treatments and outcomes.
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Fashion Statement: Designer Creates Line of Drone-Proof Garments to Protect Privacy
As the U.S. government draws up plans to use surveillance drones in domestic airspace, opposition to what many consider an unwarranted and significant invasionprivacy...
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The Father of All Men Is 340,000 Years Old
Albert Perry carried a secret in his DNA: a Y chromosome so distinctive that it reveals new information about the origin of our species.
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You May Now Kiss the Computer Screen
With a red embroidered veil draped over her dark hair, Punam Chowdhury held her breath last month as her fiancé said the words that would make them husband and...
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Led Display Puts Bay Bridge in New Light
The Bay Bridge will never win a beauty contest against the Golden Gate, but for the next two years, it gets to set aside its inferiority complex for several hours...
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Web-Connected Cars Bring Privacy Concerns
Cars will soon be so linked into wireless networks they will be like giant rolling smartphones—with calling systems, streaming video, cameras, and apps capable...
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Here's What Law Enforcement Can Recover From a Seized Iphone
You may think of your iPhone as a friendly personal assistant. But once it’s alone in a room full of law enforcement officials, you might be surprised at the revealing...
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Salford Ph.d. Student Develops Revolutionary Elderly Care Robot
University of Salford researchers have created an interactive care robot designed to help care for elderly people in nursing homes.
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The Dangerous Logic of the Bradley Manning Case
After 1,000 days in pretrial detention, Private Bradley Manning offered a modified guilty plea for passing classified materials to WikiLeaks. But his case is far...
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Why Teens Are Tiring of Facebook
To understand where teens like to spend their virtual time nowadways, just watch them on their smartphones.
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How Much Does a Botnet Cost?
The cost of a botnet is contingent largely upon the physical location of the malware-infected computers inside of it.
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'wet' Computer Server Could Cut Internet Waste
Researchers are testing a liquid-cooled computer server that they say could greatly reduce the carbon footprint of the Internet.
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Supercomputing Challenges and Predictions
The future of supercomputing likely will include improved weather forecasting and faster discovery of new drugs.
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Considering Data's Effect on Society
A group of academics, business executives, and journalists recently discussed how data can drive society.
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Vint Cerf Sees an 'Interspecies Internet' to Talk With Animals
Technology evangelists have proposed a new inter-species Internet that would facilitate communication between humans and animals.
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Wireless Connections Creep Into Everyday Things
A car that tells your insurance company how you're driving. A bathroom scale that lets you chart your weight on the Web. And a meter that warns your air conditioner...
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Connecting the Neural Dots
In setting the nation on a course to map the active human brain, President Obama may have picked a challenge even more daunting than ending the war in Afghanistan...
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China Has No Cyber Warfare Troops: Spokesman
A military spokesman said Thursday that China does not have any soldiers engaging in cyber warfare.
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Lessons From Cockroaches Could Inform Robotics
Researchers studying how biological systems stabilize themselves, to help them design steadier robots, are testing how cockroaches maintain their footing.
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What Is the Internet of Everything?
In the Internet of Everything, all people and objects will be connected to a common Internet backbone.
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