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Video Game Technology Aids Horse Rider Assessment
Researchers are using inertial motion sensors to assess horse rider asymmetry and how it is associated with lower back pain and injury risk.
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New Technology Aims to Rid World Cup of 'ghost Goals'
In 1966, British soccer legend Geoff Hurst booted a right-foot shot against Germany in the World Cup championship game.
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Judge Weighs In on Chatbot’s Turing Test Performance
One of the Turing Test’s judges looks at the test, its results, and what they mean.
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Nsf, Intel Labs Partner on Cyber-Physical Systems Security and Privacy
The U.S. National Science Foundation and Intel Labs have partnered to support new approaches to securing current and emerging cyber-physical systems.
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Sound Clue in Hunt For Mh370
Researchers are exploring what may be the first promising lead in months in the search for the wreckage of Malaysian Airlines flight MH370.
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Nasa Instruments on Rosetta Start Comet Science
Three NASA science instruments aboard the European Space Agency's (ESA) Rosetta spacecraft, which is set to become the first to orbit a comet and land a probe on...
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Time Travel: Installing an Atomic Clock at 15,000 Feet
A few months ago I went to Cambridge, Mass. to check in with the Event Horizon Telescope crew and found Shep Doeleman, the project leader, fresh off the completion...
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The Complex Mathematics of Robot Wrestling
Researchers at Utsunomiya University in Japan have written a mathematical model for the sport of wrestling, which they have tested in a numerical simulation.
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Data, Data Everywhere
The MOOC Research Initiative has released the results of 22 projects pertaining to massive open online courses.
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With New Hack, Cellphone Can Get Data Out of Computers
A cellphone can be used to engage in air-gap network hacking, according to researchers at Ben Gurion University.
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N nveils Big Data Climate Change Challenge
The United Nations is hosting the Big Data Climate Challenge, a global competition to facilitate the use of big data to address issues related to climate change...
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Genes in the Cloud: Google Steps Into Autism Research
Google and Autism Speaks will house the sequencing of 10,000 complete genomes and other clinical data with the goal of accelerating research on autism.
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Ambitious Plans For Brain Project Unveiled
A working group of the US National Institutes of Health (NIH) presented a ten-year plan for the agency's portion of a major neuroscience initiative announced last...
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If Robots Drove, How Much Safer Would Roads Be?
Human error is the culprit in 93 percent of automobile crashes—including the pileup last weekend that left Tracy Morgan in critical condition, caused, prosecutors...
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Modifying Behavior with Wearable Technologies
Created to monitor individuals’ activities, feedback from wearable technologies can help users learn from mistakes and behave better.
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11 Amazing Images from High-Powered Microscopes
Thanks to high-powered microscopes we’re able to see life in incredible detail.
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niversity Engineers Design Systems to Help Children With Special Needs
Researchers are using a U.S. National Science Foundation grant to find ways to improve the health and quality of life for children with severe developmental disabilities...
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Open Data Is Open For Business
Open-data advocates say a multibillion-dollar industry could result from turning raw government data files into products for the public to consume or industries...
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