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.s. and Russia Sign Pact to Create Communication Link on Cybersecurity
The United States and Russia have agreed to use real-time communications about national security incidents to lower the risk of conflict in cyberspace.
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Now You Can Build Google's $1m Artificial Brain on the Cheap
A researcher is trying to make deep learning more accessible to researchers.
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Mapping a Room in a Snap
Researchers have developed an algorithm that makes it possible to measure the dimensions of a room using a few microphones and a snap of the fingers.
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This Robot Wants to Beat You at Air Hockey
Researchers have developed an air-hockey robot that can change its strategy in response to the playing style of its human opponent.
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Mathematical Algorithms Cut Train Delays
New software is reducing delays and waiting times for commuters using railways in European countries such as Germany, the Netherlands, and Greece.
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Nasa Announces Asteroid Grand Challenge
NASA announced Tuesday a Grand Challenge focused on finding all asteroid threats to human populations and knowing what to do about them.
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Drones in Science: Fly, and Bring Me Data
The Tempest—wingspan 3.2 metres, cruising speed 75 knots—was designed to fly into severe storms.
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The Limitations Of Crowdsourcing: On The Hunt For The Boston Bombers
Crowdsourcing demonstrated some of its limitations after the Boston Marathon bombing.
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Materials Scientists Build Chlorophyll-Based Phototransistor
A newly developed method incorporates chlorophyll into graphene transistors to make light-activated switches.
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Don't Hurt the Web With Rushed Intellectual Property Laws, rges Internet Society
The Internet Society hopes to get as many different voices as possible involved in bringing intellectual property policies in line with leading online platforms...
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Neuroscience to Benefit From Hybrid Supercomputer Memory
Researchers are studying how to combine different types of memory for less expensive and optimal supercomputing performance.
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3d Printer Brings Dexterity to Children With No Fingers
Richard Van As was working in his home near Johannesburg, South Africa, in May of 2011, when he lost control of his table saw.
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Danger Maps Backed By Alibaba Pinpoint Chinese Pollution
Danger Maps, a crowdsourced mapping project, is helping users locate China's high pollution areas.
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Google to Use Balloons to Provide Free Internet Access to Remote or Poor Areas
Google plans to provide free Internet access to disaster-stricken, rural, or poor areas using giant helium balloons that beam Wi-Fi signals to the ground below. ...
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Echolocating App Will Let You Map a Room with Sound
Bats, dolphins, and even some blind people use echoes to create a mental 3D map of their environment and where they are in it. A smartphone's chirp could soon let...
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GPS Maps Reveal Where Cats Go All Day
The mysterious comings and goings of our feline friends just got a little less mysterious. Researchers at the Royal Veterinary College loaded a group of cats in...
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Phones Leave a Telltale Trail
The April robbery at the Cartier store in Chevy Chase, Md., was brazen and quick.
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