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Building artificial intelligence into medical devices can speed diagnoses and potentially improve treatments and outcomes.
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A Leader of Obama's New Brain Initiative Explains Why We Need It
Neuroscientist William Newsome of Stanford University is one of two scientists tapped by President Obama to lead a new brain research initiative, which the administration...
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Swarming Robots Could Be the Servants of the Future
Researchers are working to program a group of 40 robots as part of a robot swarms project that could benefit the medical field, industry, and the military.
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Yes, You Should Care About Bitcoin, and Here's Why
Everybody's talking about Bitcoin these days, which is quite remarkable given the highly technical nature of the crypto-currency. So why is it such a big deal?
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Apple's iMessage Encryption Trips Up Feds' Surveillance
Encryption used in Apple's iMessage chat service has stymied attempts by federal drug enforcement agents to eavesdrop on suspects' conversations, an internal government...
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Digital Shrinks Find Depressed Faces and Body Language
Automated systems that analyze gestures and facial expressions could make the challenging task of diagnosing depression somewhat easier.
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It’s in the Algorithm: Tight Races in Major League Baseball Chase This Year
Researchers have used a mathematical analysis to compute the number of regular season games each Major League Baseball team should win in 2013.
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End of the Line For Roadrunner Supercomputer
The Roadrunner supercomputer at Los Alamos National Laboratory will be decommissioned this week.
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New Hybrid Memory Cube Spec to Boost Dram Bandwidth By 15x
The Hybrid Memory Cube Consortium has announced the final specifications for 3D dynamic random-access memory.
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Obama to nveil Initiative to Map the Human Brain
President Barack Obama is launching a research initiative to record and map the brain's circuitry.
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Visa Demand Jumps
For the first time since the financial crisis, U.S. employers are expected within days to reach a limit on the yearly allotment of applications for coveted skilled...
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No More Robocalls: New Tech Automatically Hangs p On Robots
Every month, the Federal Trade Commission receives 200,000 complaints about illegal robocalls, making it the most common problem reported to the FTC.
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Top Brain Scientist Is 'philosopher at Heart'
d Boyden tilts his head downward, remaining still except for his eyes, which dart back and forth between blinks for a full 10 seconds. Then, as if coming up for...
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Obama to nveil Initiative to Map the Human Brain
President Obama on Tuesday will announce a broad new research initiative, starting with $100 million in 2014, to invent and refine new technologies to understand...
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Computer Program Claims First Victory Over Shogi Professional
A computer program has defeated an active shogi professional for the first time.
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Researchers nveil Large Robotic Jellyfish That One Day Could Patrol Oceans
A 170-lb. autonomous robotic jellyfish is part of a multi-university project funded by the U.S. Naval Undersea Warfare Center and the Office of Naval Research.
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Nsf-Supported Stampede Opens the Gates of Advanced Computation to Thousands of Research Teams
The U.S. National Science Foundation's Stampede supercomputer is the most powerful within the NSF Extreme Digital environment.
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Biological Transistor Enables Computing Within Living Cells, Study Says
Bioengineers have created a biological transistor they call a transcriptor, which is made from genetic material instead of gears or electrons.
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Crowd-Funding Is Working For Open Source Projects
The company behind the LiveCode development tool has used crowd-funding to raise the money it needs (and more) to create an open source edition of its software. ...
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Moocs Strategize To Generate Revenue
MOOCs are being pressed to come up with revenue-producing business models. Are they being held to a higher standard than other Internet startups?
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