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A Healthy Dose of AI
Building artificial intelligence into medical devices can speed diagnoses and potentially improve treatments and outcomes.
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Will Your Mall Be Tracking Your Cellphone Today?
Some shoppers looking for Black Friday deals will find a surprise waiting for them at the mall—sensors that track their every move.
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Did an Illinois Water tility Come nder Cyberattack?
And why was it connected to the Internet, anyway?
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EFF Proposes New Method to Strengthen Public Key Infrastructure
The Electronic Frontier Foundation has proposed an extension to the current Secure Sockets Layer chain of trust that aims to improve the security of HTTPS and other...
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Iu Showcases Innovative Approach to Networking at Sc1 Scinet Research Sandbox
The challenge of moving massive amounts of data to supercomputing facilities for analysis was addressed by Indiana University researchers through data transfer...
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A Computer System Allows a Machine to Recognize a Person's Emotional State
Researchers at Universidad Carlos III de Madrid and Universidad de Granada have developed a computer system that automatically recognizes the emotional state of...
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Helping Computers Make Faster Decisions
Improvements in the standard algorithm that computers use to solve integer programs enables them to make yes/no decisions faster.
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Nuclear 'space Battery' Bests Solar in Curiosity Mars Mission
If you're going to Mars with an SUV-size robot, you'll need a really good energy supply.
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10 Robots Inspired by Animals and Insects
All the research in the world can't beat millions of years of evolution.
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Cyberwar Explodes in Syria
A familiar digital chime rang on the computer. Someone was calling via Skype from Syria.
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Why Are Humans Scared of Robots?
"If popular culture has taught us anything, it is that someday mankind must face and destroy the growing robot menace." Author and robotic engineer Daniel H Wilson's...
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Lab's Behavioral System Can Catch Insider Threats
Oak Ridge National Laboratory researchers have developed a tool to identify malicious insiders and stop them from sending sensitive information outside the organization...
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M Researchers Develop Tool That Saves Time, Eliminates Mistakes in Diabetes Care
Doctors will be able to make the right decisions for diabetes treatment by using the diabetes dashboard, a tool that allows them to view patient information on...
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Eu Chief Privacy Regulator on New Internet Rules
In an interview, European Commission vice president Viviane Reding discusses the differences between U.S. and European views on Internet privacy regulation.
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New Stanford Software Takes Folding@home's Biological Research to Supercomputers
Stanford University researchers have developed Copernicus, a distributed framework for supercomputers that is based on Folding@home, a distributed computing project...
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The Problem With Landing Humans on Mars (and How to Fix It)
When NASA’s Mars Science Laboratory—scheduled to lift-off from Cape Canaveral later this week—touches down on the Red Planet in August of 2012, the one-ton probe...
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Russian Probe Misses Mars Trip
Russia's stranded Phobos-Grunt spacecraft reportedly has lost its main opportunity to go to Mars, land on one of its moons and return to Earth with a sample....
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Managing the Demise of Privacy
Entrepreneurs and venture capitalists examine identity management in social media at the Privacy Identity Innovation conference.
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How to Get Your Kid Into an Elite Computer Science Program
Robotics competitions, programming skills tip the scales for college applicants; being a girl helps.
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