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Building artificial intelligence into medical devices can speed diagnoses and potentially improve treatments and outcomes.
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Puerto Rico Is Fighting Zika With Cloud Technology
A project to track Zika-carrying mosquitoes across Puerto Rico is developing solutions that could help other parts of the world cope with mosquito-borne diseases...
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Happy with a 20% Chance of Sadness
In the winter of 1994, a young man in his early twenties named Tim was a patient in a London psychiatric hospital.
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NIH Grant Funds Development of a Wayfinding App for the Blind
Researchers are using $1.1-million U.S. National Institutes of Health grant to develop a student's system for guiding the blind into an iPhone app.
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New Technology Advances Protection of Critical Systems From Insider-Assisted Attacks
A new covert defense algorithm employs evasive tactics to deceive cyberattackers targeting critical systems from within.
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AI Makes New Video Games by Watching People Play Super Mario, Kirby
A machine learning system taught itself the basics of video game design by watching videos of people playing games.
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Army Scientists Develop Computational Model to Predict Human Behavior
U.S. Army Research Laboratory scientists have developed an analytic model to show how groups of people influence the behavior of individuals.
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Japan Preschools sing Tablets to Prep Tots for Digital Age
Almost 400 kindergartens and nursery schools in Japan are using smartphone software applications on tablet computers to enable "digital play" among preschoolers...
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Hyundai Brings Wearable Robotics to Factories
The Hyundai Motor Group plans to expand the use of wearable robots at its manufacturing facilities, even as it aims to grow robotics as a source of revenue.
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Bible Helps AI Gain in Translation
Dartmouth College researchers used the Bible to improve computer-based text translation.
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Tiny Drones Team p to Open Doors
Researchers have developed palm-sized drones that can forcefully tug objects 40 times their own mass by anchoring themselves to the ground or to walls.
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Self-Driving Car Dilemmas Reveal That Moral Choices Are Not niversal
The largest-ever multinational survey on machine ethics found many moral precepts that guide a driver's decisions are not universal.
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Bot Disguised as a Human Software Developer Fixes Bugs
A new software bot can find bugs in code and write patches with effectiveness comparable to that of human developers.
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What Comes After the Roomba?
It has been 16 years since the Roomba robot vacuum cleaner was introduced by iRobot.
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With 5G, You Won't Just Be Watching Video. It'll Be Watching You, Too
Remember the last time you felt terrified during a horror movie? Take that moment, and all the suspense leading up to it, and imagine it individually calibrated...
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New Data Science Method Makes Charts Easier to Read at a Glance
Researchers have developed a technique to measure visual complexity by supplying a score that automatically identifies difficult charts.
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The Computer Chauffeur Is Creeping Closer
With artificial intelligence discreetly improving driving safety, the technology is likely to find its way into luxury vehicles.
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Brain-Inspired Algorithm Helps AI Systems Multitask and Remember
Researchers have found that adapting a well-known brain mechanism can dramatically improve the ability of artificial neural networks to learn multiple tasks.
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Recruiting With Virtual Reality
As the market for new employees grows increasingly competitive, some recruiters use virtual reality applications to attract qualified candidates.
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Will There Be a Ban on Killer Robots?
A group of arms control advocates, humans rights groups, and technologists is lobbying the United Nations to craft a global decree that bans autonomous weapons....
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