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Building artificial intelligence into medical devices can speed diagnoses and potentially improve treatments and outcomes.
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Researchers Devise More Effective Location Awareness for the Internet-of-(many)-Things
Tufts University researchers have developed an enhanced algorithm for localizing and tracking mobile devices that distributes the task among the devices themselves...
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Brookings Survey Finds Worries Over AI Impact on Jobs and Personal Privacy, Concern .S. Will Fall Behind China
A new Brookings Institution survey has found Americans' concerns about artificial intelligence include job reduction, as well as threats to humanity and personal...
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From topia to Dystopia, and Back Again
Sir Tim Berners-Lee considers the past, present, and future of the World Wide Web.
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How Spies Can se Your Cellphone to Find You, and Eavesdrop on Your Calls and Texts Too
Surveillance systems that track the locations of cellphone users and spy on their calls, texts and data streams are being turned against Americans as they roam...
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Autonomous Boats Could Service Some Cities, Reducing Road Traffic
Researchers have highly maneuverable autonomous boats that, in waterway-rich cities, could be used to transport people or deliver goods.
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How to Get People to Pay Attention to Mobile Security Notifications
Researchers have confirmed that the more frequently users see security warnings on computers and phones, the more they ignore them.
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Take a Virtual Trip to a Strange New World with NASA
Are you looking for an exotic destination to visit this summer? Why not take a virtual trip to an Earth-size planet beyond our solar system with NASA's interactive ...
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sing Data Science to Tell Which of These People Is Lying
University of Rochester researchers are applying data science and an online crowdsourcing framework to read facial and verbal cues for signs of deception.
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Distracted Driver and Braking Error Cited in Autonomous ber Car's Fatal Crash
More than a second before a self-driving car operated by Uber struck and killed a pedestrian in March, the vehicle's computer system determined it needed to brake...
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Albatross Robot Takes Flight
Massachusetts Institute of Technology engineers have created an albatross-like robot that can skim along the water's surface while also surfing the waves like a...
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sing Virtual Biopsies to Improve Melanoma Detection
Colorado State University's Jesse Wilson said he will use his Young Investigator Award from the Melanoma Research Alliance to further pursue non-invasive melanoma...
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New Tech May Make Prosthetic Hands Easier for Patients to se
Researchers have developed technology for translating neuromuscular signals into movements for prosthetic wrists and hands.
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Saving Lives with Aerial Drones
Aerial drone swarms could self-assemble into hovering rescue platforms.
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Academy to Deliver New Initiatives for Women and Girls in STEM
Australia has allocated $600,000 for the development of a roadmap for increasing engagement and participation of girls and women in science, technology, engineering...
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CLA Engineer Develops 3D Printer That Can Create Complex Biological Tissues
An engineer at the University of California, Los Angeles has developed a new three-dimensional printing method that can construct therapeutic biomaterials from...
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How AI and IoT Smart Sensors Are Preserving a Lake Ecosystem
Researchers have deployed a network composed of platforms, weather stations, tributary monitors, and acoustic Doppler current profiles to attain information on...
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Holograms: Are They Still the Preserve of Science Fiction?
The fragile apparition endured only long enough to say: "Help me Obi Wan Kenobi, you're my only hope" before flickering out.
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New Toronto Declaration Calls on Algorithms to Respect Human Rights
"In a world of machine learning systems, who will bear accountability for harming human rights?"
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