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Global Mosquito-Sensing Network Being Built ­sing Smartphones
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Global Mosquito-Sensing Network Being Built ­sing Smartphones

MozzWear is a low-cost smartphone sensor system that can identify and monitor mosquito populations.

Squeezing Light Into a Tiny Channel Brings Optical Computing a Step Closer
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Squeezing Light Into a Tiny Channel Brings Optical Computing a Step Closer

Researchers have paved the way for computers based on light rather than electronics.

New Research Creates a Computer Chip That Emulates Human Cognition
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New Research Creates a Computer Chip That Emulates Human Cognition

Researchers have developed a chip that contains about 5.4 billion transistors and 1 million "neurons" that communicate via 256 million "synapses."

­ltrasound Could Offer Noninvasive Treatment For Parkinson's and Depression
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­ltrasound Could Offer Noninvasive Treatment For Parkinson's and Depression

A macaque monkey sat in front of a computer. A yellow square—the target—appeared in the periphery on the left side of the screen. After a few seconds delay, a second...

AI Is Dreaming ­p New Kinds of Video Games
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AI Is Dreaming ­p New Kinds of Video Games

Angelina is an artificial intelligence that can imagine new video games from scratch, which has produced hundreds of experimental games since 2011.

Dogs Get the Hollywood Treatment to Make Animal Animations More Realistic
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Dogs Get the Hollywood Treatment to Make Animal Animations More Realistic

Researchers are developing a new technique that will use human movements to drive a four-legged animated animal character.

Algorithms Can Determine a Neighborhood's Political Leanings By Its Cars
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Algorithms Can Determine a Neighborhood's Political Leanings By Its Cars

Researchers at Stanford University have developed algorithms that can determine where a neighborhood's political allegiances lie by analyzing the cars on its streets...

Robots Could Soon Replace Nearly a Third of the U.s. Workforce
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Robots Could Soon Replace Nearly a Third of the U.s. Workforce

The growth of automation will force as many as 70 million workers in the U.S. to find new jobs by 2030, according to a new McKinsey Global Institute study.

The Genesis of Kuri, the Friendly Home Robot
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The Genesis of Kuri, the Friendly Home Robot

Over the course  of thousands of years, dogs have evolved alongside humans to be awesome.

Hades Creates Alternate Reality to Mislead Hackers
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Hades Creates Alternate Reality to Mislead Hackers

Researchers at Sandia National Laboratories have developed an alternative reality that tells hackers what they want to believe.

Scientists Release a How-To For Building a Smartphone Microscope
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Scientists Release a How-To For Building a Smartphone Microscope

Researchers have released an open source dataset offering instructions to anyone interested in building their own smartphone microscope.

Microwave-Based Test Method Can Help Keep 3D Chip Designers' Eyes Open
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Microwave-Based Test Method Can Help Keep 3D Chip Designers' Eyes Open

Researchers at the U.S. National Institute of Standards and Technology have developed a new way to test multilayered, three-dimensional computer chips.

A Taste of the Virtual
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A Taste of the Virtual

Consumers are sampling virtual reality systems and software, without needing to buy them.

Cracking Genomic Codes With the Cloud
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Cracking Genomic Codes With the Cloud

A team at Australia's Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization has developed a machine-learning library that analyzes genomic data in real time...

Artificial Intelligence Goes Bilingual--Without a Dictionary
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Artificial Intelligence Goes Bilingual--Without a Dictionary

Researchers in Spain and Facebook have separately developed unsupervised machine-learning techniques for teaching neural networks to translate between languages...

Pipefish Robot Patrols City Pipes to Detect ­nderground Water Leaks
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Pipefish Robot Patrols City Pipes to Detect ­nderground Water Leaks

PipeFish is an autonomous robot that can quickly and inexpensively detect damage in municipal water pipes.

Three Quarters of Android Apps Track ­sers With Third Party Tools
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Three Quarters of Android Apps Track ­sers With Third Party Tools

More than 75% of Android applications contain at least one third-party tracking tool.

Can Police Track You Through Your Cellphone Without a Warrant?
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Can Police Track You Through Your Cellphone Without a Warrant?

The U.S. Supreme Court confronts the digital age again on Wednesday when it hears oral arguments in a case that promises to have major repercussions for law enforcement...

­nl Researchers Explore the Complexities, Dangers of Deep Learning
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­nl Researchers Explore the Complexities, Dangers of Deep Learning

Researchers at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln are on the cutting edge of machine-learning development.

Google's AI Can Now Spot Shoulder-Surfers Peeking at Your Screen
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Google's AI Can Now Spot Shoulder-Surfers Peeking at Your Screen

Google researchers have developed an "electronic screen protector" application that can immediately spot people glancing at a user's handheld screen.
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