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Voting-Roll Vulnerability
It is relatively easy for hackers to buy enough personal information to potentially rig online voter registration information in as many as 35 states and Washington...
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Operational Limits Played Key Role in Tesla Crash on Autopilot: Ntsb
The chairman of the U.S. National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) said on Tuesday "operational limitations" in the Tesla Model S played a "major role" in a May...
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Will Quantum Computers Surpass Encryption?
The fundamentally different paradigm of quantum computation will require fundamentally different security.
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As Amazon Pushes Forward With Robots, Workers Find New Roles
Nissa Scott started working at the cavernous Amazon warehouse in southern New Jersey late last year, stacking plastic bins the size of small ottomans.
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In the Future, Warehouse Robots Will Learn on Their Own
The robot was perched over a bin filled with random objects, from a box of instant oatmeal to a small toy shark.
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Online Gaming Yields First Results For Alzheimer's Research
Stall Catchers is an online computer game in which players use to analyze movies of blood flow to the brain as part of Alzheimer's disease research.
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Quantum Engineers Find a se For the Hashtag at the Nanoscale
Researchers are building next-generation quantum-engineered devices based on quasiparticles called Majorana fermions.
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New App Could Transform Music Teaching in Schools
Syncphonia is a new application that enables a music teacher to deconstruct a piece of music into its component parts, so each player's part is displayed individually...
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When Strangers Can Control Our Lights
Researchers have discovered security problems in smart lighting systems developed by GE, IKEA, Phillips, and Osram.
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New Software Can Detect When People Text and Drive
New algorithms can accurately determine when drivers are texting or engaged in other distracting activities.
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Choose Better Passwords With the Help of Science
A team of researchers has been conducting experiments into improving password security.
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High-Frequency Chip Makes Fastest Internet Speeds Look Slow
A new high-frequency electronic chip has the potential to transmit tens of gigabits of data every second, much faster than today's fastest Internet connections....
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A New Mobile Application Helps Scientists Map the Sound Environment
NoiseCapture is an application that unites specialists in environmental acoustics and geographic information.
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Siri and Alexa Can Be Turned Against You By ltrasound Whispers
Researchers have developed a method to hijack intelligent voice assistant using sounds above the range of human hearing.
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Pupilscreen Aims to Allow Parents, Coaches, Medics to Detect Concussion, Brain Injuries With a Smartphone
The PupilScreen smartphone application can objectively detect concussions and other traumatic brain injuries.
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Mark Sagar Made a Baby in His Lab. Now It Plays the Piano
People get up to weird things in New Zealand.
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Our Weather-Prediction Models Keep Getting Better, and Hurricane Irma Is the Proof
By Wednesday of last week, even as Tropical Storm Harvey continued to rain devastation on the Gulf Coast, a new storm, Irma, was taking shape in the eastern Atlantic...
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In a High-Tech World, Car Designers Still Rely on Clay
Car designers have every kind of software and virtual reality tool. But when they want to make sure a car's curves look just right, they rely on one of the world's...
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Radiation Analysis Software Makes Emergency Responders' Jobs Quicker, Easier
InterSpec is a program for mobile and traditional computing devices designed to analye gamma radiation data at the scene of a disaster.
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