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'holostream' Allows High-Quality Wireless 3D Video Communications
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'holostream' Allows High-Quality Wireless 3D Video Communications

Holostream is a new platform enabling high-quality three-dimensional video communications on mobile devices.

New Discovery Could Improve Brain-Like Memory and Computing
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New Discovery Could Improve Brain-Like Memory and Computing

Researchers say they have demonstrated the existence of a new type of magnetoresistance involving topological insulators that could improve computing and computer...

Can We Make a Hack-Proof Internet with Quantum Physics?
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Can We Make a Hack-Proof Internet with Quantum Physics?

Is it possible to build a network that's impossible to hack? Quantum physicists believe it might.

Nasa Space Telescopes Provide a 3D Journey Through the Orion Nebula
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Nasa Space Telescopes Provide a 3D Journey Through the Orion Nebula

Astronomers and visualization specialists from NASA's Universe of Learning program have combined visible and infrared vision of the Hubble and Spitzer space telescopes...

Silicon Gains Ground in Quantum-Computing Race
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Silicon Gains Ground in Quantum-Computing Race

In the next few weeks, a research group at the Delft University of Technology in the Netherlands expects to receive an important package. Its contents promise to...

Ornl Researchers ­se Titan to Accelerate Design, Training of Deep-Learning Networks
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Ornl Researchers ­se Titan to Accelerate Design, Training of Deep-Learning Networks

Combining artificial intelligence with high-performance computing yielded a peak speed of 20 petaflops in the creation and training of deep-learning networks on...

This AI Hunts Poachers
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This AI Hunts Poachers

Protection Assistant for Wildlife Security is an artificial intelligence program that uses machine learning algorithms to predict where poaching is likely to occur...

Student Device Detects Potholes, Car Crashes
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Student Device Detects Potholes, Car Crashes

Researchers say they have developed a device that can detect car crashes and alert emergency services.

"when Performance Is Pursued Above All"
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"when Performance Is Pursued Above All"

Long-overlooked CPU vulnerabilities have come to light.

When Wi-Fi Won't Work, Let Sound Carry Your Data
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When Wi-Fi Won't Work, Let Sound Carry Your Data

If you've ever struggled to pair your phone with a Bluetooth speaker or set up a wireless printer, you know that it's often easier to connect to a server halfway...

Meltdown and Spectre Expose the Dark Side of Superfast Computers
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Meltdown and Spectre Expose the Dark Side of Superfast Computers

Hundreds of gadget makers and software companies at this week's annual Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas are staking the success of their newest products...

Team's Lifesaving App Could Help Farmworkers Beat the Heat
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Team's Lifesaving App Could Help Farmworkers Beat the Heat

Calor is a new smartphone app designed to send automatic heat warnings to farmworkers in the field.

A New AI That Detects 'deception' May Bring an End to Lying as We Know It
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A New AI That Detects 'deception' May Bring an End to Lying as We Know It

The Deception Analysis and Reasoning Engine uses artificial intelligence to autonomously detect deception in courtroom trial videos.

Scanning an Ancient Biblical Text That Humans Fear to Open
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Scanning an Ancient Biblical Text That Humans Fear to Open

Researchers hope to make a fragile ancient Coptic codex readable by scanning it with computerized tomography and then using software to extract legible text.

Driverless Cars Might Follow the Rules of the Road, but What About the Language of Driving?
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Driverless Cars Might Follow the Rules of the Road, but What About the Language of Driving?

Navigating the complexity of unspoken rules and social and linguistic cues to communicate with drivers, pedestrians, and others sharing the road is a challenge...

Japanese Scientists Just ­sed AI to Read Minds and It's Amazing
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Japanese Scientists Just ­sed AI to Read Minds and It's Amazing

Researchers say they have used deep neural networks to decode thoughts.

With the Summit Supercomputer, U.s. could Retake Computing's Top spot
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With the Summit Supercomputer, U.s. could Retake Computing's Top spot

In November of 2012, the semiannual Top500 rankings of the world's supercomputers gave top billing to a machine constructed at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory...

Can You Save the World with Origami?
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Can You Save the World with Origami?

Teams of students demonstrated a broad range of original video games at the University of Southern California GamePipe Laboratory Fall 2017 Showcase.

Next-Gen Flexible Robots Move and Heal Like ­S
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Next-Gen Flexible Robots Move and Heal Like ­S

Researchers are developing next-generation robots from soft materials that react to applied voltage with a wide range of motions.

Deep Learning Sharpens Views of Cells and Genes
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Deep Learning Sharpens Views of Cells and Genes

Researchers are using deep-learning convolutional neural networks to analyze retinal photos to predict a person's blood pressure, age, and smoking status.
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