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Building artificial intelligence into medical devices can speed diagnoses and potentially improve treatments and outcomes.
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Your Old Tweets Give Away More Location Data Than You Think
An international team of researchers has developed an algorithm that uses Twitter to automatically predict a user's location within minutes.
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In Fast-Aging Japan, Elder Care Is a High-Tech Pursuit
Startups are putting new innovations to work in Japan's elder-care market.
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'ANYmal' Robot Stalks Dark Sewers to Test Its Navigation
Researchers at ETH Zurich in Switzerland are working to help a seeing, hearing, door-opening robot function in extreme conditions.
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Flexible Displays Enter the Picture
Engineers have long attempted to develop flexible displays and devices. The technology is finally becoming a reality.
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The Race to Develop the World's Best Quantum Tech
A few days before Christmas, U.S. President Donald Trump signed a bill into law that devotes more than US $1.2 billion to a national effort dedicated to quantum...
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CES 2019: 'Family Tech' Gadgets Appeal to Parental Anxiety
This week's CES 2019 highlighted "family tech" products tapping into parental anxiety.
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STEM Instruction: How Much There Is, Who Gets It
A survey found U.S. students and teachers continue to experience unequal access to science, technology, engineering, and math classes and resources.
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Virtual Reality Gets Real in the Operating Room
A growing number of hospitals and medical centers are embracing virtual reality technology to provide better, faster training for resident doctors and surgeons...
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Why Your Ice Cream Will Ride in a Self-Driving Car Before You Do
Autonomous vehicles that transport people get lots of media coverage, but autonomous delivery could transform all of retail long before self-driving cars actually...
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AI vs. the Hackers
Microsoft, Google, Amazon, and various startups increasingly are implementing machine learning algorithms that adapt to hackers' constantly evolving tactics.
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A New Approach to Understanding How Machines Think
Been Kim is developing a "translator for humans" so that we can understand when artificial intelligence breaks down.
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The American Public is Already Worried about AI Catastrophe
A new report suggests that we expect big advances in software capabilities—and we're nervous.
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Tracking Technology Reveals Hidden Animal Migration Routes
Researchers have produced a comprehensive analysis of Wyoming's big game migration patterns, using improved Global Positioning System technology.
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Researchers Say It's Time to Build an IoT Engineering Discipline
Researchers suggest educational institutions should establish an engineering discipline for the Internet of Things and cyber-physical systems.
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German Supplier nveils New Self-Driving Car Computer, Adds Xilinx Chips
German auto parts supplier ZF Friedrichshafen AG launched its newest self-driving car computer at CES 2019 in Las Vegas.
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Machine Learning Can Offer New Tools, Fresh Insights for the Humanities
Truly revolutionary political transformations are naturally of great interest to historians, and the French Revolution at the end of the 18th century is widely...
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Countering Russian Disinformation the Baltic Nations' Way
As the new Congress begins, it will soon discuss the comprehensive reports to the U.S. Senate on the disinformation campaign of half-truths, outright fabrications...
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Tech Skills in Most Demand This Year: Data, Cloud, Cybersecurity
A global recruiting firm predicts 68% of information technology employers will increase full-time IT hiring this year, while 53% will increase their use of consultants...
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Kroger, Microsoft Create Futuristic Grocery Store
Microsoft and the Kroger supermarket chain are collaborating on online grocery shopping.
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