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Smart City Transport Systems
Researchers have developed a machine-learning program to accurately recreate and predict public transport use based on the distribution of land use and amenities...
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I Can See Clearly Now
University of Utah researchers have created "smart glasses" with liquid-based lenses that can automatically adjust focus on what a person is seeing, whether it...
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.s. Intelligence Seeks a niversal Translator For Text Search in Any Language
The U.S. Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Activity's Machine Translation for English Retrieval of Information in Any Language program aims to give researchers...
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New Project to Boost Sat Nav Positioning Accuracy Anywhere in the World
The University of Nottingham in the U.K. will participate in a four-year project using Global Navigation Satellite Systems to establish an architecture for the...
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The AI that Learns Our Habits and Knows When People Cheat
For people who play the video game Counter Strike online, it's hard enough watching your back at the best of times. In the fast-paced first-person shooter, there...
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How AI Is Changing Software Development
Artificial intelligence technologies like advanced machine learning, deep learning, and natural language processing will help build better software faster.
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AI Could Transform the Science of Counting Crowds
The University of Central Florida has been developing artificial intelligence solutions to relieve crowd scientists from the task of manually counting heads.
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Medical, Scientific Image Analysis Vastly Improved By New Software
University of Missouri researchers have developed that very quickly and accurately analyzes any series of images.
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This App Offers Personal Recommendations While Keeping Your Data Private
A personalized news recommendation application collects data about the user to suggest relevant stories without sending any personal information to a remote server...
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App Improves Medication Adherence For Heart Stent Patients
University of Illinois at Chicago researchers have developed software that helps heart patients with drug-eluting stents correctly take their medications.
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Your (social Media) Votes Matter
A recent study demonstrates how a single up/down vote on Reddit dictates the content users see on the site.
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US Intelligence Seeks a Universal Translator For Text Search in Any Language
The Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Agency (IARPA), the US Intelligence Community’s own science and technology research arm, has announced it is seeking...
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Brief Interventions Help Online Learners Persist With Coursework, Stanford Research Finds
Assuring learners from less-developed countries they belong and affirming their core values can help them succeed in massive open online courses, according to a...
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Smart Automation
Researchers at the Singapore-Massachusetts Institute of Technology Alliance for Research and Technology have spent the last several years developing autonomous...
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Your Android Device's Pattern Lock Can Be Cracked Within Five Attempts
Researchers have found attackers can crack Android's Pattern Lock security system within five attempts by using video and computer-vision software.
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AI Software Learns to Make AI Software
Several research organizations are working to create artificial intelligences that can in turn develop machine-learning software.
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Hipeac Vision Report Advocates Reinvention of Computing
The European Network on High Performance and Embedded Architecture and Compilation, or HiPEAC, on Monday published a report calling for "the reinvention of computing...
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Taming Data
A new big data management system aims to simplify the process of aggregating large datasets for analysis.
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The Internet Is Sick
The Mozilla Foundation's new Internet Health Report identifies obstacles that undermine entrepreneurship and democracy online.
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