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Making a 'To Do' List for Trauma Docs
Researchers have created and implemented the first digital procedural checklist for trauma centers.
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Why Is This Ostrich Wearing an Extra Set of Wings?
Researchers used robotic technology and young ostriches wearing artificial wings to gain insight into how a dinosaur's running gait may have caused its wings to...
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Show Your Hands: Smartwatches Sense Hand Activity
Researchers now can determine when a standard smartwatch wearer is typing on a keyboard, washing dishes, petting a dog, pouring from a pitcher, or cutting with...
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What Deep Learning Reveals About Saturn's Storms
Researchers have developed a deep learning approach that identifies and maps the components and features in turbulent regions of Saturn's atmosphere.
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Genetic Testing Has a Data Problem. New Software Can Help.
Researchers at Purdue University have developed a new tool designed to process data too large to fit on a computer's main memory at one time.
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A Programmer Solved a 20-Year-Old, Forgotten Crypto Puzzle
A self-taught Belgian programmer has solved a puzzle required to open a 1999 time capsule at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
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Prototyping Faster with Laser Cutters
Laser cutting tools could outperform three-dimensional printers at prototyping stretchables, wearables.
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The Microbots Are on Their Way
A researcher at the University of Pennsylvania has developed tiny robots, thousands of which can fit side by side on a single silicon wafer.
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White House Kicks Off Effort to Develop AI Standards
The White House Office of Science and Technology has launched a request for information seeking insight into developing standards around artificial intelligence...
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Unhackable: New Chip Stops Attacks Before They Start
A new computer chip architecture could enable proactive defense against cyberthreats.
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Major New Initiative to Encourage Girls into Computing
The Gender Balance in Computing initiative will use a "range of tailored interventions" to encourage more young women to enter science, technology, engineering,...
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China's Mass Surveillance More Sophisticated Than Thought
Some of China's biggest technology companies are helping the government operate a mass surveillance system.
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For Lower-Paid Workers, the Robot Overlords Have Arrived
Companies like Amazon are using software to monitor employee productivity and terminate underperforming workers.
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Jennifer Rexford Talks to ‘She Roars’ Podcast about Partnering with Google, Computer Science’s Revolution
Jennifer Rexford, Class of 1991 and chair of Princeton's computer science department, discusses the computational whirlwind that has transformed almost every walk...
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Patterns of Compulsive Smartphone se Suggest How to Kick the Habit
A study to determine why people compulsively check their phones found a series of triggers, common across age groups, that start and end habitual smartphone use...
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Early Warning System Predicts Risk of Online Students Dropping Out
Researchers in Spain have developed a predictive modeling system for personalized student dropout rates.
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Oregon's a Testing Ground for Amazon's Facial Recognition Policing, But What if Rekognition Gets it Wrong?
Police in Washington County, OR, have used a facial-recognition algorithm from Amazon to publicly test new surveillance techniques for more than a year.
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Distracted by Tech While Driving? The Answer May Be More Tech
Advanced driver-assistance technologies can help prevent accidents caused by distracted driving.
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Be Wary of Robot Emotions
Humans often anthropomorphize robots, which designers concede can be exploited for both connection and manipulation.
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