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Researchers Discover Android Apps Spying on sers' Screens
An analysis of Android apps found “several” clandestinely recording and sharing video and images of users' screens.
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Smart Bandages Designed to Monitor and Tailor Treatment for Chronic Wounds
A team of researchers has developed a prototype bandage that can actively monitor chronic wounds, and deliver appropriate drug treatments to improve the chances...
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Holograms Are Helping Medical Training
San Diego State University and the Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center are testing mixed-reality software for the education of nurse trainees.
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Girl Scouts Are Learning to Pick Locks, Hack Computers
The Girl Scouts are hosting workshops to teach members the basics in science, technology, engineering, and math.
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Popcorn-Driven Robotic Actuators
Cornell University researchers have devised ways for biodegradable robotic actuators to be powered by popping corn.
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Robot Able to Mimic an Activity After Observing It Just One Time
A University of California, Berkeley team has engineered a robot that can mimic an activity after viewing it only once on a video screen.
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How Architects Are sing Virtual Reality to Walk Through Buildings That Don't Yet Exist
Virtual reality is allowing architects to preview structures that have not yet been built in an immersive, three-dimensional manner.
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How to Stop Artificial Intelligence Being Biased
Researchers at the Max Planck Institute for Intelligent Systems in Germany have developed a new method to avoid embedding bias into machine learning algorithms....
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HHS Is sing Data to Fight Opioid Abuse, Fraud, and Just About Everything Else
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Office of Inspector General is using refined data analytics to combat medical fraud, waste, and abuse.
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Inside China's Dystopian Dreams: A.I., Shame and Lots of Cameras
In the Chinese city of Zhengzhou, a police officer wearing facial recognition glasses spotted a heroin smuggler at a train station.
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4G Is Vulnerable to Same Types of Attacks as 3G, Researchers Say
A new report has found the 4G wireless telecommunications protocol is susceptible to the same types of remote exploitation as 3G.
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A Refined Magnetic Sense
An international team has demonstrated that algorithms and hardware developed for quantum computation can be applied to quantum-enhanced sensing of magnetic fields...
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Implanting Diamonds With Flaws to Provide Key Technology for Quantum Communications
Researchers have successfully stored and transmitted quantum bits using a diamond in which two carbon atoms had been replaced with one silicon atom.
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Simulations Break Down Potential Impact of a Major Quake by Building Location, Size
Two U.S. Department of Energy national laboratories are using supercomputers to simulate the impact of a large-magnitude earthquake with unprecedented precision...
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SpaceX Is Flying an Artificially Intelligent Robot Named CIMON to the International Space Station
An artificially intelligent robot was launched to the International Space Station last week to assist with scientific experiments.
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Personalized 'Deep Learning' Equips Robots for Autism Therapy
A personalized deep learning network is designed to help robots gauge the effect of autism therapy on children, using data that is unique to each patient.
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It's Time for a Chemistry Lesson. Put on Your Virtual Reality Goggles.
U.K. researchers have created a virtual reality environment that allows biochemists studying a molecule to perform tasks nearly 10 times faster than on a screen...
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Chinese Scientists Set New Quantum Entanglement Record
Researchers in China have set a world record for entanglement of 18 quantum bits, keeping China ahead in the international competition to create a functioning quantum...
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'You Cannot Be Serious': IBM Taps Emotions for Wimbledon Highlights
IBM's Watson artificial intelligence platform is analyzing players' emotions at the Wimbledon tennis tournament.
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