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A Healthy Dose of AI
Building artificial intelligence into medical devices can speed diagnoses and potentially improve treatments and outcomes.
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Service Robots Are Coming to Help US
A U.S. National Science Foundation program aims to advance and integrate robotics into people-centered service systems in homes, hospitals, and elder-care facilities...
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Can Computers Do Magic?
Queen Mary University of London researchers have found magicians could use computers to create new magic effects and find new ideas for their performances.
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3d/vr Malady May Have Simple Solution
A simple low-tech solution appears to compensate for the vergence-accommodation conflict.
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Goodbye, Obamaberry. Hello, Obamadroid.
When President Barack Obama took office in 2009, he pushed to keep his BlackBerry.
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Robots to Provide a Steadying Hand at the Right Time
The U.S. National Science Foundation is funding several robotics-related projects across the U.S. designed to improve people's safety and well-being.
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On Her Microphone's Secret Service: How Spies, Anyone Can Grab Crypto Keys from the Air
Discerning secret crypto keys in computers and gadgets by spying on how they function isn't new, although the techniques used are often considered impractical.
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Australian Compsci Boffins Score Queen's Birthday Gongs
Australian computer scientists were among those recognized in this year's Queen's Birthday Honors.
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What Are the Odds We Are Living in a Computer Simulation?
Last week, Elon Musk, the billionaire founder of Tesla Motors, SpaceX, and other cutting-edge companies, took a surprising question at the Code Conference, a technology...
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Red Astroturf: Chinese Government Makes Millions of Fake Social Media Posts
Data scientists at Harvard University have found that the government of the People's Republic of China generates an estimated 448 million fake social media posts...
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Automatic Debugging of Software
Singapore Management University researchers have developed an automated approach for debugging software that combines elements of previous solutions.
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Bringing Programming--and Social Change--to Girls
A group of eighth-grade girls participating in the U.S. National Science Foundation's Co-Robots for CompuGirls event programmed a pair of humanoid robots.
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Nsf Funds 'wearable Doctor'
The U.S. National Science Foundation-funded Health and Environmental Tracker project recently unveiled a functional prototype.
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Tongue-Machine Computer Interfaces Are Here
Tongue input technology using glossokinetic potential is capable of directing motorized wheelchairs and could lead to successful silent speech-recognition technology...
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In Mapping Eclipses, World's First Computer Maybe Also Told Fortunes
A 2,000-year-old astronomical calculator used by ancient Greeks to chart the movement of the sun, moon and planets may also have had another purpose—fortune telling...
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Building Morality Into Machines
Technology ethics are a growing concern as artificial intelligence advances and autonomous technologies become reality.
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Icann Endorses Plan to Cede Internet Oversight
The U.S. government has endorsed a plan to cede its oversight of the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers to the broader online community.
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sing Computers to Better nderstand Art
Visual stylometry is a new field designed to measure artistic style via computational and statistical methods, to uncover unique insights about artists and artworks...
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Haptic Taco Helps You Navigate By Feel
Yale University researchers are developing small haptic peripherals to help drivers navigate using just their sense of touch.
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A Russian Cybersleuth Battles the 'dark Ages' of the Internet
A sense of menace stirs right off the elevator on the fifth floor of Kaspersky Lab's Moscow headquarters, where a small television screen displays cyberthreatsa...
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