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4g Network Infrastructure Could Mean Fewer Accidents By Drivers
Researchers at the University of Bristol in the U.K. have found a preexisting 4G network infrastructure could help drivers make safe decisions in or near accidents...
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Microsoft Thinks Machines Can Learn to Converse By Making Chat a Game
Microsoft is buying a deep learning startup based in Montreal, a global hub for deep learning research.
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Nasa Is Making New Robots That Can Control Themselves
NASA wants humans and robots to work together as teams.
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Scientists Propose a Novel Regional Path Tracking Scheme For Autonomous Ground Vehicles
Researchers at Jilin University in China have proposed a model predictive control algorithm that could track a complex road by monitoring the desired lateral position...
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Seeing the Quantum Future...literally
Researchers at the University of Sydney in Australia have utilized big data methods to predict how quantum systems will change and then preventively suppress decoherence...
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Will Blockchain-Based Election Systems Make E-Voting Possible?
Determining whether blockchain technology can accurately count votes and ensure the integrity of an electronic voting system was the purpose of a competition among...
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New Fingerprinting Techniques Identify sers Across Different Browsers on the Same Pc
A U.S.-based multi-university research effort has yielded distinct fingerprinting methods to track users when they use different browsers installed on the same...
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sing Mathematics to Hunt For Computer Errors
The Austrian Science Fund FWF is funding the development of methods to apply mathematical analysis to enhancing software and hardware security.
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Mars Rover Curiosity Examines Possible Mud Cracks
Scientists used NASA's Curiosity Mars rover in recent weeks to examine slabs of rock cross-hatched with shallow ridges that likely originated as cracks in drying...
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Hans Berliner, Master Chess Player and Programmer, Dies at 87
A former world champion of correspondence chess who later helped develop game-playing computers, Hans Berliner died on Friday in Riviera Beach, FL, at the age of 87...
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Darpa's Off-Roaders Ditch Windows For a Digital World View
Autonomous warriors may dominate the battlefield of tomorrow, but even those that still require human flesh will take on a robotic sheen. That shift could start...
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Computer Models Help Fight Climate Change
Salt marsh modeling holds the potential to protect coastal locations from rising sea levels.
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Teaching Computers to Recognize Sick Guts: Machine-Learning and the Microbiome
Researchers at the University of California, San Diego have harnessed machine-learning techniques to classify proteins found in healthy and unhealthy gut microbiomes...
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New Technology Enables 5-Dimensional Imaging in Live Animals and Humans
University of Southern California researchers have developed an image-analysis technique that makes finding important biological molecules and learning how they...
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11 Predictions For the Future of Programming
Among the expected trends for computer programming in 2017 and beyond is the cloud overtaking Moore's Law, which will require coders to find algorithms that can...
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5 State Policies to Sustain Computer Science Education
The Southern Regional Education Board recently convened a group of U.S. state legislators and secondary and postsecondary education leaders to develop policies...
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Air Force Tests Ibm's Brain-Inspired Chip as an Aerial Tank Spotter
The U.S. Air Force Research Lab is exploring whether brain-inspired computer chips could give satellites, aircraft, and drones the ability to automatically identify...
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