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Autonomous Vehicles Cannot Be Test-Driven Enough Miles to Demonstrate Their Safety
A new study finds autonomous vehicles would have to drive at least hundreds of millions of miles to generate enough data to clearly demonstrate their safety.
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A Scheme to Encrypt the Entire Web Is Actually Working
Apple's move to encrypt your iPhone and WhatsApp's rollout of end-to-end encrypted messaging have generated plenty of privacy applause and law enforcement controversy...
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Pair Programming Is Still Vibrant
The agile methodology has not grown quickly, but still has its adherents.
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'this Is the Irs Regarding Your Tax Filings,' Says Trio of Overseas Robocallers
As if political campaigns, shady telemarketers hawking home security systems, and the rest of the usual suspects aren't generating enough automated phone calls,...
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Researchers se Light and Sound Waves to Control Electron States
University of Oregon researchers have combined light and sound to control electron states in an atom-like system.
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Ames Laboratory Physicists Discover New Type of Material That May Speed Computing
Researchers say they have discovered a topological metal that could be used in futuristic energy-efficient computers with higher processor speeds and data storage...
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Experiencing nderwater Worlds, Virtually
Dhruv Jain led the creation of a scuba-diving simulator as part of his Amphibian virtual reality project.
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Arms Control Groups rge Human Control of Robot Weaponry
Two international arms control groups on Monday issued a report that called for maintaining human control over a new generation of weapons that are increasingly...
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Why Robots Need to Be Able to Say 'no'
Robots' blind obedience to human instructions can lead to harmful results and unwanted outcomes.
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First Paralysed Person to Be 'reanimated' Offers Neuroscience Insights
A quadriplegic man who has become the first person to be implanted with technology that sends signals from the brain to muscles—allowing him to regain some movement...
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Silicon Valley Targets Smart Guns
In the 2012 movie Skyfall, James Bond brandishes his trusty sidearm, but with a high-tech twist: There's a sensor in the grip that reads palm prints so only he...
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Senators' Encryption Measure Adds New Fuel to Apple-Fbi Debate
Technology and Internet companies would have to provide government agencies with access to data when served with a court order under long-awaited draft legislation...
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What Social Media Data Could Tell US About the Future
Northeastern University researchers are working with a group of scientists to develop a method to map how tweets about large-scale social events spread.
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Turing Tests and the Problem of Artificial Olfaction
The ability to reproduce scent artificially is surprisingly complex, and the work of the Weizmann Institute of Science's David Harel sheds light on the issue.
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How Microsoft Conjured p Real-Life Star Wars Holograms
In holoportation, a live hologram of a person is projected into another room for real-time interaction with whomever is present.
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First Came the Breathalyzer, Now Meet the Roadside Police 'textalyzer'
We're all familiar with the Breathalyzer, the brand name for a roadside device that measures a suspected drunken driver's blood-alcohol level.
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Billing by Millionths of Pennies, Cloud Computing's Giants Take In Billions
Imagine building an enormous beach resort, maybe the best in the world.
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The Tremendous Ambitions Behind New York City's Free Wifi
At this very moment in New York City, you can walk up to one of 65 futuristic kiosks, punch in an email address on your phone and instantly receive a wireless Internet...
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Graphene Filter Could Make Wireless Data Transmission 10 Times Faster
Swiss researchers have developed a graphene filter for microchips that could lead to wireless transmission rates 10 times as fast as what chips deliver today.
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