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I Like the Way You Walk
Artificial intelligence video system sends smartphone messages based on how you move.
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Scientists se AI to Predict Why Children Struggle at School
Scientists have used machine learning to determine why some children struggle at school.
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Curiosity Rover to Temporarily Switch 'Brains'
Engineers at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California, this week commanded the agency's Curiosity rover to switch to its second computer.
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'Quantum Atmospheres' May Reveal Secrets of Matter
Over the past several years, some materials have proved to be a playground for physicists.
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Researchers Raise Alarm Over se of AI in Immigration, Refugee Decision-Making
Researchers in Canada are concerned about government initiatives to replace human decision-making with artificial intelligence regarding immigrants' human rights...
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This Tech Would Have Spotted the Secret Chinese Chip in Seconds
Researchers have developed a semiautomated system that could have identified in seconds malicious chips reportedly inserted into computer systems by the Chinese...
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This App Knows When You've Been in an Accident—and Then It Calls 911 for You
A new mobile application accesses a smartphone's sensors to determine if the phone's owner has been in an auto accident, and can alert 911 emergency services if...
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The Robot Eye With an All-Round Field of View
Researchers in Germany have developed a laser sensor with image processing algorithms to facilitate a robot vision system with an all-round field of view.
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Smartphone With a Finger Crawls Across the Table to Stroke Your Wrist
MobiLimb is a realistic-looking mechanical finger that plugs into the USB port of a mobile device as an additional way to interact with a smartphone or tablet. ...
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The Big Hack: How China sed a Tiny Chip to Infiltrate .S. Companies
In 2015, Amazon.com Inc. began quietly evaluating a startup called Elemental Technologies, a potential acquisition to help with a major expansion of its streaming...
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Scientists Create a 'Social Network of Brains'
Sending your thoughts directly into someone else's brain may seem like the stuff of science fiction. But this capability could be closer to reality than you think...
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Estrin Awarded McArthur 'Genius Grant'
Estrin was cited for "designing open-source platforms that leverage mobile devices and data to address socio-technological challenges such as personal health management...
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Groundbreaking Science Emerges from ltra-Close Orbits of Saturn
New research emerging from the final orbits of NASA's Cassini spacecraft represents a huge leap forward in our understanding of the Saturn system—especially the...
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Pushing the Boundaries of Learning With AI
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and IBM are collaborating on a project to teach students Mandarin in virtual environments.
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There Are Many More Female STEM Teachers Now Than 20 Years Ago
The population of female instructors in U.S. science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) public schools has grown significantly in the past 20 years.
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AS Team Wins AI Commentator Track of the KAIST World Cup 2018
Arizona State University's team won the artificial intelligence commentator track of the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology AI World Cup 2018 competition...
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This Robot Crawls Over Your Body and Scans Your Skin With a Microscope
A palm-sized bipedal robot can carry out a medical inspection of a patient when a doctor is unavailable.
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Assessing the Impact of Cryptography on Internet Privacy
Whitfield Diffie and Martin Hellman on the relationship between cryptography and Internet privacy, and the impact the Turing Award has had on their lives, at the...
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A Goblin World That Points Toward Hidden Planet Nine in the Solar System
Among some astronomers, there is a growing suspicion that our solar system's distant reaches conceal a large, ninth planet that we have not yet seen. New findings...
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