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Japanese Rover Lands on Ancient Asteroid for 16-Hour Mission
A third rover has touched down on the surface of asteroid Ryugu, marking a hat-trick of successful landings for the Japanese Hayabusa2 space mission.
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Software Helps Analyze Writing Disabilities
Researchers have developed a software program that can analyze children's writing disabilities and their causes.
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The First 'Social Network' of Brains Lets Three People Transmit Thoughts to Each Other's Heads
University of Washington in Seattle researchers have developed a brain-to-brain network that transmits thoughts among members of a group.
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Supercomputing for Better Commuting: In Pursuit of Fuel Economy, Mobility
Researchers are working to demonstrate how traffic lights can be programmed to improve automotive fuel economy and reduce emissions, while facilitating the flow...
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State-Level Policy for Computer Science Education Continues to Grow
A report by Code.org found many U.S. states are aggressively implementing policies in support of computer science education across K-12 curriculums.
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Robots May Need Lizard-Like Tails for 'Off-Road' Travel
Researchers have found that the motion (and tails) of lizards could improve designs for robots.
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'Optical Tweezers' and Tools sed for Laser Eye Surgery Snag Physics Nobel
Optical physicists Arthur Ashkin, Gérard Mourou and Donna Strickland have won this year's Nobel Prize in Physics for "groundbreaking inventions in the field of...
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New AI Strategy Mimics How Brains Learn to Smell
Today's artificial intelligence systems, including the artificial neural networks broadly inspired by the neurons and connections of the nervous system, perform...
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Feds Force Suspect To nlock An Apple iPhone X With Their Face
It finally happened. The feds forced an Apple iPhone X owner to unlock their device with their face.
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Introducing the Lettuce Peeling Robot
A robotic lettuce leaf peeling system is seen as a possible breakthrough in improving agricultural efficiency.
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Reducing False Positives in Credit Card Fraud Detection
A new machine learning technique can drastically reduce false positives in fraud-detecting technology that incorrectly flag credit card sales as suspicious.
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AI Created More Than 100,000 Pieces of Music After Analyzing Irish and English Folk Tunes
A machine learning artificial intelligence generated more than 100,000 folk tunes after analyzing Irish and English music.
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What Termites Can Teach s
New termite colonies are founded on windless evenings, at dusk, after the rain. Most termites have neither eyes nor wings, but every mature colony has a caste of...
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Microsoft Brings Robot Operating System to Windows 10
Microsoft has debuted an official (but experimental) of Robot Operating System for Windows 10.
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Machine Learning Confronts the Elephant in the Room
Score one for the human brain. In a new study, computer scientists found that artificial intelligence systems fail a vision test a child could accompli
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Request for Information on pdate to the 2016 National AI R&D Strategic Plan
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Seeking Ways to Reduce Traffic Jams, USC Engineers Turn to AI
Researchers are adding a new type of artificial intelligence to speed-forecasting technology in an effort to reduce the amount of congestion on America's roads....
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