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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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Coding as Sport
Programming competitions help identify and reward those who excel in coding.
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Can Chatbots Think Before They Talk?
ELIZA-like programs balance modern AI with decades-old database techniques.
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Human History Traced Via the Y Chromosome
The history of humanity, as we've read it through DNA, has been written largely by females.
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.s. Directs Cyberweapons at Isis For First Time
The United States has opened a new line of combat against the Islamic State, directing the military’s six-year-old Cyber Command for the first time to mount computer...
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For Michigan Professor, Computer Science Is Much More Than a Job
University of Michigan researchers have developed Sirius, an open platform for intelligent assistants such as Siri, Cortana, and Google Now.
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Regenstrief, Iu Study Finds Machine Learning as Good as Humans' in Cancer Surveillance
Researchers say algorithms and open source machine-learning tools are as effective as human reviewers in detecting cancer cases using data from free-text pathology...
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This Battery-Free Computer Sucks Power Out of Thin Air
The new Wireless Identification and Sensing Platform is a combination sensor and computing chip that can operate without a battery or a wired power source.
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Why Early STEM Education Will Drive the .s. Economy
The Obama administration is continuing its campaign to advance math and science education.
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On This Waterfront, Robot Longshoremen Are the New Contenders
On one end of a dock at America's busiest port, tractor-trailers haul containers through dense, stop-and-go traffic. Sometimes they collide.
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The Terminator and the Washing Machine
What the legendary matches between supercomputer Deep Blue and chess grandmaster Garry Kasparov reveal about today’s artificial intelligence and machine learning...
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Scott Aaronson Answers Every Ridiculously Big Question I Throw at Him
Scott Aaronson has one of the highest intelligence/pretension ratios I’ve ever encountered.
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Long After His Accident, Sam Schmidt Takes the Wheel Again Thanks to Project Sam
In the late 90s, Sam Schmidt had a promising career as an IndyCar driver, finishing fifth in the championship in 1999 after taking his first win in Las Vegas.
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sing Data to Explore Poetic Sound
Michigan State University researcher Sean Pue is studying the role of sound in modern South Asian poetry.
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Ready, Set, Think! Mind-Controlled Drones Race to the Future
The University of Florida last week hosted what it called the world's first drone race involving brain-computer interfaces.
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Feds Seek Public Input on the Future of Iot
The U.S. Department of Commerce is seeking public comment on the Internet of Things.
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Computers That Crush Humans at Games Might Have Met Their Match: 'starcraft'
The next frontier for game-playing artificial intelligence could be the popular real-time strategy game "StarCraft."
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Your Devices' Latest Feature? They Can Spy on Your Every Move
Your gadgets could be providing a window that any hacker could see right through to spy on you.
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.s. Drops New York Fight with Apple After Gaining Access to Iphone
The U.S. Justice Department on Friday dropped its effort to force Apple Inc to help unlock an iPhone in a drug case in New York after someone provided authorities...
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Computers That Crush Humans at Games Might Have Met Their Match: 'starcraft'
Humanity has fallen to artificial intelligence in checkers, chess, and, last month, Go, the complex ancient Chinese board game.
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