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How Google's Self-Driving Cars May Handle the Toughest Situations
Left-hand turns are one of the tougher things drivers have to do.
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This Preschool Is for Robots
University of California, Berkeley researchers are working to develop artificial intelligence that lets machines learn the way humans do.
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China Flexes Tech Muscles Before a State Visit
As President Xi Jinping of China prepares for his first state visit to the United States this month, Washington has warned that it could hit Chinese companies with...
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A Humanoid Robot to Liaise Between Space Station Crews
Researchers have developed "an autobiographical memory" for the robot Nao, enabling it to pass on knowledge between groups of people.
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Researchers Turn Clothes Into Electronic Displays
Researchers say they have achieved an advance in wearable devices that could lead to wearable displays in clothing that provide users with feedback.
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The Strange Link Between Global Climate Change and the Rise of the Robots
A recent paper concluded humans would not stand a chance against super-intelligent robots following a hypothetical mass extinction event.
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Nasa AI to Power First-Responder Tech
First responders are set to benefit from the U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration's effort to extract insights from its 500-terabyte Planetary Data...
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The Broadband Is Coming
The world's fastest residential Internet may be found in the middle of the English countryside, built by farmers for farmers.
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This AI Creates Interactive Fiction By Reading Other People's Stories
An artificial intelligence developed by Georgia Institute of Technology researchers can generate interactive narratives by learning from stories written by human...
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More Students Taking Ap Physics, Computer Science Exams
Participation rates for Advanced Placement science exams rose over the last year, with computer science seeing the second-largest increase, according to the College...
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Your Smartphone Can Tell If You're Bored
Researchers at Telefonica Research in Spain have developed an algorithm that enables a smartphone to determine whether or not its user is bored.
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Self-Driving Golf Carts
The Singapore-MIT Alliance for Research and Technology recently conducted an experiment in which self-driving golf carts carried 500 tourists around winding paths...
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How IBM Research Wants to se Mobile Devices to Detect Early Stage Dementia
Researchers have developed a smartphone and tablet app that compresses a diagnostic test for dementia usually performed by a clinician.
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Researchers Employ Baxter Robot to Help the Blind
Robotics researchers at Carnegie Mellon University are developing assistive robots to help visually impaired travelers navigate the smart cities of the future.
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Mouth Guard Monitors Health Markers, Transmits Information Wirelessly to Smart Phone
A mouth guard developed by a team at the University of California, San Diego could be used to monitor patients continuously without invasive procedures.
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Digital Receipts Help Solve a Growing Paper Problem
Retailers explore alternatives to the increasingly lengthy paper receipt.
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"molecular Tweeting" Could Hold the Key to Busting Superbugs
Researchers are using the metaphor of Twitter to help them better understand the ways communication among bacteria can lead to antibiotic resistance.
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This Preschool Is For Robots
On the seventh floor of Berkeley's technology research hall, a bright blue and yellow plastic ray gun sits on a long table, along with wooden spoons, model planes...
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I've Taught Computers to Paint Portraits — and How to Code
Falmouth University professor Simon Colton works with software that behaves in ways that would be deemed creative if observed in humans. In an interview, Colton...
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