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Big Improvements to Brain-Computer Interface
The new glassy-carbon electrodes developed by the Center for Sensorimotor Neural Engineering have the potential to restore movement in people with spinal cord injuries...
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How We Could Close Tech's Gender Gap in a Decade
The inaugural Girls Who Code Governor's Summit in California last week emphasized solving the U.S. technology industry's lack of gender parity by developing standards...
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Computer Crashes May Be Due to Forces Beyond Our Solar System
Vanderbilt University professor Bharat Bhuva on Friday gave a presentation on single-event upsets at the annual meeting of the American Association for the Advancement...
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Quantum Computers Finally Go Head-to-Head
In the red corner, weighing in with just five qubits, a quantum computer from the University of Maryland in College Park. In the blue corner, also with five qubits...
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A Computer to Rival the Brain
More than two hundred years ago, a French weaver named Joseph Jacquard invented a mechanism that greatly simplified textile production.
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Europa Mission Heralds Sea Change in the Search For Alien Life
It's not something NASA likes to advertise, but ever since its creation in 1958, the space agency has only conducted one direct, focused hunt for extraterrestrial...
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Neuroscience Misses the Meaning
Examining each transistor in a microprocessor using techniques for analyzing how the human brain works did not yield anticipated understanding.
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Thinking Deeply to Make Better Speech
More work is needed to make synthesized speech more natural, easier to understand, and more pleasant to hear.
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The Future of Semiconductors
Researchers are looking for new ways to advance semiconductors as Moore's Law approaches its limits.
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Financing the Dark Web
Cryptocurrencies are enabling illegal or immoral transactions in the dark corners of the Internet.
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ACM Recognizes New Fellows
ACM has recognized 53 of its members as ACM Fellows for major contributions in areas including artificial intelligence, cryptography, computer architecture, high...
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Gamespace Offers a Playable Visualization of 16,000 Videogames
Researchers have created a playable visualization of 16,000 video games grouped according to shared commonalities such as gameplay, cultural reactions, and game...
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Breakthrough Wireless Sensing System Attracts Industry and Government Agency Interest
Waggle, a wireless environmental sensing platform that combines environmental sensors with hardware and software for edge computing within a portable node or device...
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Ibm's Hub For Wearables Could Have You Out of the Hospital Faster
IBM Research scientists have created a device that siphons health data from multiple wearable devices and shares the results with a patient's doctor.
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A New Spin on Electronics
Researchers have successfully demonstrated the production, transport, and detection of electronic spin information at room temperature, using the boundary layer...
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Nasa's 'pointer' Tracks First Responders Where Gps Fails
That little blue dot likes to mock.
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What News-Writing Bots Mean For the Future of Journalism
When Republican Steve King beat back Democratic challenger Kim Weaver in the race for Iowa's 4th congressional district seat in November, The Washington Post snapped...
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Nasa: Snow Science Supporting the s Water Supply
Researchers have completed the first flights of a NASA-led field campaign that is targeting one of the biggest gaps in scientists' understanding of Earth's water...
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STEM Grads' Pay Likely to Be Highest Among Class of 2017
Employers expect Class of 2017 graduates with bachelor's degrees in science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) will earn the highest average starting salaries...
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