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On-Chip Random Key Generation Done sing Carbon Nanotubes
A new process uses carbon nanotubes to randomly wire part of a chip, which is then used to generate cryptographic information.
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Dartmouth Researchers Invent 'magic Wand' to Improve Healthcare, Cybersecurity
A digital "magic wand" developed by Dartmouth College researchers makes it easy for people to connect their devices to Wi-Fi.
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Researchers Are Developing Shape-Shifting Fluid Robots
Bar-Ilan University researchers say they have created fluid robots that could operate better than solid robots in chaotic, hostile environments.
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Apple Case Highlights Struggles Cios Face in Balancing Privacy, Law Enforcement Requests
As technology advances, there's a delicate balance between individual privacy and law enforcement’s requests for information.
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On-Chip Random Key Generation Done sing Carbon Nanotubes
Carbon nanotubes are small and can be semiconducting, which makes lots of people excited about using them as a replacement for features etched in silicon.
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Heal Thyself!
Researchers are developing electronic components that have the ability to recognize damage and repair themselves.
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What Would Happen If Aliens Contacted Earth?
Nearly 40 years ago, radio astronomer Jerry Ehman was scanning a part of the sky hoping to detect a signal from an alien civilisation.
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Dna Tags Help the Hunt For Drugs
Nestled in a plastic box, in an ordinary laboratory freezer on the second floor of a concrete building in Waltham, Massachusetts, is a clear test tube that contains...
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Robots Can Now Flawlessly Iron Clothes
A newly developed robot can iron a shirt after analyzing the subtle ridges in a laid-out garment with two sensors made from Xbox Kinects.
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Software Can Identify You By the Way You Walk in Cctv Footage
Computer scientists in the Czech Republic have developed software designed to work with closed-circuit TV footage that can identify people based on the way they...
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Engineering Material Magic
A team led by University of Utah professor Ashutosh Tiwari says it has discovered a new kind of two-dimensional semiconducting material for electronics.
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Brain Scan For Artificial Intelligence Shows How Software Thinks
Israel Institute of Technology researchers have developed a new technique for taking snapshots of neural networks as they work through a problem.
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Does Apple Win Even If It Loses?
It is a battle for public opinion almost as much as it is for the law.
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Tiny, Blurry Pictures Find the Limits of Computer Image Recognition
Computers have started to get really good at visual recognition.
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Nasa Introduces New, Wider Set of Eyes on the niverse
After years of preparatory studies, NASA is formally starting an astrophysics mission designed to help unlock the secrets of the universe—the Wide Field Infrared...
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Apple Sees Value in Its Stand to Protect Security
It took six years for Apple to persuade China's largest wireless carrier, China Mobile, to sell the iPhone.
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First Evidence For the Happiness Paradox--That Your Friends Are Happier Than You Are
Mathematical analysis has demonstrated the validity of the claim that most people's friends have more friends than they do.
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Digital Baby Project's Aim: Computers That See Like Humans
A cognitive psychology experiment has revealed differences in how humans and computers see images, says Weizmann Institute of Science professor Shimon Ullman.
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White House Wants to Train K-12 Students to Be Nation's Future Cyber Defense
A $4-billion effort encouraging U.S. public schools to offer computer science courses is part of a longer-term effort to fill the shortage of federal cyber experts...
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