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No Lens? No Problem For Flatcam
Rice University researchers have developed FlatCam, a thin sensor chip with a mask that replaces lenses in a traditional camera.
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Nsa to Shut Down Bulk Phone Surveillance Program By Sunday
The U.S. National Security Agency will end its daily vacuuming of millions of Americans' phone records by Sunday and replace the practice with more tightly targeted...
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A Century Ago, Einstein's Theory of Relativity Changed Everything
By the fall of 1915, Albert Einstein was a bit grumpy.
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Google Says It Reviewed 1.2 Million Web Pages For 'right to Be Forgotten'
Alphabet Inc.'s Google on Wednesday said it has evaluated more than 1.2 million Web pages for compliance with Europe's "Right to Be Forgotten" ruling, and removed...
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New Access to the Interior of Electronic Components
Ruhr-University Bochum researchers can access the interior of transistors by manipulating the electron gas within them via application of resonators to produce...
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Computers Can Perceive Image Curves Like Artists
Researchers at Umeå University in Sweden have developed a breakthrough concept in the field of computer vision using curves and lines to represent image shapes...
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Cyborg Rose Has Electric Circuits Running Through Polymer Veins
Swedish researchers built a working electronic circuit from an ordinary garden rose by filling its veins with conductive polymer. This is the first step toward...
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Quantum Simulation: A Better Understanding of Magnetism
Heidelberg University physicists have devised a new way to study magnetism via quantum simulation, using four ultracold atoms at near absolute zero to build a model...
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How Well Is Hillary Clinton Tweeting? Syracuse Takes a Closer Look
Syracuse University researchers are planning to compile and analyze every tweet and Facebook post for every U.S. presidential candidate through the end of the 2016...
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The Sounds of Brushing
A new study suggests using smartphones to capture the sounds of brushing one's teeth, to determine if you are doing it right.
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Medical Devices That Are Vulnerable to Life-Threatening Hacks
When you think about the Internet of Things, you probably think of smart refrigerators and smart electric meters, not smart pacemakers, insulin pumps, and x-ray...
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The Doomsday Invention
Last year, a curious nonfiction book became a Times best-seller: a dense meditation on artificial intelligence by the philosopher Nick Bostrom, who holds an appointment...
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Martian Moon Set to Form Ring Around Red Planet
One day, Mars may have rings like Saturn does.
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Biomedical Imaging at One-Thousandth the Cost
A biomedical imaging system developed by MIT researchers could ultimately replace a $100,000 microscope with components that cost only hundreds of dollars. The...
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Silicon 2.0 Promises Superpowered Chips and Solar Cells
Silicon's limited electrical conductivity holds back computer processing speeds and the efficiency of solar panels. Ordinary silicon enhanced with certain abilities...
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How to Pick Out a Face in the Crowd
A computer scientist from Sydney's University of Technology and colleagues have addressed the accuracy limitations of existing facial recognition technology. Researcher...
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Nasa Takes Flight With Byu Student's Work
Brigham Young University computer science undergraduate Andrew Wallace is assisting efforts to build simulations to help improve the efficiency of air traffic controllers...
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Researchers Confirm 'realistic' Answer to Quantum Network Puzzle
New research from the University of York supports the development of scalable and secure high-rate quantum networks.
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The Computer That Knows What You're Thinking
We have all done it; put a rictus grin on our faces while inside we are burning with anger.
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