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Building artificial intelligence into medical devices can speed diagnoses and potentially improve treatments and outcomes.
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Realizing Carbon Nanotube Integrated Circuits
Northwestern University researchers have developed encapsulation layers that protect carbon nanotubes from environmental degradation.
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sing Technology to Break the Speed Barrier of Reading
I grew up in a tiny New York City apartment, packed in alongside our four cats and my father's immense personal library of some 3000 books.
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Rmit to Tackle Single Sign-On Issues By Developing Continuous Authentication
RMIT University is collaborating with CA Technologies to research the security issues surrounding single sign-on.
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Ornl-Developed Building Efficiency Software Now Available
New software developed at the U.S. Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory can inexpensively produce calibrated energy models of buildings.
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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 Tricky Path to Quantum-Safe Encryption
In the drive to safeguard data from future quantum computers, cryptographers have stumbled upon a thin red line between security and efficiency.
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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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Researcher Hacks Self-Driving Car Sensors
Laser-ranging (lidar) systems that most self-driving cars use to detect obstacles can be hacked by a setup costing about $60.
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Will Software that Writes Code Alter Tech's Script?
Several companies are promising to create software that will be able to do most of the grunt work of writing software on its own.
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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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Cryptographers Brace For Quantum Revolution
It is an inevitability that cryptographers dread: the arrival of powerful quantum computers that can break the security of the Internet. Although these devices...
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Hacking Medical Mannequins
Researchers at the University of South Alabama are investigating potential breaches of medical mannequins used in training.
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Even Encrypted Medical Record Databases Leak Information
Many types of databases used for electronic medical records are vulnerable to leaking information, according to a new study from Microsoft researchers.
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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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The First Exascale Computer
The supercomputer that holds the current speed record is the Tianhe-2 of the National Super Computer Centre in Guangzhou (China).
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