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Linguistic Mapping Reveals How Word Meanings Sometimes Change Overnight
To track how language evolves, Stony Brook University researcher Vivek Kulkarni and colleagues map the linguistic vector space of words.
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Tomorrow's Degradable Electronics
SINTEF researchers in Norway say they have made electronic components that are soluble in water and disappear after a few hours.
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Facebook's Flow Could Help Javascript Programmers Spot Elusive Bugs
Facebook researchers have developed Flow, an open source debugging tool for JavaScript designed to highlight problems caused by the misuse of data types.
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S Regulators Move on Thought-Controlled Prosthetics
For the first time since accidents severed the neural connection between their brains and limbs, a small number of patients are reaching out and feeling the world...
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How the World’s First Computer Was Rescued From the Scrap Heap
Staffers of Ross Perot have unearthed and restored a big chunk of ENIAC, the "Electronic Numerical Integrator And Computer."
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Seven Steps to Creating a Brain Implant
The brain is one of the most delicate and complex objects in the universe, so tinkering with its activity may seem like a fool's errand.
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Structural Electronics Come Online
Multifunction components are becoming more common as the world gets "smarter."
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At China Online Coming-Out Party, Beijing Spells Out Internet Control Ambition
China showed governments and the planet's biggest tech firms last week its vision for global Internet governance—clean, controlled and choreographed.
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Microsoft Machine Learning Tech Adds Captions to Images
Microsoft is leveraging its machine learning research to build software that automatically captions images.
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Webrtc Hammers Out Compromise on Video Codec Standards
Proponents of WebRTC, the Web standard for real-time communications via browsers, have reached a compromise on the H.264 and VP8 video codecs.
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Fulbright Award Takes Computer Scientist to France
An Arizona State University professor will spend six months studying at the French Institute for Research in Computer Science Automation.
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Machine-Learning Algorithm Ranks the World's Most Notable Authors
New software automatically ranks authors and creators whose work is in the public domain by how likely they are to be of interest to academics and the public.
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Molecular Flash Memory Could Store Massive Amounts of Data
Novel molecules could help expand the storage capacity of flash memory, which is widely used in mobile devices such as smartphones.
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Automakers Aim to Drive Away Car Computer Hackers
Against the team of hackers, the poor car stood no chance.
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How to Teach Self-Driving Cars Ethics of the Road
A large truck speeding in the opposite direction suddenly veers into your lane.
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Researchers Announce Advance in Image-Recognition Software
Two groups of scientists, working independently, have created artificial intelligence software capable of recognizing and describing the content of photographs...
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Stanford Cyber Initiative Will Tackle Internet Technology Concerns From Many Angles
The Stanford Cyber Initiative is a program applying broad Stanford University expertise to cybersecurity, cyberspace, and networked information.
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Silicon Valley Turns Prisoners Into Programmers at San Quentin
A San Francisco-based programming boot camp has launched a program in which inmates at San Quentin State Prison will learn the basics of computer coding.
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Hour of Code to Feature 'frozen' Characters
Educational nonprofit Code.org is collaborating with Disney to open its week-long "Hour of Code" event during Computer Science Education Week Dec. 8-14.
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