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Building artificial intelligence into medical devices can speed diagnoses and potentially improve treatments and outcomes.
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Ccc ncertainty in Computation Workshop
The Computing Community Consortium's recent Uncertainty in Computation Visioning Workshop gathered more than 40 scientists from different disciplines.
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New Smart Key Software Enhances Security For Homes and Businesses
A software-based electronic smart key system developed by U.K. computer scientists and security specialists offers a more flexible security system.
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The Shortage of Women in STEM Explained
There is a significant shortage of skilled U.S. women pursuing science, technology, engineering, and mathematics fields, writes SolidWorks' Marie Planchard.
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Stanford System Combines Software With Human Intelligence to Improve Translation
Stanford University researchers say they have developed a system to help people translate text faster and more accurately than is currently possible.
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Cornell Biennial Celebrates Nanotech as Art
Scientists and artists display the blending of their interests.
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Verizon, At&t Tracking Their Users with 'supercookies'
Verizon and AT&T have been quietly tracking the Internet activity of more than 100 million cellular customers with what critics have dubbed "supercookies"—markers...
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Survey Indicates Four Out of Five Developers Now se Open Source
Four out of five programmers now use, or recently have used, open source development tools, says a new survey.
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Random Image Experiment Reveals The Building Blocks of Human Imagination
Here's a curious experiment.
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Ft Interview with Google Co-Founder and Ceo Larry Page
Wouldn't the world be a happier place if 90 per cent of the people with jobs put their feet up instead and left the robots to do the work?
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New Players in the Nba: Big Data, ser-Controlled Jumbotrons
The NBA ushered in the new season this past week, and fans at the Staples Center for the Los Angeles Clippers' opening game had access to some new toys.
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The Internet Archive, Trying to Encompass All Creation
The Internet Archive recently held an event at its San Francisco headquarters to show off some of its latest projects.
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Experts Identify Easy Way to Improve Smartphone Security
Purdue University researchers recently led a U.S. National Science Foundation-funded project investigating computer security.
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Poll Star: Rice Team Sets Sights on Better Voting Machine
A recent report says U.S. election officials face an "impending crisis" as they try to replace voting systems they bought after Florida's flawed 2000 election.
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Harnessing Error-Prone Chips
Chisel is a new system that lets programmers identify sections of their code that can tolerate small errors.
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States Ditch Electronic Voting Machines
Nearly 70 percent of voters are expected to cast paper ballots this week in the United States.
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What Is It Like to Control a Robotic Arm with a Brain Implant?
Jan Scheuermann is not your average experimental subject.
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Google Retools Its Flu Prediction Engine—after Getting It Wrong
It's flu season and Google has some news.
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A Print Magazine For Hackers
On a Saturday afternoon earlier this summer, dozens of hackers, journalists, and activists sat on the floor in a darkened hallway of the Pennsylvania Hotel in Midtown...
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Why the .s. Has Fallen Behind in Internet Speed and Affordability
A comparison of Internet access in American cities with access in Europe and Asia found some smaller American cities tied for speed with the biggest cities abroad...
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