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A Healthy Dose of AI
Building artificial intelligence into medical devices can speed diagnoses and potentially improve treatments and outcomes.
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Walter Isaacson on the Women of Eniac
Ever since the days of Charles Babbage, who conceived of a giant mechanical calculator called the Analytical Engine in the 1830s, the engineering of computer hardware...
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Robotic Explorers
Yonsei University researchers have developed a system to enable air- and ground-based robot vehicles to cooperate without GPS signals or sensor devices.
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Ornl Researcher Is Working to Predict Electric Power Blackouts Before They Happen
Oak Ridge National Laboratory researchers are developing tools to improve electric grid protection operation analysis and prediction under different contingencies...
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Simulation Technology Designed For Hollywood Can Be Used as Predictive Tool For Understanding Fundamental Engineering
Software developed to help Hollywood create better virtual hair may be used to study the properties of filamentary structures like oceanic telecommunication cables...
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Tim Berners-Lee Wants Internet Magna Carta to Guarantee Netizens' Privacy
Sir Tim Berners-Lee is using the 25th anniversary of his invention of the World Wide Web to push for an Internet bill of rights.
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Electronic Brain by 2023
Researchers on the European Union's decade-long Human Brain Project disclosed how far they have come toward the goal of creating an artificial brain by 2023.
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'glass Brain' Offers Tours of the Space Between Your Ears
Former Grateful Dead percussionist Mickey Hart takes pride in his brain.
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Existing Delivery Techniques Could Hinder Internet Protocol Revolution
Named Data Networking Consortium supports an emerging Internet architecture designed for an increasingly mobile world.
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The Google Formula For Success
Can Google’s winning ways be applied to all kinds of businesses?
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nderwater Robot For Port Security
A new submersible robot has a flattened panel on one side so it can slide along an underwater surface to perform ultrasound scans.
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Graphene Reduces Complexity and Cost of Touchscreens
Researchers say graphene-treated nanowires can be used to produce flexible touchscreens at a fraction of the current cost.
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Robot Octopus Takes to the Sea
Foundation for Research and Technology-Hellas researchers have nearly doubled the swimming speed of their robotic octopus.
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Supercomputer shers in New Era of Australian Research
The Pawsey Supercomputing Center recently installed the final stage upgrade for Magnus, the most advanced scientific supercomputer in the Southern Hemisphere.
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Companies Rush to Fix Shellshock Software Bug as Hackers Launch Thousands of Attacks
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security last week warned about the newly discovered Shellshock bug affecting a widely used Bash Unix shell.
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Hong Kong Protesters se a Mesh Network to Organise
Hong Kong's mass protest is networked. Activists are relying on a free app that can send messages without any cellphone connection.
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Radio Waves Offer Cheap Gesture Detection on Smartphones
A research project at the University of Washington shows a way to add gesture control to phones without requiring sophisticated new sensors.
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New Technology May Lead to Prolonged Power in Mobile Devices
New technology accesses the power of a single electron to control energy consumption inside transistors, which could lead to wearable computers with built-in power...
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New Discovery Could Pave the Way For Spin-Based Computing
Researchers have found a way to fuse electricity and magnetism in a single material, which they say could lead to ultrahigh density storage and computing architectures...
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Dartmouth's New Zebra Bracelet Strengthens Computer Security
Dartmouth College researchers have developed wearable computer security technology that authenticates users while they are using a device.
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