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Building artificial intelligence into medical devices can speed diagnoses and potentially improve treatments and outcomes.
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Computer System Automatically Solves Word Problems
A new computer system can automatically solve the type of word problems common in introductory algebra classes.
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Standards For Computer Science Education Need Improvement
During the recent U.S. News STEM Solutions Conference, subject matter specialists issued a warning about the state of U.S. computer science education.
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Carnegie Mellon-Disney Researcher Invents 3D Printing Technique For Making Cuddly Stuff
Researchers have developed a type of three-dimensional printer that produces 3D objects made of a form of loose felt.
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Transcending Artificial Intelligence
While it can be a blast going to see the latest Hollywood sci-fi thriller, watching it along with a leading expert in the science and technology fields relevant...
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Friends, and Influence, for Sale Online
Whoever said, "Money can't buy you friends," clearly hasn’t been on the Internet recently.
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Police Use New Tool to Source Crowds For Evidence
An annual spring party in a Southern California beach town devolved into a riot last month when revelers turned violent, rocking cars, smashing windows and throwing...
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Mind the Gap
Are there too few skilled computer and IT workers for the jobs available? If so, what can be done about it?
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Mark Zuckerberg on Facebook's Future, From Virtual Reality to Anonymity
No one ever accused Mark Zuckerberg of standing pat.
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Future Macbook Keyboards May Come Loaded with In-Key Displays, Capacitive Touch
Showing the company is still making advances in more traditional tech, an Apple patent filing for "Multi-functional keyboard assemblies" describes a keyboard consisting...
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Massachusetts Invests In Big Data Innovation
Massachusetts is providing $3 million in funding to launch its Open Cloud project to build a new public cloud computing infrastructure for big data innovation.
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Intel Probes the Private-Sector Side of Open Government Data
Intel recently decided to investigate how innovation takes place in and across business teams.
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Cloud-Savvy Bluetooth 4.1 to Reach Devices By Year End
The Bluetooth 4.1 protocol will directly connect wearable devices to the cloud, enabling home users to expand their networks of connected devices.
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niv. of Central Florida Wins National Cyber Defense Competition
The University of Central Florida won the 2014 Raytheon National Collegiate Cyber Defense Competition this past weekend in San Antonio.
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Target on Mars Looks Good For Nasa Rover Drilling
NASA's Curiosity Mars rover performed a "mini-drill" operation Tuesday, April 29, on the rock target under consideration for the mission's third sample-collection...
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This 3D Printer Technology Can Print a Game Controller, Electronics and All
The Rabbit Proto is an open source three-dimensional printer attachment that enables the device to make functioning electronic prototypes.
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Cyborg Angst: 5 Ways Computers Will Perplex S in 2039
Brain chips mean we are struggling to distinguish our own thoughts from ideas implanted by advertisers.
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What's The Nsa Doing Now? Training More Cyber Warriors
The U.S. needs more cyber warriors, and it needs them fast, according to Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel.
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Watson in Your Pocket: Supercomputer Gets Own Apps
If you could quiz Watson, IBM's all-knowing supercomputer, from an app on your phone, what would you ask it?
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Justices Appear Divided on Cellphone Warrants
The Supreme Court on Tuesday seemed torn as it considered a pair of cases about whether the police need warrants to search the cellphones of people they arrest.
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