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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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Scientists Re-Weigh the Electron, Get More Precise Mass
Ernest Rutherford, pioneer in studying the world inside atoms, famously remarked that all science is either physics or stamp collecting.
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Nasa Responds to California's Evolving Drought
NASA is partnering with the California Department of Water Resources (DWR) to develop and apply new technology and products to better manage and monitor the state's...
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Syria War Stirs New .S. Debate on Cyberattacks
Not long after the uprising in Syria turned bloody late in the spring of 2011, the Pentagon and theNational Security Agency developed a battle plan that featured...
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World Without Wires
Capturing electricity from ambient RF transmissions can keep low-power applications off the grid.
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Playing at Health
Developers try to tap the beneficial effects of video games.
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Reading Brains
The first steps have been taken toward enabling a computer to perceive one's thoughts.
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Telecom Firms Mine For Gold in Big Data Despite Privacy Concerns
Last year's revelations over the U.S. tapping of phone and internet data gave telecoms firms pause for thought over whether they should sell their "big data" for...
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Swarm of Bat-Like Flying Robots Could Hunt For Survivors or Terrorists
Bats are the inspiration for an initiative at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University to develop small flying robots.
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Qr Codes Threaten Internet Security
Quick Response codes could demand a dangerous level of trust from users, according to Internet security researchers.
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Silicon-Germanium Chip Sets New Speed Record
Researchers say they have operated a silicon-germanium transistor at 798 GHz fMAX, which makes it the world's fastest silicon-based device by about 200 GHz.
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Can AI Design a Video Game?
Researcher Michael Cook thinks his ANGELINA software can design a video game—and that's not all.
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A New System Accelerates Verification of Printed Electronic Documents
The new Valid@doc system accelerates online administrative procedures by automatically verifying and validating printed electronic documents.
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Mt. Gox Disappears From Web in New Setback
Bitcoin suffered a major setback Tuesday as the website of Mt.Gox, the once dominant trading platform for the virtual currency, was all but shut down.
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Taking European Expertise in Computing to Market
The European Commission hopes to complement academics with business expertise through Technology Transfer in Computing Systems.
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Spy Chief James Clapper: We Can't Stop Another Snowden
Every morning at around 4:30 a.m., James Clapper wakes up and prepares for the worst job in Washington.
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Self-Completing Programs
Since he was a graduate student, Armando Solar-Lezama, an associate professor in MIT's Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, has been working...
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The Special Effects Firms Transforming the Film Industry
If you are looking for a sure thing at this year's Oscars look no further than Gravity to win the best visual effects category.
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Marginally seful
Bitcoin, a purely digital currency, is backed by no commodity and governed by no central bank, but it exists because a small number of humans have chosen to believe...
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