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Building artificial intelligence into medical devices can speed diagnoses and potentially improve treatments and outcomes.
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'honey Encryption' Will Bamboozle Attackers with Fake Secrets
Ari Juels, an independent researcher who was previously chief scientist at computer security company RSA, thinks something important is missing from the cryptography...
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Another Super Bowl Ad Fest, This Time on the Cellphone
Want to see the Vince Lombardi Trophy that goes to the Super Bowl winner? Take a left in 15 feet.
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Iu Scientist Exploring Artificial Intelligence
Indiana University researchers want to use artificial intelligence to provide doctors with a tool to help them diagnose and treat patients.
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We the Internet: Bitcoin Developers Seed Idea For Bitcloud
Bitcoin developers want to decentralize the current Internet and replace it with a new Internet.
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Augmented Reality Lifts Awareness of Nature Preservation
University of Colorado Denver digital design students have created an augmented reality app for the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service .
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Scientist Developing 3D Chips to Expand Capacity of Microprocessors
Researchers are working to develop three-dimensional integration, an emerging technology that would vertically stack multiple wafers.
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Menthal App Reveals Just What a Screen Addict You've Become
A new app will allow smartphone owners to determine how much time they spend on their devices.
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N.s.a. Choice Is Navy Expert on Cyberwar
In nominating Vice Adm. Michael S. Rogers as the new director of the National Security Agency on Thursday, President Obama chose a recognized expert in the new...
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Is Google Cornering the Market on Deep Learning?
How much are a dozen deep-learning researchers worth?
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Curiosity Mars Rover Checking Possible Smoother Route
The team operating NASA's Mars rover Curiosity is considering a path across a small sand dune to reach a favorable route to science destinations.
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Not Ok, Glass
PlaceAvoider is software that uses computer-vision techniques to identify potentially confidential or embarrassing pictures taken with new devices such as Google...
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Beyond Moore's Law: Nanocomputing sing Nanowire Tiles
Ultra-small electronic computer systems currently under development push beyond the imminent end of Moore's Law, researchers say.
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Internet2 Extends Reach to Smaller Colleges and niversities
Internet2 recently announced that it is expanding to smaller colleges and universities that have "notable research projects and cyberinfrastructure needs."
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Joining p Computer Memory
Researchers say innovative electrodes will help make new resistive random access memory technologies compatible with existing circuitry.
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Which Genes Did We Get From Neandertals?
Tens of thousands of years ago along the balmy Mediterranean coast, or in some desert oasis in the Middle East, a hunky Neandertal male lusted after a modern human...
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Beams of Sound Immerse You in Music Others Can't Hear
If you're sick of wading through a clogged email inbox or scrolling through endless Twitter timelines, Jörg Müller has a more fun way of sifting through your messages...
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The Holodeck Begins to Take Shape
Holodecks similar to the simulated-reality rooms seen on "Star Trek" could be available by 2024, according to some scientists and researchers.
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Watching Electrons Move Within an Atom
Can scientists image the motion of electrons inside atoms?
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More on Deepmind: AI Startup to Work Directly With Google’s Search Team
Google has been buying a lot of crazy stuff lately.
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