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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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10 Hottest It Jobs: Developers, Developers, Developers
Software developers are overall the most desirable information technology (IT) hires companies are seeking, with mobile developers especially sought-after.
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U.s. Schools Need More STEM Training, Better Broadband
U.S. Education Secretary Arne Duncan recently reaffirmed the Obama administration's call for faster broadband connections in schools.
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Competition: Computer Science Teams Determine the Perfect Baby Name
Computer scientists are applying knowledge engineering methods to the task of helping parents-to-be choose the right name for their child.
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A Personalized Robot Companion for Older People
A customizable robot companion to assist elderly people could become available to consumers within two to three years.
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Google Maps Trained S to Follow Directions. Now Its Former Developer Wants S to Explore.
It's not evident from the way his hair flops casually down and across, nor from his equally relaxed demeanor, but John Hanke is one of Google's most important idea...
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How to Save the Troubled Graphene Transistor
The writing is on the wall for the silicon chip.
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Hard to Crack: The Government's Encryption Conundrum
Imagine that you want to tell someone a secret.
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When You Can't Tell Web Suffixes Without a Scorecard
On the Web, there's no place like .home.
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Intel Proposes New Standard to Light Up Data Transfers
Intel's proposed new optical interconnect, MXC, could be a key step in standardizing optical technology and bringing it to servers faster.
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A Cost-Effective Solution to Monitoring and Diagnosing Sleeping Disorders
A new software instantly identifies sleep anomalies by comparing the user's movements to their normal sleeping and waking patterns.
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Nrel Releases Free, Open-Source Energy Analysis Tool
Energy DataBus is a new open source app for tracking, storing, and analyzing energy-related data for optimizing energy use and spotting leaks.
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Foursquare Check-Ins Tell Stores Where to Set Up Shop
A recent study on the use of social media was designed to help retailers find the best locations for new stores.
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Advancing Resistive Memory to Improve Portable Electronics
A new technology could lead to the next generation of memory storage devices for portable electronics such as smartphones, laptops, tablets, and digital cameras...
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Nsa's Surveillance Program Could Dig Deep
The U.S. National Security Agency has shrouded its collection of Americans’ personal information in secrecy, which makes it difficult to judge whether that data...
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Programming Competition Allows Students to 'Geek Out' and Gain Crucial Skillsets
The Second Annual Extreme Science and Engineering Discovery Environment conference hosted the XSEDE13 Student Programming Competition, a contest in which student...
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Master's Degree Is New Frontier of Study Online
Next January, the Georgia Institute of Technology plans to offer a master’s degree in computer science through massive open online courses for a fraction of the...
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Gene Golovchinsky, 1965 2013
Gene Golovchinsky, senior research scientist at FX Palo Alto Laboratory, passed away last week at the age of 48.
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How Big Data Could Help Identify the Next Felon—or Blame the Wrong Guy
Think of it as big data meets "Minority Report."
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Among the Nsa's Own Tips For Securing Computers: Remove the Webcam
Seems like everything gets hacked these days. Baby monitors. White House employees' personal email. Toilets.
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