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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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Keeping Online Reviews Honest
As online reviews become increasingly important to e-commerce and social media sites, computer scientists work on ways to ensure their authenticity.
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If I Can Get Wi-Fi Here, I Can Get It Anywhere
New York has ambitious plans for its extensive network of pay telephones.
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Google and Edx Put ‘youtube For Courses’ Platform on Hold
Their collaboration opens the edX platform to some new organizations, but individuals will have to wait a while longer.
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Alternatives For the Mouse-Averse
Controlling computers with gestures offers greater potential than a mouse ever could.
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Adding Depth to Mobile Imaging
Google's Project Tango aims to provide an additional dimension to the next generation of mobile devices.
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Atoms Show The Way
A "quantum compass" will offer precise positioning data in places GPS cannot go.
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Tcp/ip Turns 40
Pioneers gather in Palo Alto to commemorate a foundational Internet technology.
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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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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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How the Incite Project Allots Supercomputer Hours
Researchers vie for some of the billions of computer-hours available on two of the world’s fastest supercomputers.
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The Good Judgment Project
A team of researchers tries to determine the best approach to predicting world events by making a game out of it.
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The World of Perks
Companies are offering more and more creative extras to entice and retain employees, but there can be a downside.
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Better Thinking Tools
A new book calls for human-computer interfaces that better support thinking and learning.
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Wearable Robots Are No Longer Science Fiction
Exoskeletons will address military, medical, commercial applications.
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Tech Stars Get the Superhero Treatment
A new line of comic books tells the life stories of Steve Jobs, Bill Gates, and other leaders in high technology.
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Computer-Automated Traffic Control
Smarter cars and smarter roads are paving the way to smoother, safer traffic
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It Jobs Market: The Trends Behind the Statistics
Today's IT jobs market is far from uniform, but some trends stand out. Employers are under pressure to fill positions, salaries are being pushed up, and tony tech...
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