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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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Cooperative Robots That Learn = Less Work For Human Handlers
Learning a language can be difficult for some, but for babies it seems quite easy. With support from the National Science Foundation, linguist Jeffrey Heinz and...
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The Emergence of Holographic Video
Experimental networked display refreshes holograms every two seconds.
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Signing Made Easy
From video games to cell phone apps, making sign language easier to learn Put on the gloves. Turn on the camera and... action!
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Nsf Announces Future Internet Architecture Awards
Four basic research projects funded by the U.S. National Science Foundation will explore different aspects of network architecture to foster new ideas and innovations...
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U.s. Funds Improve Broadband Connectivity to Foster Scientific Collaboration
The U.S. National Science Foundation has awarded $20 million to universities in 17 states to improve inter- and intra-campus cyber connectivity.
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Scientists Take Aim at Website Hackers
With support from the U.S. National Science Foundation, a team of computer scientists is using a novel, two-pronged approach to protect websites from hackers.
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Nsf Launches Open Government Web Page
The U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF) recently launched a new Web site at http://www.nsf.gov/open designed to encourage participation and collaboration between...
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Nsf's Cyber-Network Now Connects Half the Globe
The Taj network, funded by the U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF), has expanded to the Global Ring Network for Advanced Application Development (GLORIAD), and...
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How a Team of Academic Experts Contributed to Obama's Cyberspace Review
The National Security Council's Melissa Hathaway sought the advice of a variety of computer security experts when she conducted the recently completed 60-day review...
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Viral Epidemics Poised to Go Mobile
A research team led by Northeastern University Center for Complex Network Research director Albert-Laszlo Barabasi set out to investigate why smartphone and mobile...
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A Nimbus Rises in the World of Cloud Computing
Cloud computing is a hot topic in the technology world these days, called by television and business magazines the way of the future. While it's difficult to predict...
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Data Travels Six Times Faster in the Clouds
The National Center for Data Mining (NCDM) at the University of Illinois at Chicago established a cloud computing system that can quickly compile data from widely...12