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Building artificial intelligence into medical devices can speed diagnoses and potentially improve treatments and outcomes.
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ChatGPT is Going to Change Education, Not Destroy It
The narrative around cheating students doesn't tell the whole story. Meet the teachers who think generative AI could actually make learning better.
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How Has the COVID-19 Pandemic Affected STEM Pay and Job Prospects?
The COVID-19 pandemic has been a bumpy ride for many sectors, but a New Scientist Jobs/SRG survey shows science and tech have weathered the storm better than most...
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AI Can Stop the Cybersickness Some People Get When Using VR Headsets
Researchers at U.K. startup Kagenova have developed a system that can reduce nausea or cybersickness induced by virtual reality.
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First-Ever Quantum Chess Tournament Won by Amazon Researcher
Amazon researcher Aleksander Kubica won the world's first quantum chess tournament during the virtual Practical Quantum Computing (Q2B) conference.
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Robots Conduct Daily Health Inspections of Schoolchildren in China
More than 2,000 preschools in China are using a robot to check the health status of students each day before they enter the classroom.
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Smart, Fluffy Storytelling Robot to Be Trialed in .S. Classrooms
A cute, fluffy robot can help boost language skills in young children.
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.S. Army Makes a Virtual North Korea for Training
The U.S. Army is creating a virtual duplicate of our planet in which to drill troops.
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Waltzing Robot Teaches Beginners How to Dance Like a Pro
Researchers at Tohoku University in Japan have developed a robotic dance instructor.
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Playing Grand Theft Auto Can Teach Autonomous Cars How to Drive
Self-driving cars can learn the rules of the road by studying virtual traffic on videogames such as Grand Theft Auto V, according to a new study.
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Mind-Reading Tech Helps Beginners Quickly Learn to Play Bach
Every potential virtuoso needs a mentor. It just so happens that this one is a computer.
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Future Delivery Drones Start Learning How to Fly on Their Own
Boston University researchers are developing ways to enable drones to learn how to fly on their own.
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Blood Gushes from Virtual Leg Injury to Help Train Combat Medics
If you're very squeamish, look away now.
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Our Number's p: Machines Will Do Maths We'll Never nderstand
Some mathematicians think the field of mathematics is approaching a limit that cannot yield further breakthroughs without computerized assistance.
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Eek! How Your Face Reveals Your Body's Real Age
A new study used three-dimensional facial images to predict biological age in a human population, to detect those aging quickly and slowly.
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Facebook Invents an Intelligence Test For Machines
Artificial intelligence researchers want to develop more comprehensive exams to test their systems.
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Google Wants to Rank Websites Based on Facts Not Links
The internet is stuffed with garbage.
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Code Generation: Kids Who Program Before They Can Read
Schools in England this month are embarking on one of the most ambitious efforts in the ongoing campaign to teach children to code.
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My Duolingo Learning App Can Reshape Education
Carnegie Mellon University professor Luis von Ahn says he believes his Duolingo venture is determining what next-generation education will look like.
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Kindergarten Bots Teach Language to Tots
A series of experiments is aimed at determining how well children retain new words learned from robots over time.
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Google Glass Hackathon Spawns Bizarre No-Touch Apps
At a recent Google Glass hackathon, which developers used a new language called Wearscript to create a wide range of new applications for the wearable technology...12