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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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Non-Von Neumann Computers Providing Brain-Like Functionality
By 2020, the reign of the von Neumann architecture will begin fading away after 75 years of dominance.
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Academic Supercomputer Seeks a Top 10 Ranking
A second-generation academic supercomputer aims to break into the top rankings of the world's fastest supercomputers.
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China's Robot Revolution
The Chinese Robotics Industry Alliance aims to use robotics and automation to help China become increasingly a high-tech manufacturing nation.
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Beyond Moore's Law
Chipmakers are exploring what comes after they reach the predicted limits of integrated circuit density, complexity.
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Free Quantum Computers Online!
D-Wave and IBM offer access to supercomputing quantum computers in the cloud.
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Locking Out the Hackers
New hardware, services are aimed at identifying malware before it has the chance to execute.
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Supercomputers to Replace Particle Accelerators?
Moving beyond the need for physical experiments.
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Paas Enables Greater Customization
Platform-as-a-Service environments foster development of custom cloud applications.
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Smart Lighting Follows People
A new low-cost technique allows the use of light-emitting diodes to track people’s locations and gestures within a room.
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Dna as a Data Storage Medium
Will genetic material supplant other substances for archival data storage?
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3d/vr Malady May Have Simple Solution
A simple low-tech solution appears to compensate for the vergence-accommodation conflict.
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The Future of Microchips
Intel, IBM, and others stake their claims to the future technology path for semiconductors.
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