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Computer Diagnoses Cataracts as Well as Eye Doctors Can
Scientists at Sun Yat-Sen University in China are using a new artificial neural network to recognize and diagnose congenital cataracts as accurately as eye doctors...
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In the Twinkling of an Eye
The process of automatically tracking the direction of a person's gaze is making significant progress.
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The Kids Who Might Save the Internet
The future of the Internet may lie in the hands of a new generation of computer-savvy children forming a hacker community disposed toward fortifying Web security...
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Robotic Tutors For Primary School Children
Researchers in Spain have developed an integrated computational architecture for use with software applications in schools.
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Your Next Nurse Could Be a Robot
Researchers from Italy's Polytechnic University of Milan led an international team that trained a robot to imitate natural human actions.
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Infosys Foundation sa, Acm, and Csta Announce Awards For Teaching Excellence in CS
ACM, the Computer Science Teachers Association, and Infosys Foundation announced the rollout of the Awards for Teaching Excellence in Computer Science.
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Scientific Visualizations: A Bridge to Knowledge
A conversation with Chris Johnson, founding director of the Scientific Computing and Imaging Institute.
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New 'gel' May Be Step Toward Clothing That Computes
A team of researchers from the University of Pittsburgh has designed a model of a material capable of computational pattern recognition using an oscillating gel...
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Machine Learning Techniques Enable Models From Partial Image Data
Researchers say they have developed a method to automatically generate complete three-dimensional building models of a given area by using partial images.
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Flood Forecasting Gets Major pgrade
Researchers have created the National Water Model, which provides forecasts, data, and decision support to emergency services and water management personnel.
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New Robot Overcomes Obstacles
Researchers at Bielefeld University of Applied Sciences have developed Ourobot, a robotic system that looks like a bicycle chain consisting of 12 fist-sized segments...
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Machines v. Hackers: Cybersecurity's Artificial Intelligence Future
Experts predict machines will perform increasingly complex cybersecurity operations over time, reducing the need for humans and facilitating a paradigm shift in...
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Robots Could Hack Turing Test By Keeping Silent
The Turing test, the quintessential evaluation designed to determine if something is a computer or a human, may have a fatal flaw, new research suggests.
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A Bug in Fmri Software Could Invalidate 15 Years of Brain Research
The past 15 years of human brain research could be invalidated by a recently discovered bug in functional magnetic resonance imaging software.
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Creating Printable, Programmable Machines
Daniela Rus of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology is pioneering the science of printable, foldable, and do-it-yourself robotics.
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Barbara Liskov, Weizmann Women and Science Award
"I didn’t even know computers existed."
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Service Robots Are Coming to Help US
A U.S. National Science Foundation program aims to advance and integrate robotics into people-centered service systems in homes, hospitals, and elder-care facilities...
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Robots to Provide a Steadying Hand at the Right Time
The U.S. National Science Foundation is funding several robotics-related projects across the U.S. designed to improve people's safety and well-being.
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Bringing Programming--and Social Change--to Girls
A group of eighth-grade girls participating in the U.S. National Science Foundation's Co-Robots for CompuGirls event programmed a pair of humanoid robots.
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