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Beauty Now in the Eye of the Algorithm
Xerox Research Center Europe computer scientists have developed technology that sorts photographs by their content as well as their aesthetic qualities. The technology...
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Gestural Interfaces Go Mainstream
Starting with the handheld controllers introduced by the Nintendo Wii console in 2006, gamers have been able to control computers by making gestures in the air...
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In Love With Android: Q&a With Matias Duarte
Google Android user experience director Matias Duarte notes that games influenced the new design for Android version 4.0, which includes new features such as Face...
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A New Chapter For E-Books
The problem with the Harry Potter series, for me and many others, was that it had to end.
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Can Software Patch the Ailing Power Grid?
A consortium providing the technology for a large-scale smart grid project says the software is nearly complete.
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A Social-Media Decoder
From his 24th-floor corner office in midtown Manhattan, the veteran CBS research chief David Poltrack can gaze southward down the Avenue of the Americas, its...
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Researchers Couple Printed Logic With Printed Memory
Transistors have been combined with memory in a printed electronic device that offers an affordable way to read, write, and process small amounts of data by Palo...
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Kurzweil Responds: Don't nderestimate the Singularity
Paul Allen and a colleague recently challenged inventor and author Ray Kurzweil's prediction that computers will soon surpass human intelligence, an event known...
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Transcending Borders but Not Laws
As cloud computing spreads data around the globe, a haze of legal and privacy questions follows.
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The Singularity Isn't Near
Futurists like Vernor Vinge and Ray Kurzweil have argued that the world is rapidly approaching a tipping point, where the accelerating pace of smarter and smarter...
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Mouthpieces Gather Impact Data from Football Players
Stanford researchers think the wireless mouth guards will be better than specialized helmets at measuring head injuries.
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Giving Prosthetics a Sense of Touch
Brain-machine interfaces have made it possible for monkeys and some humans to control robotic limbs using just their thoughts. But ideally, a person using an...
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With Big Data Comes Big Responsibilities
Researchers at the University of New South Wales and Microsoft presented a paper at the Symposium on the Dynamics of the Internet and Society that illustrates the...
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Nissan's Cars Will Read Your Mind
The Japanese automaker is teaming up with Swiss researchers to build a car that will predict its driver's intentions.
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Taking Touch Beyond the Touch Screen
A tablet computer developed collaboratively by researchers at Intel, Microsoft, and the University of Washington can be controlled not only by swiping and pinching...
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Kinect Project Merges Real and Virtual Worlds
Microsoft researchers recently demonstrated KinectFusion, a research project that lets users generate three-dimensional (3D) models in real time using a standard...
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'big Data' Means Business Needs Mathematicians
The proliferation of ways to measure things—point-of-service terminals, Web analytics, geographic and temporal records, even semantic information—means businesses...
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Brain Imaging Reveals What You're Watching
University of California, Berkeley researchers have developed an algorithm that can be applied to functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) imagery to show...
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Will Super Wi-Fi Live p to Its Name?
It's likely that a few years from now, Americans' laptops, smart phones, and other wireless devices will be able to get online using "Super Wi-Fi," a new standard...
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