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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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Study Finds Seniors Benefit from Virtual Reality
A study of virtual reality involving 245 participants aged between 65 and 103 found generally positive effects.
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Brain-Powered Tech Allows Kids 'Trapped in Their Own Bodies' to Play
The Brain Computer Interface program at Holland Bloorview Kids Rehabilitation Hospital develops technology to allow disabled children to use their minds to move...
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Robot Invasion Hit a Bump in 2023
The Association for Advancing Automation reported a 30% decline in robot orders by companies in North America last year.
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Age, Gender, Nationality Alter Emoji Interpretation
Researchers found that emojis mean different things to different people, depending on the viewer's age, gender, and nationality.
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NASA Urges Public to Listen During Total Solar Eclipse
The NASA-funded Eclipse Soundscapes Project is calling on citizen scientists to "listen" to the sounds of animals, birds, and insects during the April 8 total solar...
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The Text File that Runs the Internet
For decades, robots.txt governed the behavior of Web crawlers. But as unscrupulous AI companies seek out more and more data, the basic social contract of the Web...
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Open Source Security Chip Released
A commercial silicon chip that includes open source, built-in hardware security has been announced by the OpenTitan coalition.
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Your Body Is Your Next Security Key
Biometric scanning and AI advances could replace the need for badges to enter buildings and regular password resets to access websites.
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Chatbot Shows Talent for Predicting Chemical Properties, Reactions
Researchers adapted GPT-3, the large language model behind ChatGPT, to answer questions about chemical compounds or materials.
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Superconducting Circuits Push the Limits of Quantum Data Transfer
University of Chicago researchers created a quantum communication testbed with remote superconducting nodes, laying the foundation for more secure communication...
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The Campaign Against Deepfakes
Digital deceit is on the rise and needs to be addressed.
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OpenAI Gives ChatGPT a Better 'Memory'
The A.I. start-up is releasing a new version of ChatGPT that stores what users say and applies it to future chats.
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Datacenters Curbed as Pressure Grows on Power Grids
Across the globe, concerns about the substantial amount of energy used by datacenters have led to restrictions on their construction.
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Spying on Security Cameras Through Walls
Northeastern University researchers have developed a way to access video feeds from home security, dashboard, and smartphone cameras through walls.
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3D-Printed Foam Could Boost Helmet Protection
Using AI algorithms, researchers developed a 3D-printable foam that eventually could be used in bike helmets, shipping crates, and football pads.
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Computer-Engineered DNA to Study Cell Identities
A new algorithm can be used to design synthetic DNA segments that provide real-time information about the identity and state of cells.
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ISS Gets SSD Upgrade
Hewlett Packard's HPE Edgeline EL4000 and the HPE DL360 Gen10 server on the International Space Station have been upgraded with Kioxia's M.2 and SAS SSDs.
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How to Find a Needle in a Haystack
AI pattern recognition algorithms speed up the search.
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Tech Giants Turn Ukraine into AI War Lab
The future of warfare is being piloted in Ukraine, which has been turned into a sort of lab by technology companies.
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