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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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Spark: Open Source Superstar Rewrites Future of Big Data
Ram Sriharsha works in the engine room powering one of Silicon Valley's most influential companies. He’s an engineer at Yahoo.
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Linux Foundation Sees Broadening Role For Developers
The Linux Foundation is expanding its training options to help Linux developers.
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Keeping Computers Cool From the Inside
New techniques could cut the power required to avoid overheating.
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All the Items Fit to Print
3-D printing has come of age. It promises to revolutionize a wide range of industries and profoundly change the way people buy and consume.
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Don Knuth and the Art of Computer Programming: The Interview
Fifty years after starting the 'Art of Computer Programming,' Don Knuth is still working hard at the project.
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Huge Holograms Offer Medics More Memorable Classes
A system which uses giant holograms to help medical students master their subject has been pioneered by two London-based junior doctors.
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Sizing p Big Data, Broadening Beyond the Internet
In his young career, Jeffrey Hammerbacher has been a scout on the frontiers of the data economy.
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A Robot That Runs Like a Cat
Researchers have developed a cheetah-cub robot that will serve as a platform for research in locomotion and biomechanics.
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CIA Releases Analyst's Fascinating Tale of Cracking the Kryptos Sculpture
It took eight years after artist Jim Sanborn unveiled his cryptographic sculpture at the CIA's headquarters for someone to succeed at cracking Kryptos's enigmatic...
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Now Hear This: Navy Abandons All Caps
MESSAGES SENT WITHIN THE U.S. NAVY NO LONGER HAVE TO BE WRITTEN OUT IN ALL CAPITAL LETTERS.
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Study Gauges Value of Technology in Schools
With school districts rushing to buy computers, tablets, digital white boards, and other technology, a new report questions whether the investment is worth it.
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Spies Like s: How We All Helped Build Prism
It used to be that the National Security Agency and its ilk had to pay through the nose for the latest in spying technology.
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'hidden' Economy in Silicon Valley Built Without Advanced Degrees
Silicon Valley is world-renowned for the Nobel Prize winners and MacArthur "geniuses" behind theoretical breakthroughs in science, technology, engineering, and...
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Hacking the Drone War's Secret History
In 2008 U.S. troops in Iraq discovered that Shi’ite insurgents had figured out how to tap and record video feeds from overhead American drones. Now you too can...
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As Data Floods In, Massive Open Online Courses Evolve
In 2012, education startups attracted millions of students—and a surge of interest from universities and the media—by offering massive open online courses, or MOOCs...
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Empowering a New Generation of Tech-Savvy Women By Teaching Them to Code
Skillcrush offers tutorials that teach women to code and create their own websites, with a focus on highlighting the creative side of technology.
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Hogwarts For Hackers: Inside the Science and Tech School of Tomorrow
The Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy public live-in high school for students who excel at math and science, allows students at their own pace.
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How Can Computing Become More Accessible?
A growing number of tools and strategies are available to make computers and digital content accessible to people with disabilities.
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Automatically Grading Programming Homework
Researchers have created software that points out inaccuracies in student programming and offers suggestions for improvement.
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