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The Pentagon Wants to Bring Mind-Controlled Tech to Troops
The U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency is selecting research teams to develop a neural interface to allow soldiers to link their brains to military...
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How .S. Intelligence Agencies Can Find Out What Trump Told Putin
President Donald Trump's insistence on holding a one-on-one meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin hobbled U.S. intelligence agencies that would usually...
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Big Tech is Throwing Money and Talent at Home Robots
Science fiction writers and technologists have been predicting the arrival of robot butlers for the better part of a century. So far domestic robots have been relatively...
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Not Quite Quantum Computing
Fujitsu says its "Quantum-Inspired" Digital Annealing is capable of tackling combinatorial optimization problems.
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This Bomb-Simulating S Supercomputer Broke a World Record
Brad Settlemyer had a supercomputing solution in search of a problem.
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Private Messaging Apps Increasingly sed for Public Business
One app promotes itself as a way to discuss sensitive negotiations and human resources problems without leaving a digital record.
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Welcome to the Airport of the Future, Where Your Face Is Your Passport
Australia is a bloody long way from the rest of the world.
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IBM Watson Health Extends Partnership With .S. to Help Vets With Cancer
IBM Watson Health has extended its collaboration with the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs to help treat veterans with cancer using artificial intelligence. ...
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Alphabet to Deploy Balloon Internet in Kenya With Telkom in 2019
Alphabet subsidiary Loon plans to deploy a system of balloons to provide high-speed Internet access to rural and suburban populations in Kenya next year.
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Don't Squish the Jellyfish. Capture It With a Folding Robotic Claw.
Researchers have developed a rotary actuated dodecahedron sampler, a device for studying soft sea creatures such as jellyfish or squid in their natural habitats...
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Electronics Are Leaving the Plane
Stacking chips and connecting them vertically increases both speed and functionality.
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A Record-Breaking Microscope
In a paper Nature, Jiang et al.1 report the highest-magnification image ever obtained using a transmission electron microscope.
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How a Flock of Drones Developed Collective Intelligence
The drones rise all at once, 30 strong, the domes of light on their undercarriages glowing 30 different hues—like luminescent candy sprinkles against the gray,...
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Study Suggests Buried Internet Infrastructure at Risk as Sea Levels Rise
A recent study found that rising sea levels could submerge buried fiber-optic cable essential for Internet operations in coastal U.S. regions within 15 years.
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3D Image Reveals Hidden Neurons in Fruit-Fly Brain
Scientists have produced a 3D image of a fruit fly's brain that's so detailed, researchers can trace connections between neurons across the entire organ.
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AI Helps Design an ltra-Aerodynamic Bike
A spin-off of the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne has developed software that rapidly calculates the most aerodynamic shape for a bicycle.
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CRISPR Gene Editing Produces nwanted DNA Deletions
Researchers have embraced CRISPR gene-editing as a method for altering genomes, but some are cautioning that unwanted DNA changes may slip by undetected.
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Dusk for Dawn: Mission of Many Firsts to Gather More Data in Home Stretch
As NASA's Dawn spacecraft prepares to wrap up its groundbreaking 11-year mission, which has included two successful extended missions at Ceres, it will continue...
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Robot Prototype Will Let You Feel How It's 'Feeling'
Researchers have developed a prototype robot capable of expressing "emotions" by reshaping the texture of its outer surface.
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