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Building artificial intelligence into medical devices can speed diagnoses and potentially improve treatments and outcomes.
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Jellyfish-Inspired Robot Could Be Used to Explore Coral Reefs, Archaeological Sites
A robot developed by researchers at the U.K.'s University of Edinburgh and University of Southampton mimics the efficient swimming movements of the moon jellyfish...
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Appreciating a Flower's Texture, Color, Shape Leads to Better Drone Landings
A new optical flow-based learning process lets robots calculate distances through the visual appearance of objects in view.
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Optimizing Traffic Signals to Reduce Intersection Wait Times
Researchers at Texas A&M University and the U.K.'s University of Edinburgh have developed a system that uses machine learning to optimize the timing of traffic...
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Google-Linked Balloon Project to Provide Cell Service Will Close
Begun nearly a decade ago, Loon was one of the company's high-profile, cutting-edge efforts. But it was difficult to turn into a business.
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ACM TechNews Top Articles of 2020
Once again, the 10 most-clicked-on items in ACM TechNews during 2020 included more than a bit of coverage on programming and programming languages.
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AI Could Train Your Dog How to Sit
A prototype artificial intelligence developed by Colorado State University researchers could train dogs while their owners are out.
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Hackers Used Four Zero-Days to Infect Windows, Android Devices
Investigators with Google's Project Zero exploit research team uncovered a hacking campaign that used four zero-day exploits to install malware on Android and Windows...
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Autonomous Racing Is Coming to Indianapolis With the Indy Autonomous Challenge
The Indy Autonomous Challenge, announced during the 2021 CES show, will be a spec race with mechanically identical cars, and software that each team hopes will...
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How 3D Printing Is Helping CERN Scientists Upgrade the World's Largest Machine
Scientists at the European Organization for Nuclear Research have spent the past five years working to upgrade to the large hadron collider, the largest particle...
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Spotting High-Risk Behavior Online
Using machine learning to identify signs of dangerous behavior on social media.
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NASA Readies Astrobee Flying Robots for Serious Space Science
Astrobee flying robots are being prepared by astronauts on the International Space Station, to help perform science investigations.
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Quantum Internet Signals Beamed Between Drones a Kilometer Apart
Researchers have sent entangled photons between two 35-kilogram drones located a kilometer apart, a development that could pave the way for quantum encryption. ...
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Robotic Swarm Swims Like a School of Fish
Fish-inspired robots can synchronize their movements like an actual school of fish, without outside control.
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Scientists Count Elephants From Space with Satellites, Computer Smarts
Scientists in the U.K. have developed a technique for counting African elephant populations using satellite camera imagery and a deep learning algorithm.
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“Can You Hear Me Now That I’m On 5G?”
Additional 5G spectrum is on the way…but which entity will control it?
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Fleet of Robots Successfully Tracks, Monitors Marine Microbes
Researchers have demonstrated that a fleet of autonomous robots can track and study a community of marine microbes.
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Venice Is Watching Tourists' Every Move
Officials in Venice, Italy, are using technology to track the number of tourists in the city, and where they go.
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Social Media Manipulation by Political Actors an industrial Scale Problem
A 2020 survey of 81 countries by the U.K.'s Oxford Internet Institute uncovered evidence of social media manipulation of political communications in each country...
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Superconducting Microprocessors? Turns Out They're Ultra-Efficient
Researchers at Japan's Yokohama National University report the creation of the first prototype superconducting microprocessor, which they said has no electrical...
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