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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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Robot Physical Therapist Helps People Walk Again After a Stroke
A new smart harness uses artificial intelligence to help people regain their mobility following certain neurological injuries.
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MIT Research Could Make Neural Networks Portable
Massachusetts Institute of Technology researchers are developing a neural network designed specifically to work on mobile devices.
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Mind-Reading Computer Moves Closer to Reality
Researchers at the Chinese Academy of Sciences have developed a mind-reading program that deciphers symbols that people have viewed.
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Beijing Wants AI to Be Made in China By 2030
The country laid out a development plan on Thursday to become the world leader in A.I. by 2030.
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Titan Simulations Show Importance of Close Two-Way Coupling Between Human and Earth Systems
Researchers have used supercomputers to integrate massive codes that combine physical and biological processes in the Earth system with feedback from human activity...
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Artificial Intelligence Helps Scientists Map Behavior in the Fruit Fly Brain
Scientists have used artificial intelligence technology to make 100 billion annotations of behavior from 400,000 fruit flies.
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When Cars Fly
The idea of personal air vehicles has been around for decades. Now the concept is taking off.
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Research Makes Robots Better at Following Spoken Instructions
Researchers at Brown University have developed a system designed to help robots better follow spoken instructions.
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At Cybersecurity Camps, Teen Girls Learn About Protecting Nation, Breaking Barriers
A growing number of cybersecurity camps are helping to prepare young women to work in this field, as women remain underrepresented in the information security workforce...
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The 2017 Top Programming Languages
Python is now the top programming language, according to IEEE Spectrum's recently released fourth interactive ranking of the leading languages.
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Beauty Spot or Landscape Blot? Computer Trained to Judge Scenery
New software that can differentiate scenic views from blots on the landscape.
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Twitter Data Changing Future of Population Research
Researchers have collected more than 30 terabytes of geo-tagged tweets as part of a project they say could change the landscape of population research.
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Machines Will Soon Be Able to Imitate Human Moral Behavior
A recent study highlights the feasibility of incorporating human moral decision-making into machines.
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How Can We Stop Algorithms Telling Lies?
Algorithms can dictate whether you get a mortgage or how much you pay for insurance. But sometimes they're wrong – and sometimes they are designed to deceive.
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Drones Get to Grips With Planning the Delivery of Goods
Researchers at the University of Klagenfurt in Austria are developing a system in which customers order products that can be delivered via drones.
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Wheelchairs Get Robotic Retrofit to Become Self-Driving
Researchers have used sensors and artificial intelligence to create self-driving electric wheelchairs.
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After Visa Delays, Afghan Girls' Robotics Team Arrives in D.c. For Global Competition
U.S. President Donald J. Trump had to intervene to allow a team of teenage Afghani girls trying to enter the FIRST Global Robotics Challenge to enter the U.S.
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Elon Musk Lays Out Worst-Case Scenario For AI Threat
Powerful technology will threaten all human jobs, could even spark a war, Tesla CEO says.
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President of ACM Awarded Honorary Degree
World-leading computer scientist professor Vicki Hanson has been awarded an honorary degree from Newcastle University.
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