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Neuroscience: Big Brain, Big Data
As big brain-mapping initiatives go, Taiwan's might seem small.
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The AI that Learns Our Habits and Knows When People Cheat
For people who play the video game Counter Strike online, it's hard enough watching your back at the best of times. In the fast-paced first-person shooter, there...
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This App Offers Personal Recommendations While Keeping Your Data Private
A personalized news recommendation application collects data about the user to suggest relevant stories without sending any personal information to a remote server...
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App Improves Medication Adherence For Heart Stent Patients
University of Illinois at Chicago researchers have developed software that helps heart patients with drug-eluting stents correctly take their medications.
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D-Wave pgrade: How Scientists Are sing the World's Most Controversial Quantum Computer
The company that makes the world's only commercially available quantum computers has released its biggest machine yet—and researchers are paying close attention...
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US Intelligence Seeks a Universal Translator For Text Search in Any Language
The Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Agency (IARPA), the US Intelligence Community’s own science and technology research arm, has announced it is seeking...
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Legal Battle Over Overseas Microsoft Data Could Be Headed For Supreme Court
A federal appeals court is letting stand a ruling in a closely watched case holding that Microsoft need not comply with a U.S. government demand for data stored...
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Noaa's Goes-16 Satellite Sends First Images of Earth
Since the GOES-16 satellite lifted off from Cape Canaveral on November 19, scientists, meteorologists and ordinary weather enthusiasts have anxiously waited for...
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Gene-Modified Ants Shed Light on How Societies Are Organized
Whether personally or professionally, Daniel Kronauer of Rockefeller University is the sort of biologist who leaves no stone unturned.
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Military Program Produces Gadget That Detects Machinery from Behind a Concrete Wall
The U.K.'s Defence Science and Technology Laboratory is based at a restricted military base in Porton Down, not far from the ancient monument of Stonehenge in southwest...
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Superfast Camera Sees Shock Wave from Light
A camera system that captures a snapshot of overlapping light waves in a tiny fraction of a second could lead to new methods for imaging, allowing scientists to...
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How to Learn Morse Code—semiconsciously
Learning Morse code, with its tappity-tap rhythms of dots and dashes, could take far less effort—and attention—than one might think.
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It's Not the Algorithm, It's the Data
In risk assessment and predictive policing, biased data can yield biased results.
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What Better Way For the Marines to Prepare For Future Wars Than With Sci-Fi?
Lance Cpl. Steven West steps into a remote enemy hideout clad in a 350-pound exoskeleton, sensors piercing the darkness and displaying digital info on his helmet...
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Impact of Job-Stealing Robots a Growing Concern at Davos
Open markets and global trade have been blamed for job losses over the last decade, but global CEOs say the real culprits are increasingly machines.
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New Smartwatch Application For Accurate Signature Verification Developed
Researchers say they have developed a system that uses smartwatch devices and software to verify handwritten signatures and detect even the most skilled forgeries...
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In 2017, China Is Doubling Down on AI
This year, China looks set to make larger waves than ever in artificial intelligence and augmented reality.
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Rice Has Role in New $250m Robotics Manufacturing Institute
Rice University will be among 40 academic partners working to create, deploy robotic technology.
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Back to the Future: Silicon May Work For Quantum Computing
Although I write a lot about quantum computing, I've not really paid much attention to performing quantum computations with silicon-based qubits. Luckily Stephanie...
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