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An Infrared Look at Hurricane Matthew from Nasa's Airs
Hurricane Matthew, currently an extremely dangerous Category 4 storm on the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale, continues to bear down on the southeastern United...
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Japanese Robotics Giant Gives Its Arms Some Brains
The big, dumb, monotonous industrial robots found in many factories could soon be quite a bit smarter, thanks to the introduction of machine-learning skills that...
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.s. Tech Giants Are Investing Billions to Keep Data in Europe
In the battle to dominate Europe's cloud computing market, American tech giants are spending big to build up their local credibility.
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Study Predicts Next Global Dust Storm on Mars
Global dust storms on Mars could soon become more predictable—which would be a boon for future astronauts there—if the next one follows a pattern suggested by those...
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Science at Cusp of 'transformational' Grasp of Life via Cell Modeling, Researchers Say
A new paper recently published in the Journal of Molecular Biology shows how advances in molecular biology and computer science around the world soon may lead to...
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Eu Project Successfully Deploys Robots Following Italy Earthquake
Following a huge earthquake in Italy on Aug. 24, the European Union's TRADR project deployed unmanned ground vehicles and unmanned aerial vehicles to the region...
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At the Bleeding Edge of AI: Quantum Grocery Picking and Transfer Learning
Don't laugh, but there may come a time when quantum computers are sorting out your grocery deliveries, and if Paul Clarke, CTO of the online food store Ocado is...
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Can We Open the Black Box of Ai?
Dean Pomerleau can still remember his first tussle with the black-box problem.
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Making Construction Sites Safer
Researchers from Ruhr University Bochum in Germany want to make construction sites safer with interactive virtual reality training courses.
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Google Translate Gets a Deep-Learning pgrade
Google has launched a Google Translate upgrade utilizing enhanced deep-learning techniques to produce more accurate translations.
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Google Builds a Robotic Hive-Mind Kindergarten
How many robots does it take to open a door?
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Even with Rising Wages, Robot Revolution Skips Restaurants
Clamshell grills are making burger flipping obsolete at McDonald’s, Johnny Rockets and other burger chains. Digital kiosks, tabletop tablets and mobile phones are...
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Nasa's Curiosity Rover Begins Next Mars Chapter
After collecting drilled rock powder in arguably the most scenic landscape yet visited by a Mars rover, NASA's Curiosity mobile laboratory is driving toward uphill...
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The Problem With Google's 'star Trek' Computer
Google is hoping to develop its Assistant, a Siri-like technology to be included on the company's new smartphones and other products, into something like the computer...
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How to Steal an AI
In the burgeoning field of computer science known as machine learning, engineers often refer to the artificial intelligences they create as "black box" systems:...
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Why Apple Can Be Forced to Turn Logs of Your Imessage Contacts Over to Police
When a user sends someone a message through Apple's iMessage feature, Apple encrypts that message between Apple devices so that only the sender and recipient can...
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The Computer Voting Revolution Is Already Crappy, Buggy, and Obsolete
Six days after Memphis voters went to the polls last October to elect a mayor and other city officials, a local computer programmer named Bennie Smith sat on his...
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Contract Expiration to End .s. Authority Over Internet Ip Addresses
Saturday, Oct. 1, 2016, officially marked the end of the U.S. government's control over the Internet's most basic functions with the expiration of its contract...
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