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Warnings of a Dark Side to AI in Health Care
A recently published study warns that new artificial intelligence technology designed to enhance healthcare is vulnerable to misuse.
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Warnings of a Dark Side to A.I. in Health Care
Last year, the Food and Drug Administration approved a device that can capture an image of your retina and automatically detect signs of diabetic blindness.
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Facial Motion Capture Helps Bring VR Documentary to Life
A new virtual reality documentary allows the viewer to experience it from a range of viewpoints.
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How Pope Francis Could Shape the Future of Robotics
At the Vatican's Pontifical Academy for Life workshop, Pope Francis presented a letter warning of developing technologies without first considering societal costs...
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Machines Could Fuel Comeback of Textile Industry in South
Automated sewing and other machine innovations could enable a resurgence of the textile industry in the southern U.S.
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How Cutting-Edge Technology Helps Basketball Players Shoot
As a freshman last season at Michigan, Isaiah Livers shot 36 percent from 3-point range. Decent, but not great.
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Ford to Build Factory in Michigan for Autonomous Vehicles
Ford Motor plans to construct its first autonomous vehicles at a $50-million production center in Michigan.
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Automated Order Takers May Reshape Future of Drive-Through Restaurants
Artificial intelligence companies are developing voice assistants to improve order-taking at drive-through restaurants.
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Robot Precisely Moves Objects It's Never Seen Before
Researchers have developed a system that allows robots to do many different pick-and-place tasks, without having ever seen the objects with which they are interacting...
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They Didn't Buy the DLC: Feature that Could've Prevented 737 Crashes Was Sold As an Option
The crashed Lion Air 737 MAX and the Ethiopian Airlines 737 MAX aircraft had more in common than aircraft design and the apparently malfunctioning flight system...
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The Future of Sports Is Interactive, Immersive, Intense
Sports viewing is expected to become more accessible, interactive, and personalized, through technologies like virtual reality.
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Massachusetts School Recognized for Diversity in Computer Science
Saugus High School in Massachusetts has earned the first College Board Advanced Placement Computer Science Female Diversity Award.
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Apple Watch Detects Irregular Heartbeat in Large .S. Study
Researchers found the Apple Watch could detect irregular pulse rates, which might indicate a need for further monitoring to catch atrial fibrillation.
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Painting On Perovskites at Room Temperature
Hybrid organic-inorganic perovskite semiconductors are suited to many electro-optical applications.
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U.S. Trails Europe in Technology, Data-Science Skills Ranking
Europe accounts for more than 80% of nations in the top 25% of countries across the technology, business, and data science domains, according to a Coursera index...
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Moshe Vardi on Social Implications of Technology and Our Responsibility As Academics
Rice University computer science professor Moshe Y. Vardi talks about the impact of technologies on society, and how this challenges what computer science should...
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The Computer Scientist Who Wants to Put a Name to Every Face in Civil War Photographs
A researcher has combined crowdsourcing and facial recognition to produce online software that can help users identify unknown subjects in Civil War-era photos....
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Prisoners in England to Be Taught to Code
The U.K. government will fund a program in which "carefully vetted" prisoners will be taught software coding.
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.S. Regulators Want Public's View on Cars with No Steering Wheel, Brake Pedals
A U.S. regulator is asking for public comments on whether autonomous cars lacking steering wheels and brake pedals should be allowed on the nation’s streets.
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