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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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Gait Assessed With Body-Worn Sensors May Help Detect Alzheimer's
A recent pilot study at the University of Newcastle recently demonstrated that low-cost wearable devices could improve clinical trial efficiency.
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Computer Scientists Find the Longest Straight Line You Could Sail Without Hitting Land
A new algorithm can calculate the longest straight-line path around the world on land or sea.
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JPMorgan Taps Carnegie Mellon Professor for New AI Role
Manuela Veloso will build on the U.S. bank's existing work applying machine learning technology.
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NASA's Swarmathon Improves Student Skills in Robotics, Computer Science
College and university students recently participated in the National Aeronautics and Space Administration's third annual Swarmathon, a robotic programming competition...
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The Unhackable Envelope
Researchers have developed an envelope for hardware security modules that requires no battery and cannot be broken into without deleting its stored data.
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AI To Help Soldiers Learn Faster in Combat
A low-cost, lightweight hardware system can help soldiers learn more than 13 times faster than conventional methods.
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'Smart' Dresser Prototype Guides People With Dementia in Getting Dressed
Researchers have created an intelligent dressing system that integrates automated tracking and recognition with guided assistance.
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Apps for Children Should Emphasize Parent and Child Choice, Researchers Say
Preschoolers can benefit from using electronic devices with thoughtfully designed content that intentionally supports parent-child interactions, according to researchers...
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What's Behind Russia's New Internet Crackdown
China has its own great firewall. Turkey has been blocking swaths of the internet, including YouTube, for at least a decade.
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Scholar ses Algorithm to Make Christmas Tree Farming More Efficient
A Penn State University researcher has developed an algorithm to analyze and store images of Christmas tree farms taken by unmanned aircraft.
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Dim Prospects for Junior Developers
Employers prefer experience for even entry-level coding positions.
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New Material Is Key Step Toward More Powerful Computing
Oregon State University researchers have developed a compound that constitutes a significant advance toward quantum computing.
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ACM Recognizes Innovators Who Have Shaped the Digital Revolution
Award recipients made contributions in areas including open source software, biotechnology, networks, and artificial intelligence.
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Virtual-Reality Applications Give Science a New Dimension
As I put on a virtual-reality (VR) headset, the outside world disappears.
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Exascale System for Earth Simulation Introduced
The Energy Exascale Earth System Model has been unveiled after four years of development.
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Heart Is Where the Chips Are, Helping Keep the Beat
A new wireless pacemaker array opens new possibilities for medical sensors.
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There's a New Test in Town for Ranking Supercomputers
Researchers have devised a new benchmark for rating the world’s 500 most powerful supercomputers.
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Speeding p Material Discovery
A new algorithm has been developed to help discover and optimize new thermoelectric materials by tackling quantum mechanical equations without experimental input...
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Motion Sickness a Major Problem with Self-Driving Cars
Motion sickness could prevent some of the benefits expected from autonomous vehicles.
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