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Building artificial intelligence into medical devices can speed diagnoses and potentially improve treatments and outcomes.
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Facebook, NY Aim to se AI to Speed p MRI Scans
Facebook's artificial intelligence laboratory, working with the New York University School of Medicine, generated reliable magnetic resonance imaging scans with...
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Blurring the Lines Between Virtual and Reality
A next-generation virtual reality headset enables wearers to manipulate both real and virtual objects with tactile sensation.
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Enhanced 'Listening Skill' Makes Robot Better at Talking
Researchers have improved the ability of a conversational human-like robot to have a natural dialogue with people by enhancing its listening skills.
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A Great Find
A new algorithm locates objects by leveraging collections of sensors that receive and transmit signals.
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Picture This: A Camera With No Lens
A new camera substitutes a regular pane of glass for the lens, in conjunction with a computer running an algorithm to interpret the images.
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Flint Water Crisis: How AI Is Finding Thousands of Hazardous Pipes
Georgia Institute of Technology researchers have developed an artificial intelligence algorithm that can determine the location of dangerous lead pipes in Flint...
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Asteroid Ryugu Poses Landing Risks for Japanese Mission
After inspecting asteroid Ryugu for two months, the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) has revealed the sites where the Hayabusa2 spacecraft will touchdown...
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Helping the Microchip Industry Go (Very Low) With the Flow
Researchers have rooted out the cause of error in an industry-standard calibration method that could add up to massive losses for microchip manufacturers.
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Fake News Detector Algorithm Works Better Than a Human
An algorithm-based system that identifies linguistic cues in fake news stories could provide news aggregators and social media sites with a new weapon against misinformation...
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Robotic Implants
Scientists are developing tiny medical machines that stretch the definition of the term "robot."
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Borders in the Cloud
New data protection laws raise questions about whether certain jurisdictions are trying to thwart the ability of foreign governments to obtain data on their citizens...
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A Toolkit for Data Transparency Takes Shape
Julia Stewart Lowndes studied metre-long Humboldt squid (Dosidicus gigas), tagging them to track their dives, as a graduate student at Stanford University in California...
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A 'GPS for Inside Your Body'
A new "in-body global-positioning system" can locate ingestible implants within the body using low-power wireless signals.
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Stanford Engineers Create New AI Camera for Faster, More Efficient Image Classification
Researchers have developed an artificial intelligence camera system that classifies images faster and more efficiently.
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Wireless Communication Breaks Through Water-Air Barrier
MIT researchers have taken a step toward solving a longstanding challenge with wireless communication: direct data transmission between underwater and airborne...
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15 Years in Space for NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope
Initially scheduled for a minimum 2.5-year primary mission, NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope has gone far beyond its expected lifetime—and is still going strong after...
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Future Robot Swarms Should Copy Lazy Ants Who Let Others Do the Work
Researchers found insights into ant cooperation could be incorporated into the development of large swarms of robots.
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How Paper Batteries Charged by Bacteria Could Power Internet of Things
A paper-based single-use battery harnesses bacteria to generate an electric current, and then to consume the battery after its use.
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This Military Tech Could Finally Help Self-Driving Cars Master Snow
The research conducted at the country's National Laboratories is usually highly classified and specifically aimed at solving national security problems. But sometimes...
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