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Spying on a Storm's Infrasonic Signals to Improve Tornado Warnings
Tornado survivors often compare the terrifying, deafening roars of a twister's furious winds to the sound of a freight train. But storms also emit sounds that are...
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Flying Beetle Cyborgs Guided With Tiny Battery-Powered Backpacks
Researchers in Singapore have developed cyborg flying beetles.
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Navigation System Helps Autonomous Cars Tackle Country Roads
MapLite is a navigation system that helps autonomous vehicles drive on previously unencountered roadways.
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An AI for Deciphering What Animals Do All Day
Columbia University researchers have demonstrated how an algorithm for filtering spam can parse hours of video footage to reveal the behaviors of Hydra.
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The Milky Way's Speediest Stars Could Solve a 50-Year-Old Mystery
Ken Shen was racing against the sun.
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Particle Physicists Turn to AI to Cope with CERN's Collision Deluge
Physicists at the world's leading atom smasher are calling for help. In the next decade, they plan to produce up to 20 times more particle collisions in the Large...
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Man vs. Machine?
Deep learning computers in Case Western Reserve University's diagnostic imaging laboratory routinely outperform humans in diagnosing heart failure and detecting...
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Driverless Car Startup Drive.ai Launching Ride-hailing Service in Texas
From day one, Drive.ai has positioned itself as the driverless car company that thinks most about human-technology interactions.
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Could Robots Be Counselors? Early Research Shows Positive ser Experience
Researchers have demonstrated that a humanoid social robot can deliver a positive motivational interview.
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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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Water Filter Inspired by Alan Turing Passes First Test
Researchers in China have developed a filter that removes salt from water up to three times as fast as conventional filters. The membrane has a unique nanostructure...
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Smart Skin for Flexible Monitoring
Marine Skin is a new smart patch that could be used to electronically tag marine animals.
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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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Editing Memories and Sensations in the Brain With Tech
What if we had the ability to fool our brain into thinking that we'd experienced something that never happened?
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GRACE-FO: Cracking a Cold Case
Reports of the rapidly melting West Antarctic ice sheet often refer to how much the melting could add to global sea levels—as if meltwater raises the ocean evenly...
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Facebook Helped Create an AI Scavenger Hunt that Could Lead to the First seful Home Robots
Artificial-intelligence programs could develop some much-needed common sense by competing in scavenger hunts inside virtual homes filled with simulated coffee tables...
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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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