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Smart Access to Homes and Cars sing Fingers
Researchers at Rutgers University have developed a low-cost, minimal-power smart access system that can authenticate users by sensing their finger vibrations.
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Humans Are Still Better Than AI at Starcraft--For Now
Professional player Song Byung-gu won a recent "StarCraft" tournament in South Korea, beating four artificial intelligence programs in less than 30 minutes.
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Graphene Enables High-Speed Electronics on Flexible Materials
Researchers at Chalmers University of Technology in Sweden have used graphene transistors on plastic substrates to develop a flexible detector for terahertz frequencies...
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Uss mccain collision Ultimately Caused By Ui Confusion
On November 1, the US Navy issued its report on the collisions of the USS Fitzgerald and USS John S. McCain this summer.
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Russian Ads, Now Publicly Released, Show Sophistication of Influence Campaign
Lawmakers on Wednesday released a trove of ads that Russian operatives bought on Facebook, providing the fullest picture yet of how foreign actors sought to promote...
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Ornl, City of Oak Ridge Partner on Sensor Project to Capture Trends in Cities
Researchers are partnering with Oak Ridge, TN, to develop a sensor network and real-time visualization platform that helps cities evaluate urban activity trends...
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. of Michigan Expert Puts Bird-Like Robot Through Its Paces
University of Michigan researchers are working with a two-legged robot bird they say could eventually be used in search-and-rescue missions.
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'twisted' Light Could Illuminate New Path For Wireless Communications
Researchers have researched "optical angular momentum" to overcome challenges with using "twisted" photons across open spaces and enable advanced wireless communications...
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How Songbirds Learn a New Song
Researchers studying how Zebra finches learn new songs have found the birds' strategy closely resembles methods used in computer linguistics to compare documents...
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Small Words in an Email Can Reveal a Person's Identity
Researchers have demonstrated it is possible to identify someone by analyzing small sequences of words in emails.
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New Robobee Flies, Dives, Swims, and Explodes Out of the Water
The latest generation of RoboBee is an aerial-to-aquatic robot that is 1,000 times lighter than any previous model.
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Building Tomorrow's Robots
When Brandon Araki arrived at MIT in 2015 as a master's candidate in mechanical engineering, he brought along the picobug, a tiny robot that can fly, crawl, and...
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To Secure the Internet of Things, We Must Build It Out of 'patchable' Hardware
The security of the Internet of Things could depend on its constituent hardware being "patchable" so it can adapt to future threats, write several experts.
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Anticipating Aftershocks
Researchers in June released a major report summarizing the scientific and hazard results of the Uniform California Earthquake Rupture Forecast.
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Cmu, Pitt Brain Imaging Science Identifies Individuals With Suicidal Thoughts
Researchers have developed an approach to identify suicidal individuals by analyzing changes in how their brains represent concepts such as death, cruelty, and...
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Sharing Secrets (without Giving Them Away)
Secure multiparty computation protects privacy while sharing vital data.
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There Are Three Kinds of Consciousness, and Computers Have Mastered One, Says Study
A study by neuroscientists offers insights into whether computers may become conscious by deconstructing consciousness into three categories.
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How Russian Trolls Lie Their Way to the Top of Your News Feed
Going viral used to be harmless.
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