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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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Getting 'physical' and Emotional in Virtual Reality
If you think about virtual reality, you probably think of it as the place where gamers don an Oculus headset and go shoot up enemies in 3D or travel space.
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Supreme Court Overturns Conviction in Online Threats Case, Citing Intent
The Supreme Court on Monday made it harder to prosecute people for threats made on Facebook and other social media, reversing the conviction of a Pennsylvania man...
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One Step Closer to a Single-Molecule Device
Researchers have designed a new technique to create a single-molecule diode that can perform 50 times better than prior designs.
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Deep Learning Catches On in New Industries, from Fashion to Finance
A machine-learning technique that has already given computers an eerie ability to recognize speech and categorize images is now creeping into industries ranging...
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Engineering Phase Changes in Nanoparticle Arrays
Scientists are developing dynamic nanomaterials whose structure and associated properties can be switched on demand.
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Cassini Prepares For Last p-Close Look at Hyperion
NASA's Cassini spacecraft will make its final close approach to Saturn's large, irregularly shaped moon Hyperion on Sunday, May 31.
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How Companies Turn Your Facebook Activity Into a Credit Score
Nicole Keplinger, 22, had long seen ads on Facebook promising financial relief, but she always ignored them and assumed that they were scams.
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An Algorithm That Can Help Robots Walk Off Injuries
University of Wyoming and Pierre and Marie Curie University researchers are developing robots that find ways to adapt and keep moving after an injury.
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Solid-State Photonics Goes Extreme ltraviolet
Researchers have demonstrated the emission of extreme ultraviolet radiation from thin dielectric films using ultrashort laser pulses.
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A New Kind of Wood Chip: Collaboration Could Lead to Biodegradable Computer Chips
Researchers have developed a semiconductor chip made almost entirely of wood.
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Dali: Robot Walker For Elderly People in Public Spaces
To help elderly people navigate busy public places, an European Union research project has developed a robotic cognitive walker.
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Mystery of Black Hole Fireworks Solved
Gigantic jets of gas that leap out of galaxies at nearly the speed of light occur only after two galaxies merge, a survey of the distant Universe shows.
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The Long Life of a Quick 'fix'
By the time a pair of engineers sat down for lunch together in Austin, the Internet's growing pains had become dire.
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Can Google Fix Gesture Tech with Tiny, All-Knowing Sensors?
Ivan Poupyrev looks like he's playing the world's smallest violin.
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Military Technology: Laser Weapons Get Real
Silently, the drone aircraft glides above the arid terrain of New Mexico—until it suddenly pivots out of control and plummets to the ground.
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Researchers Develop Intelligent Handheld Robots
University of Bristol researchers have developed, and are studying, intelligent handheld robots.
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Scientist Created Drones that Fly Autonomously and Learn New Routes
A researcher at Mexico's National Institute of Astrophysics, Optics, and Electronics is developing a drone that can fly autonomously without GPS.
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Nasa Begins Testing Mars Lander For Next Mission to Red Planet
Testing is underway on NASA's next mission on the journey to Mars, a stationary lander scheduled to launch in March 2016.
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Household Robots Are Here, but Where Are They Going?
Social robots like the quasi-anthropomorphic Jibo and Amazon's far more utilitarian Echo are beginning to find their places in our living rooms.
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