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Building artificial intelligence into medical devices can speed diagnoses and potentially improve treatments and outcomes.
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q and Partners Taking Computing Out of This World
Researchers at the University of Queensland (UQ) in Australia are developing next-generation computers for aerospace applications in partnership with Lockheed Martin...
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Robot Dog Has an Artificial Woof That Sounds Like the Real Thing
Researchers say they have developed a vocalization synthesizer that generates biologically fitting sounds for land mammals of any size.
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AI 'good For the World'...says Ultra-Lifelike Robot
A lifelike robot named Sophia argued at a United Nations-hosted conference in Switzerland this week that artificial intelligence is ultimately beneficial to mankind...
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Robot Cars Can't Count on S in an Emergency
Many automotive technologists are skeptical that autonomous cars will be able to trust humans in emergency situations.
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AI Gets So-So Grade in Chinese niversity Entrance Exam
An artificial intelligence machine completed the math section of China's annual university entrance exam faster than human students, but with a below-average grade...
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If Google Teaches an AI to Draw, Will That Help It Think?
Imagine someone told you to draw a pig and a truck.
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Nasa Selects Three Aeronautics Teams to Explore 'ambitious' Ideas
The U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration has selected three teams of researchers to pursue ideas for creating components of Unmanned Aircraft Systems...
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App Uses Smartphone Compass to Prevent Voice Hacking
Researchers at the University at Buffalo have developed a smartphone application designed to stop voice hacking.
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Robots Will Be More seful If They Are Made to Lack Confidence
University of California, Berkeley researchers are developing an artificial intelligence system that seeks and accepts human oversight.
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Computer-Aided Imaging Technique Could Reduce Risk of Second Breast Cancer Surgery
A new computer-aided diagnostic technique combines imaging with artificial intelligence to detect the difference between cancerous and benign cells.
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A Stepping Stone to Stem?
Engineering technology courses at community colleges are serving as a pathway to STEM (science, technology, engineering, mathematics) degrees and jobs.
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Chinese Exam Authorities se Facial Recognition, Drones to Catch Cheats
Chinese education authorities have gone high-tech to catch cheaters as millions of high-school students take their "gaokao", the annual university entrance exam...
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Why Printers Add Secret Tracking Dots
On 3 June, FBI agents arrived at the house of government contractor Reality Leigh Winner in Augusta, Georgia.
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Catching the Imsi-Catchers: Seaglass Brings Transparency to Cell Phone Surveillance
The SeaGlass system can spot cellular network anomalies that may signal where and when International Mobile Subscriber Identity-catchers are being used to pinpoint...
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Cybersecurity Researchers Claim Every Network Router at Risk of Secretly Leaking Data
Researchers have demonstrated a method for stealing information by exploiting a network router's light-emitting diodes.
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Natural Language Processing and Affective Computing
Natural-language processing uses machine learning and artificial intelligence to comprehend unstructured text and context.
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Engineer Unveils New Spin on Future of Transistors With Novel Design
Researchers have developed a computing system made exclusively from carbon which they think could replace the silicon transistor.
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How a Wireless Sensor System in the Busiest City Intersections Can Save Lives
Every city has at least one dangerous intersection where cars, trucks, and buses jostle for space with pedestrians and bicyclists, often resulting in injury, and...
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