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System ­ses 'deep Learning' to Detect Cracks in Nuclear Reactors
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System ­ses 'deep Learning' to Detect Cracks in Nuclear Reactors

Purdue University researchers are developing an artificial intelligence system to detect cracks captured in videos of a nuclear reactor.

Johns Hopkins-Led Team Aims to Turn Computer Systems Into Digital Detectives
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Johns Hopkins-Led Team Aims to Turn Computer Systems Into Digital Detectives

An international team of researchers is using an $11-million U.S. Department of Defense grant to streamline investigations by developing algorithms for extracting...

Broadening the CS Cohort
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Broadening the CS Cohort

Innovative programs are drawing women and minority students to computer science, and giving them the support they need to succeed.

How to Ensure AI Is Good For Girls: A Robot For Every Child
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How to Ensure AI Is Good For Girls: A Robot For Every Child

Rapid progress is being made in the field of artificial intelligence and robotics, as milestones are being passed in a wide range of areas.

Stanford Researchers Seek Citizen Scientists to Contribute to Worldwide Mosquito Tracking
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Stanford Researchers Seek Citizen Scientists to Contribute to Worldwide Mosquito Tracking

Researchers are seeking citizen scientists to contribute to a mosquito-monitoring platform.

Building A.i. That can Build A.i.
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Building A.i. That can Build A.i.

They are a dream of researchers but perhaps a nightmare for highly skilled computer programmers: artificially intelligent machines that can build other artificially...

A Better Technique For Spotting Bugs in Self-Driving AI Could Save Lives
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A Better Technique For Spotting Bugs in Self-Driving AI Could Save Lives

Most software bugs won't kill you.

Captcha Is Dying. This Is How It's Being Reinvented For the AI Age
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Captcha Is Dying. This Is How It's Being Reinvented For the AI Age

Completely Automated Public Turing Tests to tell Computers and Humans Apart (CAPTCHAs) appear to be heading toward obsolescence.

Crowdsourcing Big-Data Analysis
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Crowdsourcing Big-Data Analysis

FeatureHub is a new collaboration tool designed to make feature identification more efficient and effective.

Smart Access to Homes and Cars ­sing Fingers
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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.

Humans Are Still Better Than AI at Starcraft--For Now
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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.

Graphene Enables High-Speed Electronics on Flexible Materials
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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...

Uss mccain collision Ultimately Caused By Ui Confusion
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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.

Ornl, City of Oak Ridge Partner on Sensor Project to Capture Trends in Cities
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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...

­. of Michigan Expert Puts Bird-Like Robot Through Its Paces
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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.

Propaganda Bots vs. Transparency
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Propaganda Bots vs. Transparency

An electoral 'arms race.'

Next Mars Rover Will Have 23 'eyes'
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Next Mars Rover Will Have 23 'eyes'

When NASA's Mars Pathfinder touched down in 1997, it had five cameras: two on a mast that popped up from the lander, and three on NASA's first rover, Sojourner....

Google's AI Wizard ­nveils a New Twist on Neural Networks
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Google's AI Wizard ­nveils a New Twist on Neural Networks

If you want to blame someone for the hoopla around artificial intelligence, 69-year-old Google researcher Geoff Hinton is a good candidate.

'twisted' Light Could Illuminate New Path For Wireless Communications
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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...

How Songbirds Learn a New Song
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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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