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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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Your (social Media) Votes Matter
A recent study demonstrates how a single up/down vote on Reddit dictates the content users see on the site.
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US Intelligence Seeks a Universal Translator For Text Search in Any Language
The Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Agency (IARPA), the US Intelligence Community’s own science and technology research arm, has announced it is seeking...
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Brief Interventions Help Online Learners Persist With Coursework, Stanford Research Finds
Assuring learners from less-developed countries they belong and affirming their core values can help them succeed in massive open online courses, according to a...
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Smart Automation
Researchers at the Singapore-Massachusetts Institute of Technology Alliance for Research and Technology have spent the last several years developing autonomous...
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Your Android Device's Pattern Lock Can Be Cracked Within Five Attempts
Researchers have found attackers can crack Android's Pattern Lock security system within five attempts by using video and computer-vision software.
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AI Software Learns to Make AI Software
Several research organizations are working to create artificial intelligences that can in turn develop machine-learning software.
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Hipeac Vision Report Advocates Reinvention of Computing
The European Network on High Performance and Embedded Architecture and Compilation, or HiPEAC, on Monday published a report calling for "the reinvention of computing...
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Taming Data
A new big data management system aims to simplify the process of aggregating large datasets for analysis.
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The Internet Is Sick
The Mozilla Foundation's new Internet Health Report identifies obstacles that undermine entrepreneurship and democracy online.
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csf, Intel Join Forces to Develop Deep Learning Analytics For Healthcare
The University of California, San Francisco and Intel are using deep-learning techniques to power a scalable platform to deliver clinical decision support and predictive...
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The Road to Progress
Smarter roads will pave the way to a future with smoother, more efficient transportation.
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The Ftc Has Sued D-Link Over nsecure Routers and Webcams
Part of an ongoing effort to secure the Internet of Things.
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How to Learn Morse Code—semiconsciously
Learning Morse code, with its tappity-tap rhythms of dots and dashes, could take far less effort—and attention—than one might think.
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Researchers Build Carbon Nanotube Transistors That Outperform Those Made with Silicon
Researchers at Peking University in China say they have built a carbon nanotube-based working transistor that outperforms larger transistors made with silicon. ...
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Data Mining Solves the Mystery of Your Slow Wi-Fi Connection
Researchers at Tsinghua University in China have discovered why slow or failed Wi-Fi connectivity happens and how to avoid it, by measuring the time it took for...
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Soft Robot Helps the Heart Beat
Researchers have developed a customizable soft robot that twists and compresses in sync with a beating heart, augmenting cardiovascular functions compromised by...
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.s. Soldiers Will Be Armed With Machine Translators to Kill Communication Woes
The U.S. military will soon reach full deployment of its Machine Foreign Language Translation System, which runs on military and commercial devices.
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Heartbeat Could Be sed as Password to Access Electronic Health Records
Binghamton University researchers say they have developed a way to protect personal electronic health records using a patient's own heartbeat.
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What Better Way For the Marines to Prepare For Future Wars Than With Sci-Fi?
Lance Cpl. Steven West steps into a remote enemy hideout clad in a 350-pound exoskeleton, sensors piercing the darkness and displaying digital info on his helmet...
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