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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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Hacked vs. Hackers: Game On
Paul Kocher, one of the country's leading cryptographers, says he thinks the explanation for the world's dismal state of digital security may lie in two charts.
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The Fastest Camera Ever Created Will Be Used to Study Invisibility Cloaks
If you're wondering what scientists can do with a camera that captures 100 billion frames per second, you're not alone.
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Ground Team Ready to Rouse Pluto Probe For Historic Flyby
On the final stretch of a speedy nine-year trek through the solar system, NASA's New Horizons spacecraft will be awakened from hibernation Dec. 6 for an encounter...
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A Googler's Quest to Teach Machines How to nderstand Emotions
Quoc Le sees the world as a series of numbers.
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Finding an Image with an Image and Other Feats of Computer Vision
"We found that people were searching for squirrels just to favorite them, just to click 'like.' And the same with buses."
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Google and Nasa Ride D-Wave to a Quantum Future
They could be the most powerful computers in the world—so perhaps it's no surprise that the biggest internet company on the planet is testing one out.
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Physics: Quantum Computer Quest
When asked what he likes best about working for Google, physicist John Martinis does not mention the famous massage chairs in the hallways, or the free snacks available...
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Google Can Now Tell You're Not a Robot With Just One Click
When Alan Turing first conceived of the Turing Test in 1947, he suggested that a computer program’s resemblance to a human mind could be gauged by making it answer...
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What's Next For the Rosetta Mission and Comet Exploration
Somewhere dark and icy on a comet 320 million miles away, the history-making, comet-bouncing Philae spacecraft is sleeping.
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MIT Engineers Have High Hopes For Cheetah Robot
A new cheetah-inspired robot can run on batteries at speeds of more than 10 miles per hour, jump about 16 inches high, land safely, and continue running for 15...
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Firmer Footing For Robots With Smart Walking Sticks
The SupraPed robotic platform uses "smart staffs" inspired by walking sticks to better balance and move over uneven terrain.
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Can Internet Companies Monitor Terrorists?
Facebook is saying little apart from the fact that "we do not allow terrorist content on the site and take steps to prevent people from using our service for these...
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3-D-Printing Bio-Electronic Parts
A 3-D printer can already make a prototype or spare part out of metal or polymer.
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How Google 'translates' Pictures Into Words sing Vector Space Mathematics
Translating one language into another has always been a difficult task.
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Intel pgrades Stephen Hawking's Portal to the World
Movie audiences who went to theaters this fall to see The Theory of Everything got a glimpse of the challenges physicist Stephen Hawking has overcome to deliver...
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Researchers Engineer Improvements of Technology sed in Digital Memory
Researchers have engineered and tested improvements in the performance of a memory structure known as a ferroelectric tunnel junction.
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Can We Create an Energy Efficient Internet?
A new research program seeks to reduce the energy consumption of Internet-connected devices by developing new hardware and cloud-based solutions.
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To Lure Young, Movie Theaters Shake, Smell and Spritz
Having tried 3-D films, earsplitting sound systems and even alcohol sales in pursuit of younger moviegoers, some theater chains are now installing undulating seats...
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The Supreme Court Debates Rap Lyrics to Draw a Line on Criminalizing Online Speech
The Supreme Court on Monday looked ready to clarify the law on whether violent threats made on websites like Facebook should be liable for criminal prosecution,...
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