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That 'gut Feeling' Can Now Be Measured
The next generation of multi-purpose ingestible technologies is emerging in proof-of-concept studies.
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Marvin Minsky, Pioneer in Artificial Intelligence, Dies at 88
Marvin Minsky, who combined a scientist's thirst for knowledge with a philosopher's quest for truth as a pioneering explorer of artificial intelligence, work that...
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Msu Computer Simulations May Help States Predict Flooding
Researchers are performing supercomputer simulations in an attempt to determine how much water levee systems can withstand before breaking, leading to flooding. ...
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Smart Clothes Adapt So You Are Always the Right Temperature
The U.S. Department of Energy is funding research into clothing that can change its thermal properties to adapt to the environment, as well as to the body of the...
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Defending Your Computer From Cyberattacks, Sun Tzu Style
Deception has been used to thwart cyberattacks before, mostly in "honeypot" strategies, but what sets a new operating system apart is inconsistent deception.
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Penn Profs Work to Build Bug-Free Computer Programs
The Science of Deep Specification project is aimed at helping developers build bug-free programs.
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Bluetooth and Wi-Fi Sensing From Mobile Devices May Help Improve Bus Service
University of Washington researchers say they have developed a low-cost way to harness useful data from bus passengers' mobile device Wi-Fi and Bluetooth signals...
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$28m Challenge to Figure Out Why Brains Are So Good at Learning
The U.S. Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Activity has invested more than $28 million in grants toward the development of advanced machine-learning algorithms...
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Larry Page, Google Founder, Is Still Innovator in Chief
Three years ago, Charles Chase, an engineer who manages Lockheed Martin's nuclear fusion program, was sitting on a white leather couch at Google's Solve for X conference...
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Japan Road Tests Self-Driving Cars to Keep Aging Motorists Mobile
Japan's automakers aim to meet the challenge of aging drivers with few transportation options by testing self-driving vehicles on roads.
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.s. Military Wants to Create Cyborg Soldiers
The U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency is working to create a chip to implant in a soldier's brain to connect it directly to computers.
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This Smartphone Technology 3d Maps Your Meal and Counts Its Calories
NutriRay3D is a new laser-mapping technology/smartphone app that lets users point a smartphone at food and get an accurate count of its total calories and nutrition...
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Here Come the Robots: Davos Bosses Brace For Big Technology Shocks
Implantable mobile phones. 3D-printed organs for transplant. Clothes and reading-glasses connected to the Internet.
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Football Coaches Are Turning to AI For Help Calling Plays
In 1996, IBM'S Deep Blue became the first supercomputer to defeat a chess grandmaster, Garry Kasparov, in a game.
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Can Augmented Reality Make Remote Communication Feel More Intimate?
Nothing beats talking to another person face-to-face, but a group of researchers are considering whether a life-size projection of a person that appears to be sitting...
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Message on a Bottle: A Personalized Information Technology
A spirits company equips its bottles with customizable LED message bands.
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Machine Learning Helps Discover the Most Luminous Supernova in History
Los Alamos National Laboratory researchers developed machine-learning technology that played a key role in the discovery of supernova ASASSN-15lh.
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Bridging the Bio-Electronic Divide
A new DARPA program aims to develop an implantable neural interface able to provide unprecedented signal resolution and data-transfer bandwidth between the human...
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App Aims to Make Cultural Heritage Interesting and Interactive
A mobile application designed to increase engagement with cultural heritage sites is now available from the European Union-funded TAG CLOUD project.
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