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Building artificial intelligence into medical devices can speed diagnoses and potentially improve treatments and outcomes.
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The Twittersphere Does Listen to the Voice of Reason--Sometimes
Tweets from those at the center of a fast-moving story can slow the spread of rumors and correct misinformation that has taken on a life of its own.
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Tau Uses 'deep Learning' to Assist Overburdened Diagnosticians
Tel Aviv University researchers have developed a range of tools to facilitate the computer-assisted diagnosis of x-rays and other medical imaging.
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Data-Mining Algorithm Reveals the Stormy Evolution of Mathematics Over 700 Years
University of Namur researchers are using network science to map the links between mathematicians of the last 700 years.
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Nvidia nveils First Pascal Graphics Card, the Monstrous Tesla P100
The first full-fat GPU based on Nvidia's all-new Pascal architecture is here.
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A $2 Billion Chip to Accelerate Artificial Intelligence
The field of artificial intelligence has experienced a striking spurt of progress in recent years, with software becoming much better at understanding images, speech...
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Cern Is Seeking Secrets of the niverse, or Maybe Opening the Portals of Hell
The European Organization for Nuclear Research, or CERN, is gearing up for another run at smashing particles together to unlock the secrets of the universe.
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Robots Infiltrate Insect World to Learn Their Ways
Paris Diderot University researchers have developed a way to generate a robot cockroach's behavior automatically.
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Rover Takes on Steepest Slope Ever Tried on Mars
NASA's long-lived Mars rover Opportunity is driving to an alternative hillside target after a climb on the steepest slope ever tackled by any Mars rover.
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China's Companies Poised to Take Leap in Developing a Driverless Car
China could emerge as the premier country for the development and adoption of self-driving vehicles.
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Uci to Launch First-of-its-Kind Official E-Sports Initiative in the Fall
The University of California, Irvine is launching an official e-sports initiative this fall, which it says is the first of its kind for a public research university...
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What Will it Take to Make A.I. Sound More Human?
Conversation fillers such as "hmm" and "uh-huh" are critical to improving communication between humans and artificial intelligence.
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To Make Computers Better, Let Them Get Sloppy
Rice University's Krishna Palem wants to address the trade-off between computing performance and energy efficiency.
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.s. Textile Industry Turns to Tech as Gateway to Revival
A $320-million project aims to bring the textile sector into the digital era by embedding sensors and semiconductors into fabrics.
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'mixed Reality' Technology Brings Mars to Earth
Researchers are working to develop a guided tour of an area of Mars in a "mixed-reality" interactive exhibit called "Destination: Mars."
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Could Alphago Bluff Its Way Through Poker?
University College London lecturer David Silver suggests software similar to Google DeepMind's AlphaGo could be crafted to play poker competently.
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How AI Is Feeding China's Internet Dragon
Shortly after walking through the front doors of Baidu in Beijing last November, I was surprised to notice that my face had transformed into that of a cheerful-looking...
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Leds: Beyond Lighting, Into Convergence
The pace picks up as Cisco leads the way. Yes, Cisco.
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How Google Deepmind Plans to Solve Intelligence
Padded walls, gloomy lighting, and a ceiling with floral wallpaper.
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