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Carnegie Mellon Method Uses Network of Cameras to Track People in Complex Indoor Settings
Researchers have developed a method for tracking the locations of multiple individuals in complex, indoor settings using a network of video cameras.
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New Tasks Become as Simple as Waving a Hand With Brain-Computer Interfaces
People could learn to control robotic or prosthetic limbs without ongoing concentration, thanks to the way the human brain approaches brain-computer interfaces. ...
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China Could Supplant U.S. as the Supercomputing Superpower
Two weeks ago, Jack Dongarra flew to Changsha, China for a meeting with researchers at the National University of Defense Technology, home to the country's top...
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The Remarkable Properties of Mythological Social Networks
Ten years ago, few people would have heard of a social network.
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Study Gauges Value of Technology in Schools
With school districts rushing to buy computers, tablets, digital white boards, and other technology, a new report questions whether the investment is worth it.
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Why Google Is the Big Data Company That Matters Most
Every now and then, someone asks "Who’ll be the Google of big data?"
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Graffiti Codes Let You Surf With a Wave of Your Phone
Researchers want to enable people to create quick response (QR) codes on the spot, like graffiti.
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The Nsa Could Collect Far More Than Your Phone Records from Mobile Operators
The revelation that the National Security Agency is collecting our phone records has generated considerable outrage, but phone call metadata is just the beginning...
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How Thoughts Can Control a Flying Robot
It's a staple of science fiction: people who can control objects with their minds.
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New Tasks Become As Simple As Waving a Hand with Brain-Computer Interfaces
Small electrodes placed on or inside the brain allow patients to interact with computers or control robotic limbs simply by thinking about how to execute those...
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Big Data Sleuthing, 1960s Style
America's intelligence agencies have long prodded the frontiers of computing and data analysis as the most demanding of customers, willing to pay whatever it takes...
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'chinese Google' nveils Visual Search Engine Powered By Fake Brains
Chinese search giant Baidu has served up its first ever visual search engine, which allows users to finally query the web using only images as input instead of...
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How Social Media Is Changing Disaster Response
When Hurricane Katrina ravaged the U.S. Gulf Coast in 2005, Facebook was the new kid on the block. There was no Twitter for news updates, and the iPhone was not...
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The Next Big Thing in Tech: Augmented Reality
Augmented reality technologies have been in development in university labs and small companies for almost 50 years.
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How Wearable Tech Will Fuel the Internet of Things
Wearable technologies are expected to play an integral role in the Internet of things.
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Laws of Physics Say Quantum Cryptography Is Unhackable. It’s Not
Quantum cryptography can theoretically encrypt a message in a way that can't be hacked, but even quantum cryptography systems can fail.
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Spies Like s: How We All Helped Build Prism
It used to be that the National Security Agency and its ilk had to pay through the nose for the latest in spying technology.
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How Google Transfers Data to Nsa
How does Google hand over data to the government? By old-fashioned secure "file transfer protocol," or FTP. And sometimes even by hand.
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DARPA Robotics Challenge: The Search For the Perfect Robot Soldier
The Atlas robot looks something out of the post-apocalyptic future, or maybe a Will Smith blockbuster. It's a 330lb cyborg with eerily human-like hands and a head...
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