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Building artificial intelligence into medical devices can speed diagnoses and potentially improve treatments and outcomes.
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Stuck on You: Research Shows Fingerprint Accuracy Stays the Same Over Time
New research by Michigan State University professor Anil Jain has proven one's fingerprint pattern is persistent over time.
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Device Created at Wichita State Could Detect Driver Drowsiness, Make Roads Safer
Researchers at Wichita State University are working with Vigo Technologies to develop a device that can detect drowsiness and warn drivers.
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How Ads Follow You from Phone to Desktop to Tablet
Imagine you slack off at work and read up online about the latest Gibson 1959 Les Paul electric guitar replica.
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China Adopts New Security Law to Make Networks, Systems 'controllable'
China's legislature adopted a sweeping national security law on Wednesday that covers everything from territorial sovereignty to measures to tighten cyber security...
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The Future of Car Keys? Smartphone Apps, Maybe
It' not fun getting into a car when the interior is 130 degrees, but that's a typical problem during the summer for those who live in a city like Phoenix, where...
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Collaboratively Exploring Virtual Worlds
The Pentagon's Office of Force Readiness and Training, Lockheed Martin, and the National Science Foundation are creating a platform for immersive training.
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Georgia Tech Researchers Train Computer to Create Games By Watching Youtube
Researchers have developed a computing system that views video game play on streaming services, analyzes the footage, and then creates new sections of a game.
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Computer Comedian Suggests Pics to Make Your Online Chat Funnier
New software can bring a sense of humor to online chat.
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What Washington Really Knows About the Internet of Things
President Barack Obama wears a FitBit monitor on his wrist to count his steps and calories, and has waxed poetic about the power of wearable technology to "give...
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Asu Professor Develops Artificial Intelligence Tools For Environmental Research
Artificial intelligence tools developed by researchers at Arizona State University could tell scientists and environmental planners everything they want to know...
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Mit’s Bitcoin-Inspired 'enigma' Lets Computers Mine Encrypted Data
The cryptography behind bitcoin solved a paradoxical problem: a currency with no regulator, that nonetheless can't be counterfeited.
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Watson's Next Feat? Taking on Cancer
IBM's Watson supercomputer is being trained to find personalized cancer treatments.
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June Will End with a Rare 61-Second Minute
We'll need to wait for July just a shade longer, as the world's timekeepers have added a leap second June 30—to officially keep Earth and our precise, atomic clocks...
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w Researchers Demonstrate System to Transmit Power Over Wi-Fi
Wi-Fi can power connected devices using a new system developed by a team at the University of Washington.
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Hospital Icus Mine Big Data in Push For Better Outcomes
Some hospitals are using a big-data approach to mine intensive-care unit data to help providers and patients realize improved outcomes.
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What 24,000 Facebook Confession Posts Tell S About College
A Tufts University study analyzed about 24,000 Facebook posts on the Tufts Confessions page dating back to late 2013.
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A Computer's Heat Could Divulge Top Secrets
The most secure computers in the world can't "Google" a thing—they are disconnected from the Internet and all other networks.
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Automakers Tackle the Massive Security Challenges of Connected Vehicles
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration is accelerating its efforts to mandate vehicle-to-vehicle communications, a step that could help lower the number...
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Wozniak Talks: Self-Driving Cars, Apple Watch, and How AI Will Benefit Humanity
Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak said he envisions artificial intelligence eventually controlling the world for the betterment of humanity.
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