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Building artificial intelligence into medical devices can speed diagnoses and potentially improve treatments and outcomes.
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Enabling Human-Robot Rescue Teams
Researchers say they have developed a new way of modeling robot collaboration.
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The Missing Link of Artificial Intelligence
In 2012 the world learned of a surprising research project inside Google's secretive X lab.
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Four Big Cosmology Secrets Gravitational Waves Could ncover
On 11 February, the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave observatory, or LIGO, announced it had spotted gravitational waves, the stretching and squeezing of...
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New Computer Vision Algorithm Predicts Orientation of Objects
Disney researchers say they have developed a method to help computer-vision systems avoid the confusion associated with changes in perspective.
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His Work Opens Computer Science to the Blind
University of Nevada-Las Vegas professor Andreas Stefik spent 10 years developing Quorum, a programming language designed for visually impaired people.
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Crunching Quantum Code
Researchers have developed a quantum computer design featuring an array of superconducting islands on top of a topological insulator.
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Scaanalyzer: An Award-Winning Tool to Find Computing Bottlenecks
ScaAnalyzer is a new tool that can find elusive bugs in software and enable computers to run faster and more efficiently.
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Advertising via Algorithm
Global programmatic advertising is projected to account for 60% of all digital display ads this year.
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Why Naval Academy Students Are Learning to Sail By the Stars For the First Time in a Decade
Peter Hogan was surprised at how heavy the sextant felt in his hand when he squinted through its eyeglass this week, the first time he had ever held one.
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Eye-Opening Optical Research Projects That Could Supercharge the Internet
Several research teams around the world are investigating optical technologies that have the potential to make networks--and the Internet--faster and more efficient...
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Robot Art Raises Questions About Human Creativity
Art created by machines raises unanswered questions about its potential and whether it can truly be defined as creative or imaginative.
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Creating a Computer Voice That People Like
When computers speak, how human should they sound?
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The Best AI Still Flunks 8th Grade Science
In 2012, IBM Watson went to medical school. So said The New York Times, announcing that the tech giant’s artificially intelligent question-and-answer machine had...
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History-Making Philae Lander Faces 'eternal Hibernation' on Comet
Exactly 15 months after it completed a seemingly impossible journey to land on the surface of a comet, the Philae lander now faces "eternal hibernation," as officials...
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Researchers Engineer an Electronics First Opening Door to Flexible Electronics
University of Alberta researchers say they have developed a transistor that could lead to flexible electronic devices with wide-ranging applications.
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Virtual Reality Can Significantly Reduce Symptoms of Depression and Anxiety in Just a Month By Turning Sufferers Into Avatars
University College London researchers have developed a virtual-reality system they say could help reduce the symptoms of depression.
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Crowdsourcing Software Could Help US Move House and Stay Where We Are
Holger Schnadelbach has developed a crowdsourcing website to provide a categorized overview of building adaptations and their causes.
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New Algorithm Improves Speed and Accuracy of Pedestrian Detection
University of California, San Diego (UCSD) researchers say they have developed a pedestrian-detection system more accurate than conventional systems.
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The Chips Are Down For Moore’s Law
The semiconductor industry will soon abandon its pursuit of Moore's law. Now things could get a lot more interesting.
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