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A Healthy Dose of AI
Building artificial intelligence into medical devices can speed diagnoses and potentially improve treatments and outcomes.
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Robots and US
The dream of full automation is outdated and does not lead to the best outcomes, according to Massachusetts Institute of Technology professor David Mindell.
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An Algorithm Might Save Your Life: How the Amazon and Netflix Method Might Someday Cure Cancer
Machine-learning algorithms underlying Amazon and Netflix recommendation engines might one day have a transformative effect on humanity.
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Brain Scans Pinpoint Individuals from a Crowd
Our brains are wired in such distinctive ways that an individual can be identified on the basis of brain-scan images alone, neuroscientists report.
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Bioinspired Robotic Finger Advances Prosthetics Technology
Florida Atlantic University researchers have developed a robotic finger.
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Magnetic Skyrmions at Room Temperature: New Digital Memory?
Researchers at the University of California, Davis and the U.S. National Institute of Standards and Technology have made magnetic skyrmions at room temperature.
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A Stanford Professor's Quest to Fix Driverless Cars' Major Flaw
Stanford University professor Chris Gerdes is exploring the issue of programming the computer systems of automated cars with ethical decision-making.
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Artificial Precognition ses Data to See the Future
Using large data sets and machine learning to recognize unseen patterns.
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Microsoft Researchers Are Working on Multi-Person Virtual Reality
Augmented or mixed reality, which renders virtual images in a view of the real world, can be spectacular to experience. But it may be even more fun when you bring...
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Ford Uses Space Robot Communications to Serve Connected Cars
Researchers have used telematics technology, used in developing space-robot communications, to develop a data communications system for connected vehicles.
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Researchers Say They've Recreated Part of a Rat Brain Digitally
Researchers from institutions around the world disclosed on Thursday the successful digital reconstruction of a section of a rat brain.
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For the Real Hits of Fashion Week, Look to Computer Science
Researchers from Taiwan and the University of Rochester have developed algorithms that enable a computer to identify fashion trends.
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Researchers Build Extra Brainy Smart Homes to Monitor Aging Adults
Washington State University's Center for Advanced Studies in Adaptive Systems develops smart home technology to help older people live with greater independence...
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Frogs Resolve Computing Issues
Researchers have used the Japanese tree frog's mating rituals to develop new computational algorithms.
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New Horizons Finds Blue Skies and Water Ice on Pluto
The first color images of Pluto's atmospheric hazes, returned by NASA's New Horizons spacecraft last week, reveal that the hazes are blue.
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Researchers Say They've Recreated Part of a Rat Brain Digitally
Building on years of research, 82 researchers from institutions around the world reported on Thursday that they have built a reconstruction of a section of rat...
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Chapman University Researches Way to Mathematically Make Something Go Viral on Facebook
One person in a social cluster on Facebook can spread information to others just as effectively as an opinion leader, according to researchers at Chapman University...
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AI 'Just an Ordinary Part of Our Lives,' Already Optimizing Business Operations, Says Researcher
Artificial intelligence is already making its way into practical industrial and commercial systems, observes a Carnegie Mellon University researcher.
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Raising Computers to Be Good Scientists
A new project aims to develop a computer that reads scientific papers, derives data on biochemical pathways, and plugs it into large-scale interactive models.
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New Report Puts Numbers on Data Scientist Trend
Data scientist–a job that barely existed a decade ago–has become one of the hottest and best-paid professions in the U.S.
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