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Building artificial intelligence into medical devices can speed diagnoses and potentially improve treatments and outcomes.
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10 Cool Network and Computing Research Projects
If you think the latest enterprise and consumer network and computer technologies rolling into your data center and being snuck into your offices by end users are...
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Atlas Drc Robot Is 75 Percent New, Completely nplugged
We've always known that the ATLAS DRC humanoid robot was due for some serious upgrades before the DARPA Robotics Challenge Finals, because having a robot that's...
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Revealed at Last: Magic Leap’s Vision For Augmented Reality, in 32 Patent Illustrations
A new patent application titled Planar Waveguide Apparatus with Diffraction Element(s) and System Employing Same sounds like a scientific snoozefest, but just also...
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Making the Internet Accessible to Everyone
The third pilot of the Internet accessibility CLOUD4ALL project will kick off in Athens, Berlin, and Madrid in the coming months.
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Cops Get Handheld Radar that Can 'detect People Breathing' Through Walls
At least 50 local law enforcement agencies—and the United States Marshals—have acquired a type of handheld radar that allows cops to scan through walls to detect...
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High-Tech Warriors: A Glimpse Into the Stadium of the Future
Floor tiles that generate electricity when people walk on them. Streetlamps that transmit data to people passing beneath them.
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How to Predict Responses to Disease
Researchers have developed a computer model that could help public health officials take steps to limit the dangers of a disease outbreak.
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Google Translate App Gets an pgrade
Google upgraded its Google Translate app last week, adding two new tools that expand the smartphone app's capabilities.
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Here's What Helped Sony's Hackers Break In: Zero-Day Vulnerability
The hackers behind the devastating attack against Sony Pictures Entertainment late last year exploited a previously undisclosed vulnerability in its computer systems...
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What Advanced Tech Will Dominate Your Car By 2025? IBM Knows
An IBM study on the future of automotive technologies found self-healing cars and connections to the Internet of Things are the wave of the future.
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Keeping Better Tabs on Suspicious Persons
A cyber security researcher wonders if information technology, the Internet, and social media could determine whether a suspicious person is likely to commit a...
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Fujitsu Smart Ring Lets ser 'write' in the Air
Fujitsu Laboratories recently demonstrated a prototype for a ring-type computing device that would enable users to "write" words in the air.
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Carnegie Mellon's Six-Legged 'snake Monster' Is First of New Breed of Reconfigurable Modular Robots
Carnegie Mellon University researchers have developed the Snake Monster, a six-legged modular robot that can be reconfigured to meet a user's needs.
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Need Some Espionage Done? Hackers Are For Hire Online
A man in Sweden says he will pay up to $2,000 to anyone who can break into his landlord’s website.
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Advanced 3D Facial Imaging May Aid in Early Detection of Autism
Researchers at the University of Missouri have used advanced three-dimensional imaging to identify the facial traits of children with autism.
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Software Created to Help Find a Cure For a 'great Neglected Disease'
Researchers have developed software that analyzes images showing the effects of potential drugs on parasites and measures their effectiveness.
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Computers May Soon Know You Better Than Your Spouse
Researchers say a new program analyzes a user's likes on Facebook to characterize their personality with an accuracy rivaling that of a close family member.
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The Voice-Activated Video Game
When he was in grad school, the roboticist Daniel Wilson installed 150 binary sensors in his house.
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