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Building artificial intelligence into medical devices can speed diagnoses and potentially improve treatments and outcomes.
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New Pluto Images from Nasa's New Horizons: It's Complicated
New close-up images of Pluto from NASA's New Horizons spacecraft reveal a bewildering variety of surface features that have scientists reeling because of their...
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The Tiniest Lego: A Tale of Nanoscale Motors, Rotors, Switches and Pumps
The robot moves slowly along its track, pausing regularly to reach out an arm that carefully scoops up a component.
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The Oil-Rich City Betting on Drones
Over the PA system a voice tells us not to be alarmed. What we are about to see is just a demonstration, courtesy of the United Arab Emirates' Ministry of the Interior...
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Get Ready to Live in a Trillion-Device World
University of California, Berkeley professor Alberto Sangiovanni-Vincentelli predicts the world will be completely suffused with tiny sensors within 10 years.
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New Wearable Technology Can Sense Appliance se, Help Track Carbon Footprint
University of Washington researchers have developed wearable technology that can sense what devices and vehicles the user interacts with throughout the day.
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Fortifying Computer Chips For Space Travel
Computer chips used in spaceships need to be robust to withstand excessive radiation from high-energy sources such as the sun or cosmic rays.
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Elephant or Teapot? Why Occlusion Is the Next Great Frontier For Image Recognition
Scientists at Facebook AI Research say it is time for the image recognition field to turn to its next great challenge: occlusion.
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How International Monitors Spot Nukes and Other Rumblings
The ultimate nightmare for critics of the Iran nuclear deal being debated in Congress is that somehow, despite the agreement and all its built-in safeguards, Iran...
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The Smart Ui Design Behind Apple’s Frictionless 3D Touch
Midway through Apple's demonstration of the new iPhone 6S, Craig Federighi took an emergency selfie.
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Online Security Braces For Quantum Revolution
Encryption fix begins in preparation for arrival of futuristic computers.
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Animators Turn to Motion Capture Tech For Better Results
Researchers at the University of Bradford are presenting their work in motion-capture technology at the upcoming British Science Festival.
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Realizing Carbon Nanotube Integrated Circuits
Northwestern University researchers have developed encapsulation layers that protect carbon nanotubes from environmental degradation.
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sing Technology to Break the Speed Barrier of Reading
I grew up in a tiny New York City apartment, packed in alongside our four cats and my father's immense personal library of some 3000 books.
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Rmit to Tackle Single Sign-On Issues By Developing Continuous Authentication
RMIT University is collaborating with CA Technologies to research the security issues surrounding single sign-on.
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Ornl-Developed Building Efficiency Software Now Available
New software developed at the U.S. Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory can inexpensively produce calibrated energy models of buildings.
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How Google's Self-Driving Cars May Handle the Toughest Situations
Left-hand turns are one of the tougher things drivers have to do.
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This Preschool Is for Robots
University of California, Berkeley researchers are working to develop artificial intelligence that lets machines learn the way humans do.
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A Tricky Path to Quantum-Safe Encryption
In the drive to safeguard data from future quantum computers, cryptographers have stumbled upon a thin red line between security and efficiency.
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Researcher Hacks Self-Driving Car Sensors
Laser-ranging (lidar) systems that most self-driving cars use to detect obstacles can be hacked by a setup costing about $60.
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