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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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A Print Magazine For Hackers
On a Saturday afternoon earlier this summer, dozens of hackers, journalists, and activists sat on the floor in a darkened hallway of the Pennsylvania Hotel in Midtown...
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Why the .s. Has Fallen Behind in Internet Speed and Affordability
A comparison of Internet access in American cities with access in Europe and Asia found some smaller American cities tied for speed with the biggest cities abroad...
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Google Developing a Pill That Would Detect Cancer and Other Diseases
Google is attempting to develop a pill that would send microscopic particles into the bloodstream in an effort to identify cancers, imminent heart attacks, and...
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Brain Decoder Can Eavesdrop on Your Inner Voice
Talking to yourself used to be a strictly private pastime.
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Technology Group Promises Scientists Their Own Clouds (the Data Kind)
The nonprofit Internet2 organization is now offering researchers the opportunity to create clouds that will be connected by its network.
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Projecting a Robot's Intentions
Measurable virtual reality combines ceiling-mounted projectors with motion-capture technology and animation software to project a robot's intentions in real time...
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Beyond Gaming, the Vr Boom Is Everywhere—from Classrooms to Therapy Couches
When Oculus almost single-handedly revived the idea of virtual reality from its '90s vaporware grave, it chose the 2012 Electronic Entertainment Expo as the place...
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Directing Planes, By Remote Control
On a clear day, Per Granquist cannot see forever. But from his perch inside the airport control tower here, he does have an unobstructed view of the future.
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Study: Some Online Shoppers Pay More Than Others
The personalization of online content can be both beneficial and detrimental to users, according to a study by Northeastern University researchers.
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Prepare For the Part-Time Self-Driving Car
Self-driving AI cars have been a staple in popular culture for some time—any child of the 1980s will fondly remember both the Autobots and Knight Rider's KITT—but...
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The Rise of Human-Like Robots, Cars and Drones
Ginger is only a couple of feet tall, but she soon commands attention as she takes to the stage. "I would like to say it's a pleasure to be here," she tells the...
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Could a Robot Do Your Job?
Advances in technology could mean people in low-skill jobs will be replaced by robots.
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Hello? Sweat and a Smartphone Could Become the Hot New Health Screening
University of Cincinnati researchers are developing wearable devices that analyze sweat using a smartphone to gather medical information in near-real time.
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How Facebook Is Changing the Way Its sers Consume Journalism
Many of the people who read this article will do so because Greg Marra, 26, a Facebook engineer, calculated that it was the kind of thing they might enjoy.
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Wellesley College Researchers Seek the Truth via Twitter Trails
Researchers at Wellesley College in Massachusetts have developed a tool that examines how true and false stories propagate on Twitter.
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Precise and Programmable Biological Circuits
ETH Zurich researchers say several new components for biological circuits are important for constructing precisely functioning and programmable bio-computers.
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From Brain To Computer: Helping 'locked-In' Patient Get His Thoughts Out
In 2009, a man named Barry Beck suffered a series of strokes, which caused extensive damage to his right occipital lobe and to the brain stem.
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Vimeo Tech Chief Takes on 'terrifying' Online Video Challenges
Think online video is old hat? Think again.
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Data Mining Reveals How News Coverage Varies Around the World
Researchers have analyzed news agendas in different parts of the world to see how the coverage reflects actual international events.
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