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New Smartphone App Can Detect Newborn Jaundice in Minutes
BiliCam is a new smartphone application that checks for jaundice in newborns and can deliver results to parents and doctors within minutes.
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Chinese Scientists Create Robot Arm Powered By Thought That Can Play Rock-Paper-Scissors
Zhejiang University researchers have equipped a patient with a special robotic arm that she can control with the power of her thoughts.
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Brainy, Yes, but Far From Handy
In factories and warehouses, robots routinely outdo humans in strength and precision.
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'face Time' For the Heart Diagnoses Cardiac Disease
New software can show whether or not an individual is experiencing atrial fibrillation.
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Finding the 'holy Grail' of Making Smarter Robots
Robots that can learn how to do just about anything, including anticipating what their human owners are about to do, may be lurking around the corner if scientists...
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Baby X, The Intelligent Toddler Simulation, Is Getting Smarter Every Day
Holding a children's picture book up to his computer screen, a researcher for the Auckland Bioengineering Institute Laboratory for Animate Technologies in New Zealand...
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Spherical Display Lets You See 3-D Animations from Any Angle
Researchers at the University of Sao Paulo and the University of British Columbia have developed Spheree, a spherical display that enables users to see and interact...
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How Social Media Silences Debate
The Internet might be a useful tool for activists and organizers, in episodes as momentous as the Arab Spring or as trivial as the Ice Bucket Challenge. But overall...
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Why Big Data Has Some Big Problems When It Comes to Public Policy
For all the talk about using big data and data science to solve the world’s problems—and even all the talk about big data as one of the world’s problems—it seems...
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Valeri: Robots Lending a Helping Hand to Build Planes
Researchers on the Validation of Advanced, Collaborative Robotics for Industrial Applications project are trying to incorporate robots into the building of airplanes...
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Beer Taps the Internet of Things
Industry-specific technology tracks how quickly kegs are drained and help purveyors charge for every last drop.
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Looking to the Future of Data Science
The Association for Computing Machinery, a leading professional association in computer science, is holding its annual conference this week, focusing on what we’re...
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In Praise of Efficient Price Gouging
In the four years since the car service Uber launched, it has been beset by criticism from myriad groups, including city officials annoyed by its sometimes cavalier...
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Hacking Gmail With 92 Percent Success
A weakness believed to exist in Android, Windows, and iOS mobile operating systems could be used to obtain personal information from unsuspecting users.
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Helping Researchers Cope With the Medical Literature Knowledge Explosion
The new Knowledge Integration Toolkit will help research scientists make better use of the massive volumes of scientific research that is available in public databases...
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How an Algorithm Detected the Ebola Outbreak a Week Early, and What It Could Do Next
HealthMap, an international mapping tool that detects and tracks diseases, identified the Ebola virus just over a week before it spread.
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Can Computers Replace Historians?
A researcher suggests computers have the potential to sift through the big data of history to help spot patterns.
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Skype's Real-Time Translator Learns How to Speak From Social Media
Microsoft says its upcoming Skype Translator app will translate multilingual conversations in real time.
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Realistic Robo-Hawks Designed to Fly Around and Terrorize Real Birds
Birds are nice enough, unless you work at places like airports, farms, and landfills, in which case they’re the sworn enemy.
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