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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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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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Dhs Sketches the Tech Future
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security undersecretary for science and technology has unveiled the long-term agenda of the agency's research and development arm...
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We Could've Stopped Ebola If We Listened to the Data
Computational epidemiologists were some of the first to sound alarm bells about the potential for a dangerous Ebola outbreak in West Africa earlier this year.
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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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Met Office to Build Supercomputer
The British government will spend 97 million British pounds on a new supercomputer to improve the Met Office's weather forecasting and climate modeling.
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Demystifying the Mooc
When massive open online courses first grabbed the spotlight in 2011, many saw in them promise of a revolutionary force that would disrupt traditional higher education...
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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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Machine-Learning Maestro Michael Jordan on the Delusions of Big Data and Other Huge Engineering Efforts
University of California, Berkeley professor Michael I. Jordan says rhetoric about machine learning and other computer science fields goes too far.
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Maria Klawe: Esteemed Computer Scientist. Proud Mathematician. Watercolor Painter.
One of the chief goals of Maria Klawe as president of Harvey Mudd College has been to encourage women to enter computer science.
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Met Office to Build £97m Supercomputer
The facility will work 13 times faster than the current system, enabling detailed, UK-wide forecast models with a resolution of 1.5km to be run every single hour...
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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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Software Tackles Inflatable Structures
Creating optimal 3D shapes in inflatables requires the power of computation.
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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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Quantum Internet Could Cross Seas By Container Ship
Container ships could be used to create a kind of international quantum Internet.
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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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Future Scenarios Show How Easily Ebola Could Explode
Just how bad will the Ebola outbreak in West Africa get?
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