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Building artificial intelligence into medical devices can speed diagnoses and potentially improve treatments and outcomes.
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Patent Could Shackle 3D Printers with Drm
One of the greatest benefits of 3D printing technology—the ability to make replacements or parts for household objects like toys, utensils and gadgets—may be denied...
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Chips That Melt in Your Body, Not in Your Hands
Welcome to the brave new world of transient electonics.
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Ever Wondered What a Live Botnet Looks Like?
The idea of a network of malware-infected zombie computers rigged to do the bidding of criminals conjures up a frightening image on its own. A new visualization...
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How I Accidentally Helped Compromise the Secret Keys of High-Security Handcuffs
In the age of freely available modeling software, laser cutters and 3D printers, shapes that must stay secret for security's sake don't stay secret for long. Especially...
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Bourne Pursuit: Improving Computer Tracking of Human Activity
University of Michigan researchers have developed a method for improving a computer's human-tracking accuracy by more than 30 percent by examining where the targets...
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New Interactive System Detects Touch and Gestures on Any Surface
Purdue University researchers have developed an extended multitouch system that enables more than one person to simultaneously use a computing surface.
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Google's Little Nemo Tribute: Maybe The Best Google Doodle Ever
Winsor McCay (1869–1934) was one of the first important creators of both comic strips and animation, and a pretty fair political cartoonist to boot.
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Why Modern Maps Put Everyone at the Centre of the World
Got truly and outstandingly lost recently? Enjoy the feeling while you can, for it's becoming an increasingly difficult task.
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First Evidence For Iran's Parallel Halal Internet
Iranian officials have long discussed developing a religiously acceptable internal network, known as the "halal" Internet, which is isolated from the World Wide...
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What Comes After the Touch Screen?
In a few short years, the technologies found in today's mobile devices—touch screens, gyroscopes, and voice-control software, to name a few—have radically transformed...
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What Are Grand Technology and Scientific Challenges for the 21st Century?
What are the next Big Things in science and technology? Teleportation? Unlimited clean Energy? The scientists and researchers at DARPA and the White House Office...
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Power in the Palm of Your Hands
Researchers at Newcastle University and Microsoft Research Cambridge have developed Digits, a wristwatch-sized sensor that tracks users' hands to enable them to...
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The Mouse Faces Extinction as Computer Interaction Evolves
Students today are part of the first generation growing up with a computer interface that does not rely on a keyboard and mouse.
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Supreme Court Terminates Warrantless Electronic Spying Case
The Supreme Court closed a 6-year-old chapter Tuesday in the Electronic Frontier Foundation’s bid to hold the nation’s telecoms liable for allegedly providing the...
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Even Ray Kurzweil Is Nervous About a Future with Hyper-Intelligent Machines
Ray Kurzweil is looking forward to the year 2029.
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China 'strongly Opposes' U.s. Report About Chinese Telecom Firms
China's Commerce Ministry announced Tuesday it "strongly opposes" a report that alleged Chinese telecommunication companies Huawei Technologies Inc. and ZTE Corp...
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Non-Profit ScriptEd NYC Teaches Coding to Underprivileged Students
NYC has launched a pilot program designed to teach computer skills to students from underserved communities.
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Mobile App Puts Brakes on Texting While Driving
Everyone knows that texting while driving kills, but that’s not enough to incentivize many people, especially teens, to keep their eyes on the road. Now a new mobile...
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Can We Trust the Code That Increasingly Runs Our Lives?
Imagine how different the first pictures sent from the Mars Rover would have been if there had been a software failure.
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