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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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Now We're Cooking with Lasers
Experiments by Columbia University researchers have considered different cooking modalities by exposing chicken to blue and infrared light, then 3D-printing a sample...
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'Dislike' Button Would Improve Spotify Recommendations
A research team at Cornell University has developed a recommendation algorithm that could improve Spotify by incorporating both likes and dislikes.
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Preparing for a Future Pandemic with AI
Artificial intelligence-driven investigations into COVID treatments are yielding insights for application to future pandemic responses.
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Flatter Chips
Two-dimensional materials — graphene and its cousins — could enable better integrated circuits.
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Algorithmic Poverty
Algorithms can have a devastating impact on people's lives, especially if they already are struggling economically.
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A Switch in Time
The introduction of the nanosheet transistor is just one step in the continuing attempt to stick to the spirit of Moore's Law.
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Tesla Drivers Become 'Inattentive' When Using Autopilot, Study Finds
Drivers glanced less at the road and more on "non-driving related areas."
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The Problem with 'Complex' Passwords
University of Strathclyde in Scotland's Karen Renaud said requiring complex passwords to deter hackers has the unintended effect of making the process too difficult...
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Ancient Mesopotamian Cuneiform Tablets Could Be Decoded by AI
A deep learning artificial intelligence model has decoded ancient Mesopotamian cuneiform tablets.
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Unlimited Digital Sensing Unleashed for Imaging, Audio, Driverless Cars
A new method could support unlimited digital sensing.
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City-Wide Quantum Data Network in China Is Largest Ever Built
China has been running a city-wide quantum communications network in Hefei, the largest quantum network demonstration built to date, for almost three years.
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NASA Sends Robots to Study Climate Change in the Arctic
The U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration dispatched two robots to the Arctic in early July to collect sea surface temperature data.
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More Shark-Spotting Drones, Drumlines Added to NSW Coastlines
Australia's New South Wales will spend AU$21.4 million (US$15.4 million) to expand its shark management program with drones, drumlines, and beach-monitoring stations...
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Amazon, Microsoft Swoop In on $24-Billion India Farm-Data Trove
Technology giants including Amazon, Microsoft, and Cisco are preparing to access data from India's farmers in a campaign to modernize the country's agricultural...
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3D-Printed Sensor Can Detect Herbicide in Beverages
A new low-cost sensor device can detect and quantify the herbicide glyphosate in liquids.
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Technology Makes It Possible to See Clearly Through Murky Water
Researchers at China's Tianjin University have devised a methodology that automatically generates clear images through murky water.
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Smart Tugboat to Journey More Than 1,000 Miles, Autonomously
A 35-foot-long tugboat carrying passengers will embark from Hamburg, Germany, on a 1,000-nautical-mile (1,150-mile) autonomous voyage around Denmark.
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Amazon Brings Its Cashierless Tech to Two Whole Foods Stores
Just Walk Out tech lets shoppers skip the checkout line
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