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Navigation System Helps Autonomous Cars Tackle Country Roads
MapLite is a navigation system that helps autonomous vehicles drive on previously unencountered roadways.
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An AI for Deciphering What Animals Do All Day
Columbia University researchers have demonstrated how an algorithm for filtering spam can parse hours of video footage to reveal the behaviors of Hydra.
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The Milky Way's Speediest Stars Could Solve a 50-Year-Old Mystery
Ken Shen was racing against the sun.
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Particle Physicists Turn to AI to Cope with CERN's Collision Deluge
Physicists at the world's leading atom smasher are calling for help. In the next decade, they plan to produce up to 20 times more particle collisions in the Large...
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Sessions: Congress May Need to 'Take Action' on Encryption
Attorney General Jeff Sessions indicated in a Monday speech that Congress may ultimately have to wade into the debate about federal law enforcement agencies unlocking encrypted...
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Man vs. Machine?
Deep learning computers in Case Western Reserve University's diagnostic imaging laboratory routinely outperform humans in diagnosing heart failure and detecting...
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Driverless Car Startup Drive.ai Launching Ride-hailing Service in Texas
From day one, Drive.ai has positioned itself as the driverless car company that thinks most about human-technology interactions.
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Facebook Adds A.I. Labs in Seattle and Pittsburgh, Pressuring Local niversities
At a conference in Silicon Valley this week, Mark Zuckerberg, Facebook's chief executive, vowed that his company would "keep building" despite a swirl of questions...
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The 15 People Who Keep Wikipedia's Editors From Killing Each Other
Wikipedia editors got locked in a dispute several months ago about the biographical summary boxes that sit atop some pages of the online encyclopedia. The tiff...
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Data Science Team Receives ACM Software Prize
ACM is recognizing an international team of researchers with the 2018 Software System Award for Project Jupyter.
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Gait Assessed With Body-Worn Sensors May Help Detect Alzheimer's
A recent pilot study at the University of Newcastle recently demonstrated that low-cost wearable devices could improve clinical trial efficiency.
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Computer Scientists Find the Longest Straight Line You Could Sail Without Hitting Land
A new algorithm can calculate the longest straight-line path around the world on land or sea.
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Mining for Gold With a Computer
Engineers from Texas A&M University and Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University used image-analysis software to gain new insights into nanoporous gold...
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Water Filter Inspired by Alan Turing Passes First Test
Researchers in China have developed a filter that removes salt from water up to three times as fast as conventional filters. The membrane has a unique nanostructure...
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Tech Giants Hit by NSA Spying Slam Encryption Backdoors
A coalition of Silicon Valley tech giants has doubled down on its criticism of encryption backdoors following a proposal that would give law enforcement access...
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Smart Skin for Flexible Monitoring
Marine Skin is a new smart patch that could be used to electronically tag marine animals.
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AI To Help Soldiers Learn Faster in Combat
A low-cost, lightweight hardware system can help soldiers learn more than 13 times faster than conventional methods.
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'Smart' Dresser Prototype Guides People With Dementia in Getting Dressed
Researchers have created an intelligent dressing system that integrates automated tracking and recognition with guided assistance.
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Editing Memories and Sensations in the Brain With Tech
What if we had the ability to fool our brain into thinking that we'd experienced something that never happened?
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