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Robot ses Machine Learning to Harvest Lettuce
A new vegetable-picking robot uses machine learning to identify and harvest iceberg lettuce.
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Shopping Centers Exploring Facial Recognition in Brave New World of Retail
U.S. mall owners and retailers are ramping up their use of facial recognition to ascertain shoppers' traffic patterns, employee performance, and consumer response...
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Drone Explodes into Maple Seed Microdrones in Midair
Samara-inspired drones can help deliver airborne payloads in a simple, reliable, inexpensive manner.
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Tiny Jellyfish Robot Could Swim Inside the Bladder to Deliver Drugs
Researchers in Germany have developed a robotic jellyfish that can swim, burrow, and transport objects.
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FBI, ICE Find State Driver's License Photos a Gold Mine for Facial-Recognition Searches
U.S. federal investigators using facial-recognition technology to search millions of Americans' state driver's license photos, without their knowledge or permission...
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How to Evaluate Computers that Don't Quite Exist
A team of researchers compared quantum computers developed by IBM, Rigetti Computing, and the University of Maryland.
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Data Can Now Be Stored Inside Molecules That Power Our Metabolism
Brown University researchers have stored information within molecules smaller and less complex than DNA.
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How Do You Read Ancient Scrolls Too Brittle to nfurl? American Scientist May Have Answer
Ancient papyrus scrolls too fragile to unwrap are being scanned with the hope of "digitally unwrapping" and reading them.
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Best Algorithms to Make Solar Power Storage Profitable
Scientists have identified optimal types of solar power storage management algorithms.
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Robots Could Take 20 Million Manufacturing Jobs by 2030
A study by Oxford Economics anticipates machines will replace human workers in about 20 million manufacturing jobs across the world over the next decade.
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Stanford Develops 'Autofocals'--Glasses that Track Your Eyes to Focus on What You See
New prototype glasses automatically restore proper vision to people who ordinarily would need multifocal progressive lenses.
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Researchers Develop 'Vaccine' Against Attacks on Machine Learning
New techniques can "vaccinate" algorithms against adversarial attacks.
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Eavesdropping on the Brain
Putting sound to thought, to hear what the brain is 'hearing.'
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CM Among First to Pilot New 'Perlmutter' Supercomputer
Carnegie Mellon University's Zachary Ulissi will be among the first scientists to use the U.S. National Energy Research Scientific Computing Center's Perlmutter...
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Plants Are Oldest Sensors in the World. Could They Be the Future of Computers?
MIT's Harpreet Sareen suggests using plants as a new building material for computer circuits.
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Samsung TVs Should Be Regularly Virus-Checked, Company Says
Samsung said owners of its newest smart TV models should check for malware "every few weeks" to "prevent malicious software attacks."
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Who Owns Your Face?
Today's facial recognition tools raise new questions about how, where, and when data can be used.
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