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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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Roadmap to Safer Cyberspace
Researchers have outlined a strategy for next-generation experimental cybersecurity research in a report commissioned by the U.S. National Science Foundation.
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'plucking' Light Particles From Laser Beams Could Advance Quantum Computing
Researchers at Israel's Weizmann Institute of Science have devised a method of reliably "plucking" an individual particle of light out of a laser pulse.
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An App to Digitally Detox From Smartphone Addiction: Lock N' Lol
Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology researchers have developed an app to help people rein in their impulse to use smartphones.
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How Long ntil We Can Build R2-D2 and C-3po?
Creating socially intelligent, interactive robots such as those depicted in the "Star Wars" films is a challenging proposal.
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The First Person to Hack the Iphone Built a Self-Driving Car. In His Garage
A few days before Thanksgiving, George Hotz, a 26-year-old hacker, invites me to his house in San Francisco to check out a project he’s been working on.
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Rocks Rich in Silica Present Puzzles For Mars Rover Team
In detective stories, as the plot thickens, an unexpected clue often delivers more questions than answers.
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Facewatch 'thief Recognition' Cctv on Trial in k Stores
Until now, Facewatch has provided local groups of businesses with a way to share their CCTV images of shoplifters and other potential offenders.
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of W Research Could Revolutionize the Way We Drive
University of Windsor researchers are programming technology designed to reduce roadway collisions.
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Social Media News Consumers at Higher Risk of 'information Bubbles,' Iu Study Says
People who get their news from social media are more likely to becoming trapped in a "collective social bubble" compared to those who get their news from search...
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'fog' Computing Harnesses Personal Devices to Speed Wireless Networks
The new nonprofit Open Fog Consortium is dedicated to creating the basic infrastructure for fog computing.
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European Satellites: How Islamic State Takes Its Terror To the Web
No terror organization uses the Internet as successfully when it comes to marketing itself and recruiting supporters as Islamic State (IS) does. But how is it able...
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Cassini Closes in on Enceladus, One Last Time
A thrilling chapter in the exploration of the solar system will soon conclude, as NASA's Saturn-orbiting Cassini spacecraft makes its final close flyby of the ocean...
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Physicists in Europe Find Tantalizing Hints of a Mysterious New Particle
Does the Higgs boson have a cousin?
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China's Internet Forum May Provide a Peek at Its Cyber-Ambitions
Heads of state, including the prime ministers of Pakistan and Russia, and major technology firms will gather Wednesday in Wuzhen, a picturesque little town of canals...
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Two Atoms Make Quantum Memory, Processing Gate, and Test of Entanglement
Quantum systems are inherently fragile as any interactions with the outside world can change their state.
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Do Computers Need Pressure-Sensing Screens?
The computer mouse, when it first went mainstream, was awkward to describe but easy to use.
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The Secret History of World War Ii-Era Drones
Drones are the hallmark of tech-y modern warfare, but weapons piloted from afar have been around for more than a century.
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5 Amazing and Alarming Things That May Be Done with Your Dna
"You're a male, you're 34-years-old and your 5-foot-10 1/2 inches tall." That's a prediction that Craig Venter, long a pioneer on the frontier of genomics, offered...
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How Artificial Intelligence Could Change the Way We Watch Sports
Machine learning and computer vision are being combined to provide commentary on professional sporting events as they occur.
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