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Automating Negotiation
Computers are starting to outperform the average human at negotiation.
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LHC Physicists Embrace Brute-Force Approach to Particle Hunt
A once-controversial approach to particle physics has entered the mainstream at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC).
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Wi-Fi Could Be sed to Detect Weapons and Bombs
Wireless signals can penetrate bags to measure the dimensions of metal objects or estimate the volume of liquids, researchers claim.
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How a Computer Learns to Dribble: Practice, Practice, Practice
Researchers have developed a physics-based, real-time method for controlling animated characters that can learn basketball dribbling skills from experience.
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RPI Scientists Develop VR Surgery to Feel Real
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute researchers have developed a virtual reality system to add realism to virtual surgical training.
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The nderwater Drones That Hunt for Oil Spills
Researchers at the Technical University of Cartagena in Spain deployed five autonomous underwater vehicles to locate and track oil spills below the surface of the...
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Big Data Analytics to Automatically Detect Events in Smart Cities
Researchers used big data analytics to detect spatio-temporal events around London, testing the potential of the technology to harness live information.
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Tying Electrons Down With Nanoribbons
Researchers have used graphene nanoribbons to corral electrons for potential quantum computing applications.
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Alexa, Be My Friend: Children Talk to Technology, But How Does It Respond?
Voice interfaces that repeat or prompt users to communicate could be more useful to children than currently available technologies.
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Meet the Guy With Four Arms, Two of Which Someone Else Controls in VR
Fusion is a robotic project to explore how people may be able to work together to control, or augment, a person's body.
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CRISPR 'Barcodes' Map Mammalian Development in Exquisite Detail
For the first time, scientists have wielded CRISPR to track a mammal's development from a single egg into an embryo with millions of cells.
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Smart Wristband With Wireless Link Could Monitor Health, Environmental Exposures
Researchers say they have created a wireless smart wristband that will enable a new era of personal health and environmental monitoring devices.
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Exoskeletons Debut at Ford Factories
Ford plans to offer exoskeleton technology to its factory employees worldwide.
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Watch a Sporty AI Teach Itself to Dribble Better Than You
I'm not what you'd call a coordinated man, so basketball horrifies me. All the dribbling, all the shooting—all while running and dodging people trying to smack...
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Robots Are Getting More Social. Are Humans Ready?
Personal home robots that can socialize with people are starting to roll out of the laboratory and into our living rooms and kitchens. But are humans ready to invite...
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Computer Simulations Predict the Spread of HIV
Los Alamos National Laboratory researchers have demonstrated computer models that can accurately predict the spread of HIV across populations.
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Quantum Computing Will Create Jobs. But Which Ones?
Chris Monroe's vision for quantum computers is simple: He wants people to use them.
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Bespoke Additive Manufacturing
Three-dimensional printing tailors item to order, even body parts.
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Research Identifies Key Weakness in Modern Computer Vision Systems
Brown University researchers have demonstrated a flaw in modern computer vision algorithms that hinders them in differentiating between two objects in an image....
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