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Building artificial intelligence into medical devices can speed diagnoses and potentially improve treatments and outcomes.
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The Search for niversal Memory
The search for a universal memory is aimed at ultimately replacing the entire computer memory hierarchy with a single technology.
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Researchers Deliver Open-Source Simulator for Cyberphysical Systems
Researchers have created a software framework to help developers design integrated mechanisms of computation, networking, and physical processes.
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Gaia Creates Richest Star Map of Our Galaxy - and Beyond
ESA's Gaia mission has produced the richest star catalogue to date, including high-precision measurements of nearly 1.7 billion stars and revealing previously unseen...
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Developers Favoring AWS, Microsoft Azure for Cloud IoT Platforms
Amazon Web Services and Microsoft Azure are increasingly popular as cloud Internet of Things platforms.
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MoS2 Transistor Can Be sed in Bendable OLED Displays
Researchers at Korea's Yonsei and Chung-Ang universities have developed a molybdenum disulfide transistor that can be used in bendable OLED displays.
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Study Shows First Computer-Driven Cars Will Have Noticeable Impact on Rush Hour
Adding even a few automated vehicles to traffic will positively influence all traffic flow, resulting in faster, smoother commutes for all drivers, according to...
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How Machine Learning Helped Surrey Develop a New Algorithm That Could Add More Life to Bridges
A new algorithm compresses big data from bridge monitoring systems into more manageable sizes.
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Nearly Half of .K. Manufacturers Hit by Cyber Attacks
Approximately 48% of U.K. manufacturers admit they have experienced a cybersecurity incident.
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Heat-Seeking Cameras Could Help Keep Self-Driving Cars Safe
After Uber's fatal self-driving crash last month in Tempe, Arizona, most observers had two basic question: Why did the car not see Elaine Herzberg crossing the...
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Shrinking Machines, Cellular Computers
Scientists are using DNA and RNA to build the world's tiniest robots and computing devices.
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Using Functions for Easier Programming
Functional programming languages automate many of the details underlying specific operations.
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Chips Down: China Aims to Boost Semiconductors as Trade War Looms
Now, as a trade war with the United States looms, a government decision to accelerate the development of the domestic chip industry underlines how far those goals...
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Researchers Design ‘Soft’ Robots that Can Move on Their Own
A team of researchers has developed a new class of soft robot that can adapt to the environment.
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The Hunt for Explainable AI
Looking for artificial intelligence that can share the basis for its decisions.
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Intelligent Components for the Power Grid of the Future
A smart transformer prototype that automatically regulates the current flow in semiconductors made of silicon carbide could be used for better integration of electric...
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Sony, Carnegie Mellon Form Partnership to Research Cooking Robots
Researchers are studying how artificial intelligence and robotics can be used to improve food preparation, cooking, and delivery.
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Made in China 2025: Beijing's Big Ambitions from Robots to Chips
China is looking to catch up with rivals like the United States and Germany in high-end technology, making a major push with a "Made in China 2025" strategy that...
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Oral History: Russell Impagliazzo in Conversation with Dick Karp
In honor of Dick Karp's five years of service as Founding Director of the Simons Institute for the Theory of Computing.
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Chip Developed by Brazilian Researchers Will Be Linchpin of LHC pgrade
Researchers in Brazil have designed a chip to upgrade the detection system in the Large Hadron Collider's A Large Ion Collider Experiment (ALICE).
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