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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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sing Drones to Make Peace, Not War
Amin Rigi says drones should be used to save lives, not spy or kill.
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Scientists Consider Repurposing Robots For Ebola
Robotics scientists nationwide are pondering an intriguing possibility: Might robotic technologies deployed in rescue and disaster situations be quickly repurposed...
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Researchers Take Big-Data Approach to Estimate Range of Electric Vehicles
North Carolina State University researchers say they have developed a more accurate way to determine how far electric vehicles can go before needing a recharge. ...
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Electronics in the Operating Room
Electronic devices increasingly are being incorporated into surgical procedures on a functional level.
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How Movie-Makers Read Your Mind
Why is there such interest in finding new ways to gauge audience reactions?
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Phone Hackers Dial and Redial to Steal Billions
Bob Foreman's architecture firm ran up a $166,000 phone bill in a single weekend last March.
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Oldest-Known Human Genome Sequenced
A 45,000-year-old leg bone from Siberia has yielded the oldest genome sequence for Homo sapiens on record—revealing a mysterious population that may once have spanned...
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Machine-Learning Maestro Michael Jordan on the Delusions of Big Data and Other Huge Engineering Efforts
The overeager adoption of big data is likely to result in catastrophes of analysis comparable to a national epidemic of collapsing bridges.
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.s. Government Probes Medical Devices For Possible Cyber Flaws
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security is investigating about two dozen cases of suspected cybersecurity flaws in medical devices and hospital equipment that...
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MIT Computer Scientists Can Predict the Price of Bitcoin
Researchers have developed a machine-learning algorithm that can predict the price of Bitcoin.
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Data Bank Struggles As Protein Imaging ps Its Game
Structural biology, the mapping of complex biological molecules such as proteins, is in the grip of a revolution.
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.s. National Security Prosecutors Shift Focus from Spies to Cyber
The U.S. Justice Department is restructuring its national security prosecution team to deal with cyber attacks and the threat of sensitive technology ending up...
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Galactic Wheel of Life Shines in Infrared
It might look like a spoked wheel or even a "Chakram" weapon wielded by warriors like "Xena," from the fictional TV show, but this ringed galaxy is actually a vast...
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How the World Came to Be Run By Computer Code
From the scythe to the steam engine, we've always used technology to control the world around us.
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This Incredible Oculus Sim Lets Soccer Players Relive Games
For many athletes, watching game film is a necessary chore.
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A Better Prosthesis: Sandia Invents Sensor to Learn About Fit
Researchers are developing a sensor to determine how an amputated limb changes over time, and a system that automatically accommodates those changes in a prosthesis...
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Weather History Time Machine
Researchers say their new spectral optimal gridding of precipitation software democratizes the analysis of precipitation statistical models.
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Wearable Tech Lets Boss Track Your Work, Rest and Play
Some jobs come with a uniform. For an increasing number of employees, that uniform will soon include a badge that tracks everything they do.
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