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Building artificial intelligence into medical devices can speed diagnoses and potentially improve treatments and outcomes.
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Cool Electronic Devices With More Heat
Researchers have found a way to optimize the heat in electronic gadgets to prevent failure due to overheating.
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a, Google Creating Digital Maps to Help Preserve Cultural Heritage of Russian Community
Researchers are developing digital maps of locations that hold cultural and historic significance to indigenous communities from Russia's Kamchatka Peninsula.
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Conversation App Helps Parents Boost Child's Language
Parents with children who struggle to develop their language skills could soon turn to an app designed to provide real-time feedback on parent-child conversations...
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Silicon Brains That Think as Fast as a Fly Can Smell
Researchers in Germany have discovered what they say is a way to get computers to do more than execute all the steps of a problem-solving calculation as fast as...
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'honey Encryption' Will Bamboozle Attackers with Fake Secrets
Ari Juels, an independent researcher who was previously chief scientist at computer security company RSA, thinks something important is missing from the cryptography...
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Another Super Bowl Ad Fest, This Time on the Cellphone
Want to see the Vince Lombardi Trophy that goes to the Super Bowl winner? Take a left in 15 feet.
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Augmented Reality Lifts Awareness of Nature Preservation
University of Colorado Denver digital design students have created an augmented reality app for the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service .
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Menthal App Reveals Just What a Screen Addict You've Become
A new app will allow smartphone owners to determine how much time they spend on their devices.
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N.s.a. Choice Is Navy Expert on Cyberwar
In nominating Vice Adm. Michael S. Rogers as the new director of the National Security Agency on Thursday, President Obama chose a recognized expert in the new...
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Is Google Cornering the Market on Deep Learning?
How much are a dozen deep-learning researchers worth?
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Curiosity Mars Rover Checking Possible Smoother Route
The team operating NASA's Mars rover Curiosity is considering a path across a small sand dune to reach a favorable route to science destinations.
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Which Genes Did We Get From Neandertals?
Tens of thousands of years ago along the balmy Mediterranean coast, or in some desert oasis in the Middle East, a hunky Neandertal male lusted after a modern human...
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Beams of Sound Immerse You in Music Others Can't Hear
If you're sick of wading through a clogged email inbox or scrolling through endless Twitter timelines, Jörg Müller has a more fun way of sifting through your messages...
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The Holodeck Begins to Take Shape
Holodecks similar to the simulated-reality rooms seen on "Star Trek" could be available by 2024, according to some scientists and researchers.
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Watching Electrons Move Within an Atom
Can scientists image the motion of electrons inside atoms?
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More on Deepmind: AI Startup to Work Directly With Google’s Search Team
Google has been buying a lot of crazy stuff lately.
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Icann Ceo Sets Off Explosion of New Internet Names
Starting next week, the Internet is going to look very different—and ICANN Chief Executive Fadi Chehade is the one who'll get both the credit and the blame.
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Nasa Preparing For 2014 Comet Watch at Mars
This spring, NASA will be paying cautious attention to a comet that could put on a barnstorming show at Mars on Oct. 19, 2014.
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How Real Is Spike Jonze's 'her'? Artificial Intelligence Experts Weigh In
In Spike Jonze's Oscar-nominated, futuristic film 'Her,' computers compose music, carry on seamless conversations with humans, organize emails instantaneously,...
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