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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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Robots: Can We Trust Them with Our Privacy?
Joss Wright is training a robot to freak people out.
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2d Transistors Promise a Faster Electronics Future
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory researchers say they have developed the world's first fully two-dimensional field-effect transistor.
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Simple Sewing Machine Has High-Tech Role in Future 'soft' Machines
Purdue University researchers have altered a standard sewing machine so it can create ultra-stretchable interconnects out of conventional wire.
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360-Degree Camera Shoots Vr Movies For Oculus Rift
Step into the silver screen with movies shot using the Panopticam.
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Wearable Submarine to Hunt for 2000-Year-Old Computer
The world's most advanced robotic diving suit is getting ready to help search for one of the world's oldest computers.
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New Chip to Bring Holograms to Smartphones
In the future, virtual reality won't require strapping a bulky contraption to your head.
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E launches world’s largest civilian robotics program – 240,000 new jobs expected
The European Commission and 180 companies and research organizations have launched the world’s largest civilian research and innovation program in robotics.
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Bake Your Own Robot
Massachusetts Institute of Technology researchers recently introduced the concept of "bakable robots."
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American Businesses in China Feel Heat of a Cyberdispute
A top Chinese general was in a combative mood as he presided recently over an international security forum at a historic hotel near the Forbidden City. Among the...
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Bake Your Own Robot
Printable robots—those that can be assembled from parts produced by 3-D printers—have long been a topic of research in the lab of Daniela Rus, the Andrew and Erna...
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A Rare Look Inside the Air Force's Drone Training Classroom
Learning how to drop bombs and fire Hellfire missiles is more like sitting in a regular college classroom than you might expect.
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Automating Cybersecurity
If only computers themselves were smart enough to fight off malevolent hackers.
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A Stellar Discovery on the Milky Way's Far Side
A single Hubble Space Telescope image can capture scores of distant galaxies, but the one galaxy we'll never see from the outside is our own.
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How to Make Robots Seem Less Creepy
Recent research has shown the "uncanny valley" hypothesis for human-robot interaction is overstated.
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Skip the Humans: Drug Discovery By Simulating Cells
The future of medicine, we're often told, will be personalized.
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Flashes of Light Show How Memories Are Made
Neuroscientists can breathe a collective sigh of relief.
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The Military Is Building Brain Chips to Treat Ptsd
How well can you predict your next mood swing?
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Why Did the Justice Department Indict Five Chinese Military Officers?
At first glance, the Justice Department's 31-count indictment of five Chinese military officers for hacking into the computers of six American corporations, in...
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