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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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Roller Coaster Technology: 'bigger! Faster! Scarier!'
Alton Towers in Staffordshire has just opened the world's first 14-loop roller coaster, called The Smiler, while in Abu Dhabi, Ferrari World claims to have the...
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Smuggler-Spotting Software Sniffs Out Dodgy Shipments
Machine intelligence could make it easier to spot illicit cargo among the goods that move through the world's ports.
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Technology Mimics the Brushstrokes of Masters
Emerging printing technologies are enabling high-quality reproductions of art masterpieces that copy color, brushstrokes, and paint thickness precisely.
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.k. Official rges .s. Government to Adopt a Digital Core
When he read about the technical failures plaguing HealthCare.gov, Mike Bracken said it felt like a real-life version of the movie Groundhog Day.
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Noise Pollution Maps Crowdsourced From Smartphone Data
Researchers say they have developed an improved method of creating noise pollution maps that uses crowdsourced smartphone data.
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Study: 80% of College Students Say They Text in Class
From the front of his classroom, University of Nebraska-Lincoln associate professor Barney McCoy noticed that students’ smart phones were making regular appearances...
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Nasa Laser Communication System Sets Record with Data Transmissions to and from Moon
NASA's Lunar Laser Communication Demonstration (LLCD) has made history using a pulsed laser beam to transmit data over the 239,000 miles between the moon and Earth...
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In Cyberarms Race, North Korea Emerging As a Power, Not a Pushover
Often dismissed as a laggard in the global cyberarms race, North Korea has long been seen as a chronic cyber-superpower wannabe.
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The Secrets of Online Money Laundering
Money laundering is increasingly becoming a cybercrime.
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Two-Legged Robots Learn to Walk Like a Human
An international team of researchers from seven institutions are teaching two-legged robots a stable, robust human way of walking.
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Interview With 13-Year-Old MIT App Inventor Winner Arjun Kumar
A chat with Arjun Kumar, winner of the 2012 Massachusetts Institute of Technology App Inventor contest in the K-8 division for his EZ School Bus Locator.
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Mozilla Launches Real-Time Web Collaboration Framework
Mozilla recently launched TogetherJS, a JavaScript framework designed to simplify the process of adding real-time collaboration features to Web pages.
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The Cybersecurity Industry Is Hiring, But Young People Aren't Interested
Check it out, I'm working on a reboot of The Graduate, set in 2013.
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Managing the Deluge of 'big Data' From Space
Researchers at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory are developing new strategies for managing large and complex data streams.
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Last Command Sent to Planck Space Telescope
The Planck space telescope has been turned off after spending nearly 4.5 years soaking up the relic radiation from the Big Bang and studying the evolution of stars...
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Court Rules Probable-Cause Warrant Required For Gps Trackers
An appellate court has finally supplied an answer to an open question left dangling by the Supreme Court in 2012: Do law enforcement agencies need a probable-cause...
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'running Battle': How Google Hopes to Beat Countries Cracking Down on Internet Freedom
Google hopes a little browser tool will help change the world.
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Future-Proof Encryption
Researchers are relying on quantum mechanics to generate unhackable methods of communication.
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Software ses Cyborg Swarm to Map nknown Environs
New software could be used to map unknown environments based on the movement of a swarm of insect cyborgs.
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