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Researchers Are Developing Shape-Shifting Fluid Robots
Bar-Ilan University researchers say they have created fluid robots that could operate better than solid robots in chaotic, hostile environments.
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Robots Can Now Flawlessly Iron Clothes
A newly developed robot can iron a shirt after analyzing the subtle ridges in a laid-out garment with two sensors made from Xbox Kinects.
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Software Can Identify You By the Way You Walk in Cctv Footage
Computer scientists in the Czech Republic have developed software designed to work with closed-circuit TV footage that can identify people based on the way they...
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Brain Scan For Artificial Intelligence Shows How Software Thinks
Israel Institute of Technology researchers have developed a new technique for taking snapshots of neural networks as they work through a problem.
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Apple Sees Value in Its Stand to Protect Security
It took six years for Apple to persuade China's largest wireless carrier, China Mobile, to sell the iPhone.
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First Evidence For the Happiness Paradox--That Your Friends Are Happier Than You Are
Mathematical analysis has demonstrated the validity of the claim that most people's friends have more friends than they do.
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Digital Baby Project's Aim: Computers That See Like Humans
A cognitive psychology experiment has revealed differences in how humans and computers see images, says Weizmann Institute of Science professor Shimon Ullman.
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White House Wants to Train K-12 Students to Be Nation's Future Cyber Defense
A $4-billion effort encouraging U.S. public schools to offer computer science courses is part of a longer-term effort to fill the shortage of federal cyber experts...
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Faster Airport Queues With Facial Recognition
Researchers at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology have developed facial-recognition technology that could automate security checks at airports.
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How the .s. Fights Encryption--and Also Helps Develop It
Some U.S. government agencies are financing the development of encryption technologies to protect communications even as others seek to circumvent them.
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Apple's Fbi Battle Is Complicated. Here's What's Really Going On
The news this week that a magistrate ordered Apple to help the FBI hack an iPhone used by one of the San Bernardino shooter suspects has polarized the nation—and...
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Ted 2016: Hololens nveils 'teleportation' to Mars
HoloLens creator Alex Kipman has shown off Microsoft's augmented reality technology at the TED (Technology, Entertainment and Design) conference.
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Google's Balloon-Powered Internet Ready For Carrier Testing
Google's Project Loon, which aims to deliver Internet connectivity via a global network of high-altitude balloons, could be ready for carrier testing later this...
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Marvin Minsky's Legacy of Students and Ideas
The late computer science pioneer and ACM A.M. Turing Award recipient Marvin Minsky left behind a wealth of ideas.
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Enabling Human-Robot Rescue Teams
Researchers say they have developed a new way of modeling robot collaboration.
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Encryption Isn't at Stake, the Fbi Knows Apple Already Has the Desired Key
Apple has been served with a court order at the FBI's request, demanding that it assist the government agency with unlocking an iPhone 5C that was used by Syed...
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His Work Opens Computer Science to the Blind
University of Nevada-Las Vegas professor Andreas Stefik spent 10 years developing Quorum, a programming language designed for visually impaired people.
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How Apple Will Fight the Doj in Iphone Backdoor Crypto Case
Apple CEO Tim Cook on Tuesday evening said the US government's legal position on encryption backdoors was setting "a dangerous precedent."
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Advertising via Algorithm
Global programmatic advertising is projected to account for 60% of all digital display ads this year.
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