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Building artificial intelligence into medical devices can speed diagnoses and potentially improve treatments and outcomes.
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Why the Airline Industry Needs Another Data Revolution
Over the years, airline travel has been a prime testbed for advanced computing and data tools.
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The Internet of Cars Is Approaching a Crossroads
The phrase "vehicle-to-vehicle communications" might currently mean little more than a few choice words hurled through an open car window.
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In Worldwide Surveillance Age, U.s. Has Big Edge
The saga of Edward Snowden and the NSA makes one thing clear: The United States' central role in developing the Internet and hosting its most powerful players has...
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The Last Survivors of the End of the World
In 2 billion years' time, life on Earth will be confined to pockets of liquid water deep underground, according to PhD astrobiologist Jack O'Malley James of the...
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Teaching a Computer to Play 'Concentration' Advances Security, nderstanding of the Human Mind
A new software designed to play the game Concentration could lead to better computer security and a greater understanding of how the human mind works.
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The Immortal Life of the Enron E-Mails
Former Enron executive Vincent Kaminski is a modest, semi-retired business school professor from Houston who recently wrote a 960-page book explaining the fundamentals...
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Meet the Most Important Tech Company You've Probably Never Heard Of
Never trust gadget-makers’ claims about battery life.
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Nus Team Creates Realistic Robot Carp, First Robot Fish With Autonomous 3D Movement in Asia
A robot fish is ready to be programmed for specific functions, such as exploring the nooks and corners of wreckage for underwater archeology.
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Google Creates Developers Cloud Playground For Code Testing
Google has created a Cloud Playground environment in which developers can quickly try out new ideas.
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New ATM Designs Imitate Online and Mobile Banking
Before heading to lunch, Kirsten Keary-Taylor, 29, uses an iPhone app to request $20 from a nearby ATM. Passing the cash machine on her way out, she scans it with...
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Manage Your Smart Home with a Single Gesture
Our homes will get a lot smarter in the coming years, allowing us to use a smartphone to manage an integrated system of appliances and other electronics from any...
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Investors Buy Into Software-Defined Networks, Will Customers Follow?
As Superstorm Sandy bore down on the East coast last year, companies with data centers in its path needed another location fast. But moving computer servers is...
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Encryption Has Foiled Wiretaps For First Time Ever, Feds Say
For the first time, encryption is thwarting government surveillance efforts through court-approved wiretaps, U.S. officials said Friday.
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Nasa Decommissions Its Galaxy Hunter Spacecraft
NASA has turned off its Galaxy Evolution Explorer (GALEX) after a decade of operations in which the venerable space telescope used its ultraviolet vision to study...
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A Cutting-Edge Second Look at the Battle of Gettysburg
The technological limits of surveillance during the American Civil War dictated that commanders often decided where to deploy their troops based largely on what...
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Mathematicians Think Like Machines For Perfect Proofs
A team of mathematicians has devised a new mathematical framework that forces people to think more like machines to check perfect proofs in collaboration with computers...
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Detroit, Embracing New Auto Technologies, Seeks App Builders
The increasing use of computer technologies in automobiles has turned Detroit into a growing center for information technology employment.
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MIT Researchers Can See Through Walls Using 'wi-Vi'
Wi-Vi is a new system under development that uses wireless Wi-Fi technology to track moving objects through walls.
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Siri’s Creators Demonstrate an Assistant That Takes the Initiative
SRI International has created a predictive assistant called Bright that reduces cognitive overload by providing specific information at the right time.
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