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AI Algorithm Identifies Humorous Pictures
Researchers report training a machine-learning algorithm to recognize and generate humorous scenes.
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Drone Swarms Will Change the Face of Modern Warfare
Swarms of inexpensive, expendable U.S. Navy robots will leave the laboratory this summer to be tested in the field.
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New Digital Tools Could Help Speed Up Cultural Heritage Work
The European Union-funded PRESIOUS project is developing software tools intended to facilitate the work of archaeologists via computer simulations.
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Taskmaster Robots Watch While You Work in Case You Miss a Step
Researchers have developed a robot that can watch people work, learn the steps that make up the task, and remind people when they forget a step.
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.s. Meets Tech Leaders, Forms Task Force to Fight Online Militants
The Obama administration on Friday sent its top national security officials to meet tech industry leaders in Silicon Valley and announced a new task force to counter...
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MIT Researchers Want to Teach Robots How to Wash Dishes
The robots arrived years ago. They help build stuff in factories. They shuttle packages and products across the massive warehouses that drive Amazon’s worldwide...
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The 'internet of Touch' Will Require a Network Revolution
Researchers are proposing changes in the way haptic information is transmitted and received.
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Computer Scientists Launch Campaign to Guarantee Bug-Free Software
A multi-university consortium aspires to stamp out software bugs with the help of a five-year, $10-million grant from the U.S. National Science Foundation.
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Artificial Intelligence: A Force For Good or Evil?
In an interview, Imperial College London professor Murray Shanahan discusses his work exploring the opportunities and challenges of artificial intelligence.
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Neil Gershenfeld and the Spread of Fab Labs
Neil Gershenfeld, director of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology's Center for Bits and Atoms, discusses the growth and impact of the Fab Lab project.
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Nanowalls For Smartphones
Researchers have used three-dimensional print technology to create a transparent electrode in the form of a grid made of gold or silver "nanowalls" on a glass surface...
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'mind Reading' Computer Deciphers Words From Brainwaves
Kyushu Institute of Technology researchers have developed a computer that can read information from brainwaves and decipher words before they are spoken.
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Iu Southeast Professors Develop Apps That Help Users Experience Physics Concepts
Two Indiana University Southeast professors have designed free "Mobile Science" applications to make students more experientially familiar with physics concepts...
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How Drones May Avoid Collisions By Sharing Knowledge
The U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration is working with more then 130 research teams to determine how to manage drone traffic.
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Dutch Government: Encryption Good, Backdoors Bad
The Dutch government has released a statement in which it says that "it is currently not desirable to take restricting legal measures concerning the development...
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How 'do Not Track' Ended Up Going Nowhere
Back in 2010, the Federal Trade Commission pledged to give Internet users the power to determine if or when websites were allowed to track their behavior.
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The Father of Online Anonymity Has a Plan to End the Crypto War
David Chaum, who has invented many cryptographic protocols, has developed an encryption scheme for secret, anonymous communications.
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Erica, the 'most Beautiful and Intelligent' Android, Leads Japan's Robot Revolution
Researchers at Osaka and Kyoto universities and the Advanced Telecommunications Research Institute International call "Erica" their most advanced humanoid.
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Project Underway to Preserve Holocaust Experience in Virtual Form
University of Huddersfield researchers are working on the Interact project, which aims to preserve the first-hand accounts of Nazi persecution survivors.
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