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Building artificial intelligence into medical devices can speed diagnoses and potentially improve treatments and outcomes.
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Legacy Voting Machines Ripe For Tampering, Breakdowns
Nearly every U.S. state is using electronic touchscreen and optical-scan voting systems that are at least a decade old.
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Graphene Proves a Perfect Fit For Wearable Devices
Researchers have developed a method for printing inexpensive, flexible, wireless graphene communication devices directly into clothing and skin.
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A Fish May Hold the Key to More Efficient Wireless Networks
Researchers at the University of Georgia think the eigenmannia, a small South American fish, could hold the solution to radio frequency interference.
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How Anyone Can Explore Mars Through Virtual Reality
Fusion, MIT, and NASA are collaborating on a VR experience that will place users on Mars long before real astronauts reach the Red Planet in the 2030s.
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What You Need to Know About Artificial Intelligence, and the Imminent Robot Future
Do androids dream of electric sheep? That's unclear, but I know for sure that every kid dreams of intelligent, thinking robots—certainly every kid who goes on to...
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Stanford Scientists Train Computer Models to Accurately Simulate Nature's Variability
Researchers have developed a way of generating "training images" that can be used to refine models of uncertainty about subterranean physical processes and structures...
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The Billion-Dollar Robot Question--How Can We Make Sure They're Safe?
The advent of unsupervised robots raises the question of how to ensure their safety.
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Apple Seeks to Dethrone Cash, the King of Payments
Apple is getting ready to stake its claim in the rapidly growing person-to-person payments market.
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Roadmap to Safer Cyberspace
Researchers have outlined a strategy for next-generation experimental cybersecurity research in a report commissioned by the U.S. National Science Foundation.
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An App to Digitally Detox From Smartphone Addiction: Lock N' Lol
Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology researchers have developed an app to help people rein in their impulse to use smartphones.
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How Long ntil We Can Build R2-D2 and C-3po?
Creating socially intelligent, interactive robots such as those depicted in the "Star Wars" films is a challenging proposal.
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The First Person to Hack the Iphone Built a Self-Driving Car. In His Garage
A few days before Thanksgiving, George Hotz, a 26-year-old hacker, invites me to his house in San Francisco to check out a project he’s been working on.
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Facewatch 'thief Recognition' Cctv on Trial in k Stores
Until now, Facewatch has provided local groups of businesses with a way to share their CCTV images of shoplifters and other potential offenders.
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of W Research Could Revolutionize the Way We Drive
University of Windsor researchers are programming technology designed to reduce roadway collisions.
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Social Media News Consumers at Higher Risk of 'information Bubbles,' Iu Study Says
People who get their news from social media are more likely to becoming trapped in a "collective social bubble" compared to those who get their news from search...
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How Someday Robots May Run to the Rescue--Literally
A research team in Ann Arbor, MI, is working to revolutionize walking robot control algorithms.
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Say What? Scientists Devise an Algorithm That Detects Sarcasm Better Than Humans Can
Researchers say they have developed a computer system that can identify the emotion behind a tweet with 85% accuracy.
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Facedirector Software Generates Desired Performances in Post-Production, Avoiding Reshoots
New software could mean film directors will no longer need to reshoot crucial scenes dozens of times until they are satisfied.
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Wearable Energy Generator ses rine to Power Wireless Transmitter
Researchers say they have developed the first self-sufficient system powered by a wearable energy generator based on microbial fuel cell technology.
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