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Speeding Delivery By 3D-Printing Products
Online mega-retailer Amazon appears to be exploring the use of 3D printing to get products to consumers faster.
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Sandia's Panther Predicts Movement
A team at Sandia National Laboratories has developed software that will enable security data analysts to work more efficiently with big data sets.
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Smile, Frown, Grimace, and Grin--Your Facial Expression Is the Next Frontier in Big Data
Affectiva co-founder Rana el Kaliouby sees the use of computers to interpret human facial expressions as the next logical step in computer-user interaction.
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Strategy Based on Human Reflexes May Keep Legged Robots, Prosthetic Legs From Tripping
A new robotic leg prosthesis could help users recover their balance by using techniques based on the way human legs are controlled.
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Seeking Data Wisdom
Data wisdom is needed to make discoveries and assure the significance of the results of data-intensive research, says a statistician and data scientist.
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Email Security Improving, but Far From Perfect
A new report observes that email security has improved significantly in the past two years, although widespread issues remain.
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Why Ball Tracking Works For Tennis and Cricket but Not Soccer or Basketball
Tracking balls in some sports--such as basketball, volleyball, and soccer--is significantly harder for machine-vision algorithms than it is in other sports.
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Google Says It Reviewed 1.2 Million Web Pages For 'right to Be Forgotten'
Alphabet Inc.'s Google on Wednesday said it has evaluated more than 1.2 million Web pages for compliance with Europe's "Right to Be Forgotten" ruling, and removed...
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Computers Can Perceive Image Curves Like Artists
Researchers at Umeå University in Sweden have developed a breakthrough concept in the field of computer vision using curves and lines to represent image shapes...
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The Sounds of Brushing
A new study suggests using smartphones to capture the sounds of brushing one's teeth, to determine if you are doing it right.
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How to Pick Out a Face in the Crowd
A computer scientist from Sydney's University of Technology and colleagues have addressed the accuracy limitations of existing facial recognition technology. Researcher...
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The Computer That Knows What You're Thinking
We have all done it; put a rictus grin on our faces while inside we are burning with anger.
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Clothes Smarter Than You Are: Welcome to the Future
MIT Media Lab researcher Marcelo Coelho concentrates on developing wearable devices whose intelligence may exceed that of their wearer.
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A Tiny Pill Monitors Vital Signs from Deep Inside the Body
After testing all the pieces of a tiny pill-size device, Albert Swiston sent it on a unique journey: through the guts of six live Yorkshire pigs.
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The Hyper-Intelligent Bandage
Scientists are developing smart, sensor-packed dressings to help heal chronic wounds.
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Technology Brings Online Education in Line with Campus Programs
Whether sitting in front of a screen or in a classroom, online and campus-based institutions want to verify students actually attend classes, take exams.
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Isis' Opsec Manual Reveals How It Handles Cybersecurity
In the wake of the Paris attacks, US government officials have been vocal in their condemnation of encryption, suggesting that US companies like Apple and Google...
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Paris Attacks Fan Encryption Debate
White House and congressional staffers have asked Silicon Valley executives for new talks in Washington, D.C., to resolve a standoff over encrypted communication...
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Why New York Subway Lines Are Missing Countdown Clocks
There are people who stand every morning outside the Carroll Street station in Brooklyn staring dead-eyed into the middle distance.
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