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The AI Game That Knows You Better Than Anyone
Many computer science researchers are trying to create an AI system that offers video game players a more tailored experience.
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'siri, Kill That Guy': Drones Might Get Voice Controls
Future U.S. Air Force drone operators could talk to a drone and receive a verbal response, similar to the Siri-style two-way voice exchange.
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Concordia's 3D Innovation Revolutionizes Visual Art
Researchers are developing 3D drawing tools for a software system that enables animation artists to literally draw in thin air.
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The Biometric Wallet
Hitachi and Fujitsu have pioneered a new technique in which a person's vein configurations are scanned as proof of identity, and the technology is being integrated...
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System Improves Automated Monitoring of Security Cameras
MIT researchers have developed a system that can analyze several surveillance cameras more accurately and in less time than it would take a human operator.
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Prophets of Zoom
Deep-zooming software, known as zoomable user interfaces, enable information such as text, images, and video to sit on a single, limitless surface that can be viewed...
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Training Cells to Perform Boolean Functions? It's Logical
Johns Hopkins University researchers have engineered cells that behave like AND and OR Boolean logic gates, producing an output based on one or more unique inputs...
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Uh Students Develop Prototype Device that Translates Sign Language
University of Houston researchers have developed the concept and prototype for MyVoice, a device that reads sign language and translates its motions into audible...
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Cisco: Global 'net Traffic to Surpass 1 Zettabyte in 2016
Global Internet Protocol traffic will reach an annual rate of 1.3 zettabytes in 2016, predicts Cisco Systems.
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Mind-Reading Robot Teachers Keep Students Focused
University of Wisconsin-Madison researchers have developed a robotic teacher that monitors students' attention levels and mimics the techniques human teachers use...
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Supercomputer to Connect to 400pb of Storage via Ethernet
The National Center for Supercomputing Applications recently launched a storage infrastructure initiative designed to support the Blue Waters supercomputer, which...
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Adaptive Networks Aim to Thwart Cybercriminals
Cybercriminals who take aim at computer networks will find it more difficult to hit their mark if their target is a constantly moving one.
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University of Nevada, Reno Scientists Design Low-Cost Indoor Navigation System For Blind
University of Nevada, Reno researchers have developed Navatar, an indoor navigation system for people with visual impairments.
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Meet the Man Who Invented the Instructions For the Internet
Steve Crocker was there when the Internet was born.
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Remember Stuxnet? Why the U.s. Is Still Vulnerable
Last week, the Department of Homeland Security revealed a rash of cyber attacks on natural gas pipeline companies. Just as with previous cyber attacks on infrastructure...
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Nasa Stresses New Mission
Putting U.S. astronauts aboard private spacecraft originally was intended to accelerate the pace and slash the cost of manned exploration. But now, National Aeronautics...
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Font for Digits Lets Numbers Punch Their Weight
Researchers at the St. Andrews and Calgary universities have developed FatFonts, a font that offers a way to write numbers so that their areas equal their numerical...
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Robots Learn to Pick p Oddly Shaped Objects
Cornell University researchers have developed a algorithm that enables a robot to learn grasping skills from experience and apply them to new situations.
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Smart Shoes Step p the Wearable-Computing Pace
Researchers at the universities of Munich and Toronto have developed ShoeSense, a type of wearable computing system for smartphones.
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