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New Qubit Design Provides Parity Bit for Schrödinger Cat States
The RAM in our computers is constantly refreshed to ensure that it maintains the intended information.
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ncertainty Gives Scientists New Confidence in Search for Novel Materials
Researchers have developed a method to estimate uncertainties in computer calculations that are used to facilitate the search for new materials.
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A Speech Synthesizer Direct to the Brain
A San Francisco neurosurgeon says he is working toward building a wireless brain-machine interface that could translate brain signals directly into audible speech...
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Self-Assembly Shows Promise for Extending Moore's Law
These are challenging times for computer chip engineers.
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Why Apple's Swift Language Will Instantly Remake Computer Programming
Chris Lattner spent a year and a half creating a new programming language—a new way of designing, building, and running computer software—and he didn't mention...
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Your Next Opponent in Angry Birds Could Be a Robot
A combination robot/smart-tablet system could become a future rehabilitation tool for children with cognitive and motor-skill disabilities.
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Drone Lighting: Autonomous Vehicles Could Automatically Assume the Right Positions for Photographic Lighting
A team of researchers is developing algorithms to let photographers use camera-mounted controls to guide drone-mounted lights into just the right position.
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Forget Turing, the Lovelace Test Has a Better Shot at Spotting AI
When a chatbot called Eugene Goostman passed Alan Turing's famous measure of machine intelligence in June by posing as a Ukrainian teenager with questionable language...
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Traffic Lights: There's a Better Way
A new means of computing the optimal timings for city stoplights can significantly reduce drivers' average travel times.
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Intel, Qualcomm and Others Compete For 'internet of Things' Standard
If the stakes are big enough, companies will compete even for something that is supposed to be free to all comers.
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When a Computer Ages You
Researchers are hoping to harness facial-recognition and age-progression technology to estimate people's life spans and future health based on a photograph.
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Can Software Make Health Data More Private?
New software could give people more control over how their personal health information is shared between doctors and medical institutions.
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Row Hits Flagship Brain Plan
The European Union's high-profile, €1-billion Human Brain Project, launched last October, has come under fire from neuroscientists, who claim that poor management...
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Robots' Best Teachers Are Other Robots (in Cloud Networks)
Earlier this year, a vaguely humanoid robot served juice to a researcher lying on a hospital bed.
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Sun Sends More 'tsunami Waves' to Voyager 1
NASA's Voyager 1 spacecraft has experienced a new "tsunami wave" from the sun as it sails through interstellar space.
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Sdsc Assists Researchers in Novel Wildlife Tracking Project
Researchers are using a supercomputer to provide data on the range and movements of California condors, giant pandas, and dugongs.
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Atoms Show The Way
A "quantum compass" will offer precise positioning data in places GPS cannot go.
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