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Rehab Robot Harmony Introduced By t Austin Engineers
University of Texas at Austin researchers have developed a two-armed robotic rehabilitation exoskeleton.
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Vint Cerf on Acm, Internet Issues, and Quantum and Machine Computing
Vint Cerf, co-creator of the Internet and vice president at Google, discusses modern challenges of the Internet, technologies of the future, and ACM.
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The Mission To Save The Internet By Rewiring It From The Name p
A international team has been quietly pondering how to rewrite the basic structure of the Internet—for our sakes.
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Robots May Look Like Job-Killers, But It's Hard to See in the Numbers
Robots are goosing the productivity of the world's factories, but does that mean fewer jobs for humans?
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When Robot Personalities Mimic the Dead
The creation of robots with personalities mimicking celebrities and other deceased persons could be controversial in terms of how people may react to them.
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Online Voting a Step Closer Thanks to Breakthrough in Security Technology
Researchers say they have developed a new technique that could enable people to cast an election vote online, even if their home computer is infected with malware...
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What Is Being Learned From Moocs? New Report Takes Stock
A new report released this week lays out the current state of research into massive open online courses.
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Detecting Human Life With Remote Technology
Flinders University engineering students have developed new technology to detect human life that they believe is more efficient than published techniques.
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Future 'top Guns' Will Be Battle Managers Flying Bigger, Slower Aircraft
At the dawn of aerial combat 100 years ago, World War I flying aces frequently closed to within 15 meters before firing at enemy aircraft with their machine guns...
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Brace Yourself: Microsoft Wants to Guess How Old You Are
Like a distant relative who makes you feel bad at the annual holiday get together, Microsoft has created a website that analyzes a photo of a person's face and...
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Holograms Could Bring Videogame-Like Navigation to Your Car
There are plenty of ways to get directions in the car, but most have one big shortcoming.
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Olga Troyanskaya Brings Order to Big Data of Human Biology
Researchers at the Simons Center for Data Analysis have established how genes work together within 144 different human tissues and cell types.
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Resilience, Not Abstinence, May Help Teens Battle Online Risk
Researchers found keeping teens safe on the Internet can be achieved by boosting their ability to cope with online risks, rather than trying to stop them from going...
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c Berkeley Team Builds 'smart' Grocery Cart With Recycled Smartphones
A smart grocery cart was the winning product concept in the inaugural Smartphone Encore Challenge.
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Microsoft Shows Hololens' Augmented Reality Is No Gimmick
Microsoft demonstrated how far its augmented-reality HoloLens wonderland project has come.
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Online Fact-Checking Tool Gets a Big Test With Nepal Earthquake
A group of volunteer "digital humanitarians" is using an experimental Web platform to crowdsource rumor verification following the 7.8-magnitude earthquake in Nepal...
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Why Coding Is Your Child's Key to nlocking the Future
An increasing number of educators and activists are pushing to make programming a part of all children's basic education.
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sing Smartphones to Avoid Spatial Disorientation of Elderly
Researchers have turned to network operating technologies to locate and send alerts to elderly people with mild cognitive impairment during episodes of disorientation...
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Smartphone Secrets May Be Better Than a Password
Before you read this story, try to answer the following question: Who was the first person to text you today?
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