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Seven Steps to Creating a Brain Implant
The brain is one of the most delicate and complex objects in the universe, so tinkering with its activity may seem like a fool's errand.
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Microsoft Machine Learning Tech Adds Captions to Images
Microsoft is leveraging its machine learning research to build software that automatically captions images.
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Webrtc Hammers Out Compromise on Video Codec Standards
Proponents of WebRTC, the Web standard for real-time communications via browsers, have reached a compromise on the H.264 and VP8 video codecs.
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Fulbright Award Takes Computer Scientist to France
An Arizona State University professor will spend six months studying at the French Institute for Research in Computer Science Automation.
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Machine-Learning Algorithm Ranks the World's Most Notable Authors
New software automatically ranks authors and creators whose work is in the public domain by how likely they are to be of interest to academics and the public.
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How to Teach Self-Driving Cars Ethics of the Road
A large truck speeding in the opposite direction suddenly veers into your lane.
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Stanford Cyber Initiative Will Tackle Internet Technology Concerns From Many Angles
The Stanford Cyber Initiative is a program applying broad Stanford University expertise to cybersecurity, cyberspace, and networked information.
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Silicon Valley Turns Prisoners Into Programmers at San Quentin
A San Francisco-based programming boot camp has launched a program in which inmates at San Quentin State Prison will learn the basics of computer coding.
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Hour of Code to Feature 'frozen' Characters
Educational nonprofit Code.org is collaborating with Disney to open its week-long "Hour of Code" event during Computer Science Education Week Dec. 8-14.
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Hackathon Develops Tech Tools to Fight Ebola Epidemic
The University of Oxford earlier this month hosted the Ebola Crisis Hackathon.
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Supercomputing 2014 Recognizes Outstanding Achievements in Hpc
Both novice and veteran researchers were honored for their contributions to high-performance computing at the Supercomputing 2014 (SC14) conference.
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Dartmouth's BRACE—a BRACE-Let to Improve Computer Security
The Bilateral Recurring Authentication Conducted Effortless system continuously authenticates users while they are using a terminal.
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Robots Put to Work on E-Waste
Researchers believe they have automated the process of disassembling liquid crystal display screens for recycling.
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Faculty Research Reveals Software Improving in Ability to Analyze, Score Writing
Software for evaluating human writing is improving and expanding in use.
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Rutgers Engineers Create Smartphone App to Cut Risk of Power Outages
Rutgers University researchers have developed a smartphone app designed to help engineers respond to widespread power outages.
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Cats and Athletes Teach Robots to Fall
Researchers are studying feline and human behavior during falls with the goal of applying its physics to robotic landings.
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sing 3D Printers to Print Out Self-Learning Robots
Researchers at Oslo University are developing self-instructing robots using three-dimensional printers.
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Study Finds Search Engine Poisoning Persistent, Hard to Solve
A new study finds efforts to prevent the manipulation of search results are having little impact on online fraud.
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Fighting Crime Through Crowdsourcing
Researchers are developing a computing model that uses crowdsourcing to combine and optimize human efforts and machine-computing elements.
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