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Magnetic Fields Provide a New Way to Communicate Wirelessly
Researchers have demonstrated a new wireless communication technique that works by sending magnetic signals through the human body.
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Self-Driving Golf Carts
The Singapore-MIT Alliance for Research and Technology recently conducted an experiment in which self-driving golf carts carried 500 tourists around winding paths...
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How IBM Research Wants to se Mobile Devices to Detect Early Stage Dementia
Researchers have developed a smartphone and tablet app that compresses a diagnostic test for dementia usually performed by a clinician.
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Researchers Employ Baxter Robot to Help the Blind
Robotics researchers at Carnegie Mellon University are developing assistive robots to help visually impaired travelers navigate the smart cities of the future.
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This Algorithm Can Create a New Van Gogh or Picasso in Just an Hour
German researchers have outlined a method of using deep learning to turn regular photographs into images in the style of great painters.
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This Preschool Is For Robots
On the seventh floor of Berkeley's technology research hall, a bright blue and yellow plastic ray gun sits on a long table, along with wooden spoons, model planes...
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Is a Cambrian Explosion Coming For Robotics?
New technological developments are fomenting an explosion in the diversity and application of robotics.
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How Artificial Intelligence Can Fight Air Pollution in China
IBM is testing a prototype computer system capable of learning to predict the severity of air pollution in different parts of Beijing.
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Quantum 'spookiness' Passes Toughest Test Yet
The toughest test of quantum theory ever conducted has verified "spooky action at a distance" is inherent to the quantum domain.
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Google's Driverless Cars Run Into Problem: Cars With Drivers
Researchers are challenged by the fact that automated vehicles programmed to obey the law and traffic safety rules, may have trouble fitting in with autos driven...
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Hundreds of 'black Hat' English Wikipedia Accounts Blocked Following Investigation
After weeks of investigation, volunteer editors on English Wikipedia announced that they blocked 381 user accounts for "black hat" editing.
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Comet Hitchhiker Would Take Tour of Small Bodies
Catching a ride from one solar system body to another isn't easy. You have to figure out how to land your spacecraft safely and then get it on its way to the next...
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Facebook's New Spam-Killer Hints at the Future of Coding
Louis Brandy pauses before answering, needing some extra time to choose his words.
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Research Aims For Bitcoin Science to Catch p With Growth in sage
Bitcoin was quickly adopted by people before any serious analysis of the technology was done, says University of Maryland, College Park professor Jonathan Katz...
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Pluto Snow Forecast Poses Atmospheric Conundrum
NASA's New Horizons spacecraft solved many mysteries about Pluto when it flew past the dwarf planet in July. But as mission controllers prepare to steer the probe...
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Who Drew This? A Computer… or Van Gogh?
German researchers have created a machine-learning algorithm that can take a photograph and make it look like a drawing by Vincent van Gogh or Pablo Picasso.
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ber Project May Improve Autonomous Cars' Vision
Uber is collaborating with the University of Arizona on a mapping and safety project for self-driving cars.
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Our Number's p: Machines Will Do Maths We'll Never nderstand
Some mathematicians think the field of mathematics is approaching a limit that cannot yield further breakthroughs without computerized assistance.
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Computers Can Predict Schizophrenia Based on How a Person Talks
A new algorithmic analysis technique can identify the disjointed patterns of speech considered a hallmark of schizophrenia.
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