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MIT Camera Culture Group Develops the 'eyeselfie' to Help Monitor Eye Health
eyeSelfie is a low-cost handheld device for taking images of one's own retina, optic nerve, and the vasculature at the back of the eye.
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Teach Your Robot to Do the Dishes
Scientists at the University of Wisconsin-Madison have developed a robot that can help people wash their dishes.
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Code 'transplant" Could Revolutionize Programming
A new software tool is capable of automatically isolating the code of a feature in one program and "transplanting" it into another program.
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A Supercomputer in the Palm of Your Hand
Researchers are investigating the possibility of using smartphone processors as energy-efficient alternatives to current supercomputer components.
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This Hacker's Tiny Device nlocks Cars and Opens Garages
The next time you press your wireless key fob to unlock your car, if you find that it doesn’t beep until the second try, the issue may not be a technical glitch...
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Teaching Machines to nderstand S
The first time Yann LeCun revolutionized artificial intelligence, it was a false dawn.
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Anticipating Computational Fashion
Wearable technologies are poised to move beyond the wrist.
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Giving Robots a More Nimble Grasp
Most robots on a factory floor are fairly ham-handed: Equipped with large pincers or claws, they are designed to perform simple maneuvers, such as grabbing an object...
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New Online Exploring Tools Bring NASA's Journey to Mars to New Generation
On the three-year anniversary of the Mars landing of NASA's Curiosity rover, NASA is unveiling two new online tools that open the mysterious terrain of the Redjourney...
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Securing Today's Data Against Tomorrow's Quantum Computers
Microsoft researchers consider it vital for encryption upgrades to be developed now, to anticipate quantum computing's decryption potential.
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Remember Conficker? It's Still Around
Malware called Conficker began widely infecting computers in 2008; about 1 million computers worldwide are still infected despite years of cleanup efforts.
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Robotic Insect Mimics Nature's Extreme Moves
Researchers at Harvard University and Seoul National University say they have developed a robotic insect that can jump on the surface of water.
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The Computing Power Behind the Large Hadron Collider
CERN project manager Bob Jones recently discussed the Large Hadron Collider's massive supporting computing infrastructure.
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From a Million Miles Away, Nasa Camera Shows Moon Crossing Face of Earth
A NASA camera aboard the Deep Space Climate Observatory (DSCOVR) satellite captured a unique view of the moon as it moved in front of the sunlit side of Earth last...
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Cyber Attack: How Easy Is It to Take Out a Smart City?
When is a smart city not so smart?
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Welcome to the Metaverse
Ebbe Altberg needs about a paragraph to define human life: "What humans do is create spaces," the gregarious 51-year-old executive says, leaning back at a table...
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Self-Building 3D Printed Bricks Hint at Future Without Assembly Lines
Bar-Ilan University researchers have used an algorithm to show that high frequency vibrations can cause bricks to self-assemble into a larger three-dimensional...
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Siebel Institute Seeks to Make the Smart Grid Smarter
The Siebel Energy Institute has a mission to meet the challenge of enhancing the global power grid with intelligent software.
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For Sympathetic Ear, More Chinese Turn to Smartphone Program
The Xiaoice smartphone chatbot introduced in China by Microsoft last year has gained a major following, with people turning to it for comfort and sympathy.
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