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DARPA Challenge Greatly Propelled Humanoid Robotics
The DARPA Robotics Challenge has significantly advanced the field of humanoid robotics thanks to contributions from academia, including the Worcester Polytechnic...
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Pluto Spacecraft Temporarily Loses Contact with Earth
Ten days before its historic flyby of Pluto, NASA's New Horizons spacecraft lost contact with mission control, for unknown reasons, for an hour and 21 minutes on...
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Machine Ethics: The Robot's Dilemma
In his 1942 short story 'Runaround', science-fiction writer Isaac Asimov introduced the Three Laws of Robotics—engineering safeguards and built-in ethical principles...
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The Computers of Our Wildest Dreams
One of the first electronic, programmable computers in the world is remembered today mostly by its nickname: Colossus.
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The Reality of Problem Solving
A new adaptive importance sampling algorithm can help generate more accurate predictions than a data assimilation algorithm when uncertainty is involved.
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Robots to 'hear Better' With New Microphone Technique
U.K. scientists have developed a new microphone system with the potential to help future robots pay closer attention to what they hear.
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Stuck on You: Research Shows Fingerprint Accuracy Stays the Same Over Time
New research by Michigan State University professor Anil Jain has proven one's fingerprint pattern is persistent over time.
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The Future of Car Keys? Smartphone Apps, Maybe
It' not fun getting into a car when the interior is 130 degrees, but that's a typical problem during the summer for those who live in a city like Phoenix, where...
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Collaboratively Exploring Virtual Worlds
The Pentagon's Office of Force Readiness and Training, Lockheed Martin, and the National Science Foundation are creating a platform for immersive training.
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How Computers Are Learning to Make Human Software Work More Efficiently
In genetic improvement, an automated "programmer" is written to manipulate the source code of a piece of software via trial and error, to boost its efficiency.
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Georgia Tech Researchers Train Computer to Create Games By Watching Youtube
Researchers have developed a computing system that views video game play on streaming services, analyzes the footage, and then creates new sections of a game.
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Will AI Drive the Human Race Off a Cliff?
A recent panel discussion focused on the need to develop policies to prevent artificial intelligence from evolving to the point where it threatens humanity's existence...
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Nasa Explains Why June 30 Will Get Extra Second
The day will officially be a bit longer than usual on Tuesday, June 30, 2015, because an extra second, or "leap" second, will be added.
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Computers Read the Fossil Record
For a field whose raison d'être is to chronicle the deep past, palaeontology is remarkably forward-looking when it comes to organizing its data.
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The Computer Chip That Never Forgets
In 1945, mathematician John von Neumann wrote down a very simple recipe for a computer.
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Making a Better Semiconductor
Researchers at Michigan State University have developed a method for changing the electronic properties of materials that could lead to new, improved semiconductors...
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Asu Professor Develops Artificial Intelligence Tools For Environmental Research
Artificial intelligence tools developed by researchers at Arizona State University could tell scientists and environmental planners everything they want to know...
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Discovery Paves Way For New Kinds of Superconducting Electronics
University of California, San Diego researchers have developed a new way to control the transport of electrical currents through high-temperature superconductors...
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Iu Researchers Participate in Linkedin Project to Tackle Economic, Employment Challenges
The LinkedIn Economic Graph Challenge invites researchers, academics, and others to propose strategies for using LinkedIn data to address major economic problems...
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