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Computer Eyesight Gets a Lot More Accurate
For the second time in its four-year history, the Large Scale Visual Recognition Challenge saw dramatic improvements in the quality of machine-vision technology...
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Brain-Computer Interface Project Gives Hope to Disabled
The European Union-funded Tools for Brain-Computer Interaction project could help the severely disabled regain some of their lost functionality.
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ltra Pure Silicon Could Pave Way For More Quantum Computing Research
Researchers at the U.S. National Institute of Standards and Technology have developed a much less expensive and easier way of producing ultra-pure silicon.
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Pgp Is Fundamentally Broken, Says Crypto Expert
Johns Hopkins University professor Matthew Green says the PGP encryption protocol is badly out of date and fails to meet modern public key cryptography needs.
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Researchers Aim to Thwart Targeted Cyberattacks
Researchers are studying a series of sophisticated attacks via email against the World Uyghur Congress, a Chinese nongovernmental organization.
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Mobile Phones Come Alive With the Sound of Music, Thanks to Nanogenerators
Everyday background noise could be used to charge mobile phones, according to scientists from Queen Mary University of London and Nokia.
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Diamonds Are a Quantum Computer's Best Friend
Researchers have proposed a new architecture for quantum computing based on microscopic defects in diamond.
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Harvard nleashes a Swarm of Self-Organizing Robots
Harvard University researchers have developed a method enabling thousands of robots to coordinate their actions so they can complete a single task.
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Do quantum computers threaten global encryption systems?
The modern world is a house of cards built upon encryption.
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Face Recognition System Achieves 99.15 Percent Accuracy
Researchers at the Chinese University of Hong Kong say they have developed the most accurate facial-recognition system in the world, featuring an accuracy rating...
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Siri's Inventors Are Building a Radical New AI That Does Anything You Ask
When Apple announced the iPhone 4S on October 4, 2011, the headlines were not about its speedy A5 chip or improved camera.
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Cassini Prepares For Its Biggest Remaining Burn
NASA's Cassini spacecraft will execute the largest planned maneuver of the spacecraft's remaining mission on Saturday, Aug. 9. The maneuver will target Cassini...
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Origami Robot Folds Itself p, Crawls Away
For years, a team of researchers at MIT and Harvard University has been working on origami robots—reconfigurable robots that would be able to fold themselves into...
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Messaging App Lets You Leave Secrets on Street Corners
It's your birthday and a message from a friend suggests you go to a nearby street corner.
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Organic Synthesis: The Robo-Chemist
In faded photographs from the 1960s, organic-chemistry laboratories look like an alchemist's paradise.
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Communication-Optimal Algorithms For Contracting Distributed Tensors
A new framework derives algorithms for distributed contraction of arbitrary dimensional tensors on the IBM Blue Gene/Q Mira supercomputer.
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Penn Researchers Develop Technology to Improve Computer Networks
University of Pennsylvania researchers have developed technology that helps make computer networks run more efficiently.
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Wirelessly Charged Microchip Opens Doors Into 'electroceutical' Devices
A Stanford University project uncovered a technique for wirelessly charging tiny devices implanted in the human body to treat illness and alleviate pain.
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Rosetta Arrives at Comet Destination
After a decade-long journey chasing its target, ESA's Rosetta has today become the first spacecraft to rendezvous with a comet, opening a new chapter in Solar System...
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