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A Healthy Dose of AI
Building artificial intelligence into medical devices can speed diagnoses and potentially improve treatments and outcomes.
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Hackers Compete to Create the Most Insidious Code
The Underhanded C Conference calls on developers to create software that performs some kind of malicious activity but looks innocuous even under scrutiny.
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From Touch Displays to the Surface: A Brief History of Touchscreen Technology
It's hard to believe that just a few decades ago, touchscreen technology could only be found in science fiction books and film. These days, it's almost unfathomable...
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Yes, You Should Care About Bitcoin, and Here's Why
Everybody's talking about Bitcoin these days, which is quite remarkable given the highly technical nature of the crypto-currency. So why is it such a big deal?
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Apple's iMessage Encryption Trips Up Feds' Surveillance
Encryption used in Apple's iMessage chat service has stymied attempts by federal drug enforcement agents to eavesdrop on suspects' conversations, an internal government...
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Digital Shrinks Find Depressed Faces and Body Language
Automated systems that analyze gestures and facial expressions could make the challenging task of diagnosing depression somewhat easier.
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No More Robocalls: New Tech Automatically Hangs p On Robots
Every month, the Federal Trade Commission receives 200,000 complaints about illegal robocalls, making it the most common problem reported to the FTC.
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Top Brain Scientist Is 'philosopher at Heart'
d Boyden tilts his head downward, remaining still except for his eyes, which dart back and forth between blinks for a full 10 seconds. Then, as if coming up for...
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Obama to nveil Initiative to Map the Human Brain
President Obama on Tuesday will announce a broad new research initiative, starting with $100 million in 2014, to invent and refine new technologies to understand...
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Computer Program Claims First Victory Over Shogi Professional
A computer program has defeated an active shogi professional for the first time.
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Crowd-Funding Is Working For Open Source Projects
The company behind the LiveCode development tool has used crowd-funding to raise the money it needs (and more) to create an open source edition of its software. ...
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You'll Never Believe the Data 'wiped' Smartphones Store
Few things are more precious, intimate, and personal than the data on your smartphone.
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The Child, the Tablet, and the Developing Mind
I recently watched my sister perform an act of magic.
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Making Robots Mimic the Human Hand
A new initiative aims to build low-cost artificial hands using widely available products such as cellphone cameras and sensors.
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How the Science of Swarms Can Help s Fight Cancer and Predict the Future
The first thing to hit Iain Couzin when he walked into the Oxford lab where he kept his locusts was the smell, like a stale barn full of old hay.
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Bitcoin May Be the Global Economy's Last Safe Haven
One of the oddest bits of news to emerge from the economic collapse of Cyprus is a corresponding rise in the value of Bitcoin, the Internet’s favorite, media-friendly...
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Little-Known Surveillance Tool Raises Concerns By Judges, Privacy Activists
Federal investigators in Northern California routinely used a sophisticated surveillance system to scoop up data from cellphones and other wireless devices in an...
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Robot Butler Can Open Doors, Talk, and Separate Oreos
The Home Exploring Robot Butler (HERB) can get a meal out of the fridge, microwave food, clean up after a mess, and even separate an Oreo.
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Yes, Your New Car Has A 'black Box.' Where's The Off Switch?
If you're a vehicle owner and happen to have a car accident in the near future (we hope you don't), it's likely the crash details will be recorded.
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