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New Optical Chip Lights p the Race For Quantum Computer
Researchers say they have developed a multipurpose, reprogrammable optical chip that can carry out in hours experiments that previously would have taken months.
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Computer Scientists Find Mass Extinctions Can Accelerate Evolution
Robots evolve more quickly and efficiently after a virtual mass extinction modeled after real-life disasters such as the one that killed off the dinosaurs.
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Ibm's 'rodent Brain' Chip Could Make Our Phones Hyper-Smart
IBM researchers say they have built the digital equivalent of a rodent brain using 48 TrueNorth chips, an experimental processor designed to emulate neurons.
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Researchers Tinker With Flying, Rolling Rfid-Sensorized Robots
A team of researchers have developed a prototype robot-based environmental-measuring system from commercially available components.
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Could Hackers Take Down a City?
Researchers warn of the possibility of cyberattackers crippling a city because of urban centers' increasing reliance on technology.
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Georgia Tech Finds 11 Security Flaws in Popular Internet Browsers sing New Analysis Method
Georgia Institute of Technology researchers have received $100,000 from Facebook to continue research that will help make the Internet safer.
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Atlas, a Humanoid Robot, Takes a Walk in the Woods
Scientists trying to build a better robot are encouraged by the latest steps, however tentative, of a humanoid named Atlas.
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AI Football Manager Knows How Different Teams Play the Game
A team of researchers has used a detailed computer analysis of the 2013-2014 Spanish football league to better understand various teams' different patterns of play...
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sing Online Health Forums to Serve nderserved Communities
A team from the University of California, Riverside, has found that men and women use social media and online health forums for different purposes.
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AI Football Manager Knows How Different Teams Play the Game
Who really calls the shots in team sports?
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Data-Crunching Is Coming to Help Your Boss Manage Your Time
You might be at work, but that hardly means you are working.
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Crackdowns Haven't Stopped the Dark Web's $100m Yearly Drug Sales
A new Carnegie Mellon University study suggests law enforcement take-downs of online drug markets have largely failed to dent the traffic in drugs on the Dark Web...
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The Rise of the Robo-Meteorologist
Microsoft researchers Ashish Kapoor and Eric Horvitz are using machine learning to make more accurate weather predictions over a 24-hour period.
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Flickr Photo Data sed to Predict People's Locations
Researchers have developed an algorithm that can predict people's location based on the photos they upload to the Flickr file-sharing website.
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'next Gen Stats' Offer New Insights For Nfl Fans and Coaches
As Richard Sherman sprints side-by-side with Calvin Johnson, who is running faster?
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Crackdowns Haven't Stopped the Dark Web's $100 Yearly Drug Sales
After more than four years and two giant law enforcement busts, the Dark Web's drug market is still just as robust as it was during the Silk Road's heyday.
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A Machine in the Co-Pilot's Seat
Joel Walker, a test pilot for Aurora Flight Sciences, a maker of autonomous aircraft, flew his small, twin-engine plane through rain squalls here recently, and...
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For Virtual-Reality Movies, Old Methods Don't Fit New Medium
I'm standing on the bow of what looks to be a sunken pirate ship.
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Building the Next New York Times Recommendation Engine
The New York Times publishes over 300 articles, blog posts and interactive stories a day.
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