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Building artificial intelligence into medical devices can speed diagnoses and potentially improve treatments and outcomes.
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Medical Microbots Take a Fantastic Voyage Into Reality
In the 1966 film Fantastic Voyage, scientists at a U.S. laboratory shrink a submarine called Proteus and its human crew to microscopic size and then inject the...
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Getting 'physical' and Emotional in Virtual Reality
If you think about virtual reality, you probably think of it as the place where gamers don an Oculus headset and go shoot up enemies in 3D or travel space.
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Supreme Court Overturns Conviction in Online Threats Case, Citing Intent
The Supreme Court on Monday made it harder to prosecute people for threats made on Facebook and other social media, reversing the conviction of a Pennsylvania man...
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Deep Learning Catches On in New Industries, from Fashion to Finance
A machine-learning technique that has already given computers an eerie ability to recognize speech and categorize images is now creeping into industries ranging...
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How Companies Turn Your Facebook Activity Into a Credit Score
Nicole Keplinger, 22, had long seen ads on Facebook promising financial relief, but she always ignored them and assumed that they were scams.
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Dali: Robot Walker For Elderly People in Public Spaces
To help elderly people navigate busy public places, an European Union research project has developed a robotic cognitive walker.
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The Long Life of a Quick 'fix'
By the time a pair of engineers sat down for lunch together in Austin, the Internet's growing pains had become dire.
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A Flaw in the Design
The Internet’s founders saw its promise but didn’t foresee users attacking one another.
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Military Technology: Laser Weapons Get Real
Silently, the drone aircraft glides above the arid terrain of New Mexico—until it suddenly pivots out of control and plummets to the ground.
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Scientist Created Drones that Fly Autonomously and Learn New Routes
A researcher at Mexico's National Institute of Astrophysics, Optics, and Electronics is developing a drone that can fly autonomously without GPS.
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Household Robots Are Here, but Where Are They Going?
Social robots like the quasi-anthropomorphic Jibo and Amazon's far more utilitarian Echo are beginning to find their places in our living rooms.
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Machine Vision System Could Help the Visually Impaired Shop For Food
Researchers at Pennsylvania State University are working to develop a device that could help the visually impaired shop for food independently.
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Mission Possible: This Device Will Self-Destruct When Heated
Researchers have developed heat-triggered self-destructing electronic devices and a radio-controlled trigger that could remotely activate self-destruction on demand...
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'deep Learning' Will Soon Give S Super-Smart Robots
Yann LeCun is among those bringing a new level of artificial intelligence to popular internet services from the likes of Facebook, Google, and Microsoft.
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Connected Cars, Data Traffic Jams, to Challenge Mobile Operators
A new report suggests the rise of connected cars could create major network traffic headaches for mobile network operators.
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The nderwater Internet
In 1962, during a period of technological and political transition in the undersea-cable industry, the Keawaula cable station was built on Oahu’s west shore for...
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Walk-Man Sets the Bar High For Darpa's Robotics Challenge Finals
An international group of researchers has developed the WALK-MAN robot to seamlessly operate in environments damaged by disasters.
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Computational Aesthetics Algorithm Spots Beauty That Humans Overlook
A team of researchers has developed a machine-vision algorithm that can identify and highlight beautiful images.
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