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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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Ask the Crowd: Robots Learn Faster, Better With Online Helpers
University of Washington computer scientists have discovered crowdsourcing is an effective way to teach robots.
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Number of Women Entering IT Continues to Decline, Says BCS Report
A new report finds girls in the U.K. who study computing and information and communications technology at A-level perform at a higher level than boys.
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Quantum State May Be a Real Thing
At the very heart of quantum mechanics lies a monster waiting to consume unwary minds.
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How a Little Open Source Project Came to Dominate Big Data
It began as a nagging technical problem that needed solving.
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The AP's Newest Business Reporter Is an Algorithm
Journalistic earnings stories can feel robotic, even when written by a news organization as prestigious as the Associated Press.
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The NSA Revelations All in One Chart
This is a plot of the NSA programs revealed in the past year.
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Microrobots Are the "bee's Knees" For Harvard Professor
At some point in the future, RoboBees may be able to perform the task of pollination.
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Automotive Grade Linux Hits the Road
Car vendors have an open source platform for building embedded applications and features in Automotive Grade Linux.
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UA-Developed Technology Helps Find Happy Middle Between Low Temps and High Bills
A monitor developed by researchers at the University of Arizona allows consumers to set the temperature in their homes based on how much they want to spend on electricity...
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U.c. San Diego Researchers Build Tool to Help Secure Iot
A new tool allows hardware designers and system builders to test the security of embedded devices.
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Hong Kong Researchers Develop 3D Tool For Surveillance Footage
A new digital system is designed to reduce the amount of time it takes investigators to search through surveillance camera footage for suspects.
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What Your Cell Phone Can't Tell the Police
On May 28th, Lisa Marie Roberts, of Portland, Oregon, was released from prison after serving nine and a half years for a murder she didn't commit.
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The Space-Based Quantum Cryptography Race
One of the great benefits of quantum communication is the ability to send messages from one point in space to another with perfect security.
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New N.s.a. Chief Calls Damage From Snowden Leaks Manageable
The newly installed director of the National Security Agency says that while he has seen some terrorist groups alter their communications to avoid surveillance...
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Researchers Find and Decode the Spy Tools Governments se to Hijack Phones
A study of tools used by law enforcment and intelligence agencies to conduct surveillance on computer and mobile phone users revealed a wide range of functions. ...
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Rediscovered Plans Aid Edsac Reconstruction
The National Museum of Computing's reconstruction of an early British digital computer will benefit from the resurfacing of circuit diagrams of the machine.
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Demonstrating a Driverless Future
Researchers say they have developed one of the most advanced autonomous vehicles ever designed.
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New York Subway Cell Coverage Stinks, But Here Are the Best Lines
The New York City subway system may run 24 hours a day and represent the most efficient means to get around the metropolis, but it has long been a sore spot for...
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Ray Kurzweil Says He's Breathing Intelligence Into Google Search
The big announcements at Google's I/O event in San Francisco Wednesday didn't mention Web search, the technology that got the company started and made it so successful...
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