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Facial Recognition Tool 'works in Darkness'
A new tool can identify people in complete darkness by using their thermal signature and matching infrared images with ordinary photos.
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Facial Recognition Tool 'works in Darkness'
Two scientists at a German university have developed a tool which recognises a person's face in complete darkness.
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The Hidden Lab Where Bankcards Are Hacked
It couldn't get any more steampunk if it tried: a wooden robot hisses like an airbrake as a blast of compressed air shoves its arm sideways, sending a credit card...
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The People 'possessed' By Computers
Sophia Ben-Achour looks like a typical London student. She has short, brown hair, dancing eyes and a wide smile.
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The Secret Codes of British Banknotes
A brand-new Xerox colour photocopier had just arrived at one of Cambridge's industrial labs.
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Building the Face of a Criminal from Dna
The face of a killer constructed from DNA left at the scene of a crime: it sounds like science fiction. But revealing the face of a criminal based on their genes...
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How Will the Universe End, and Could Anything Survive?
Don't panic, but our planet is doomed. It's just going to take a while.
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Falls of the Robots: Disaster Droids Struggle to Stay pright
It's a scenario straight out of a Hollywood movie.
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Disaster Droids Face Off in the DARPA Robotics Challenge
Final preparations are being made by 24 robotics teams about to compete for $3.5m (£2.3m) worth of prizes in a Pentagon-backed competition.
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'positive Train Control' Could Have Prevented U.s. Derailment
The investigation into the cause of a fatal train derailment in the U.S. city of Philadelphia this week has already yielded its first conclusion: it could have...
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The Number Glitch That Can Lead to Catastrophe
A surprisingly simple bug afflicts computers controlling planes, spacecraft and more; they get confused by big numbers.
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What Would You See in a Black Hole?
Something about a black hole just pulls you in. Sure, its gravity is so strong that not even light can elude its grasp. But, there's something else, something harder...
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U.s. Nuclear Fears Block Intel China Supercomputer Update
The U.S. government has refused to let Intel help China update the world's biggest supercomputer.
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How the Dark Web Spurs a Spying 'arms Race'
It's a technological arms race, pure and simple.
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Ted 2015: Google Boss Wants Self-Drive Cars 'for Son'
The director of Google's self-driving car project says he wants self-driving cars to be standard on roads within five years.
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Rosetta Catches Its Own Shadow
The highest resolution image yet taken of Comet 67P by the Rosetta satellite has just been released.
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Is Your Toaster a Silent Recruit in a 'thingbot' Army?
All kinds of gadgets, from toasters to sprinklers, fridges to domestic heating systems, are now boasting sensors, actuators and low-powered embedded chips.
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Time Lords: The Clocks That Rule Our World
Time is money—and never was this clearer than at 09:59:59.985 Eastern Time, on 3 June 2013.
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