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Building artificial intelligence into medical devices can speed diagnoses and potentially improve treatments and outcomes.
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Improving K–12 Computer Science Education
Code.org estimates fewer than half of U.S. K-12 schools offer computer science courses, which a 2016 Google-Gallup survey elevates to 75% when accounting for after...
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The Ridiculous Amount of Energy It Takes to Run Bitcoin
Keeping bitcoin running via the process of "mining" consumes a staggering amount of electricity, and experts are investigating energy-saving solutions.
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Blossom: A Handmade Approach to Social Robotics From Cornell and Google
Blossom is a social robot built from natural materials like cotton and wool.
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How We Won Gold in the Cyborg Olympics' Brain Race
In October 2016, inside a sold-out arena in Zurich, a man named Numa Poujouly steered his wheelchair up to the central podium.
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Blossom: A Handmade Approach to Social Robotics from Cornell and Google
As excited as we are about the forthcoming generation of social home robots (including Jibo, Kuri, and many others), it's hard to ignore the fact that most of them...
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E-Zpass Could Kickstart Smart Cities
Everyone likes the idea of a smart city. Traffic lights would automatically adjust to optimize traffic flow, you could find parking spaces without circling for...
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A True Random-Number Generator Built From Carbon Nanotubes
Researchers say they have built a true random number generator from a static random-access memory cell printed with a specialized carbon nanotube ink.
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Aussies Win Amazon Robotics Challenge
Team ACRV, from the Australian Center for Robotic Vision at the Queensland University of Technology, won the final combined task in Amazon's 2017 Robotics Challenge...
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Robots Could Act as Ethical Mediators Between Patients and Caregivers
Researchers hypothesize that robots that understand ethical issues would be able to observe interactions between patients and caregivers, and intervene when needed...
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Nanoneurons Enable Neuromorphic Chips For Voice Recognition
Last month, IEEE Spectrum ran a special report focusing on the question "Can We Copy the Brain?" The report offered a thorough examination of all the ongoing efforts...
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The 2017 Top Programming Languages
Python is now the top programming language, according to IEEE Spectrum's recently released fourth interactive ranking of the leading languages.
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Eu Developing Robot Badgers For nderground Excavation
The European Union is underwriting the roBot for Autonomous unDerGround trenchless opERations, mapping, and navigation (BADGER) project.
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c Berkeley Releases Massive Dex-Net 2.0 Dataset
A University of California, Berkeley professor has announced the release of a massive dataset for Dex-Net 2.0.
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A Hybrid of Quantum Computing and Machine Learning Is Spawning New Ventures
Researchers think the field of merging quantum computing with machine learning may soon be ripe for commercialization.
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Taxonomy Goes Digital: Getting a Handle on Social Bots
The U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency is funding research on social networks.
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Deepmind Shows AI Has Trouble Seeing Homer Simpson's Actions
DeepMind has created a YouTube dataset of 300,000 video clips and 400 human action classes to train its deep-learning algorithms to better identify human activities...
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Can We Quantify Machine Consciousness?
The argument that consciousness is computable--and instillable within machines--cannot be verified or refuted until a measurable theory of consciousness becomes...
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Soft Robotic Structures Fold Themselves p in Hot Water
Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania have developed a new approach for making compliant, controllable robotic structures.
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Robot Ray Swims sing High-Voltage Artificial Muscles
Researchers have developed a robotic ray that is propelled by soft, flapping wings made of dielectric elastomers, which bend when electricity is applied to them...
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