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Pen-Based Computing: Still Looking For The Write App
The sector, once popular, is searching for applications and users.
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Smart Contact Lenses and Eye Implants Will Give Doctors Medical Insights
Poets say the eyes are a window to the soul. But biomedical engineers are using the eyes to gain insight into the body.
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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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The Human Brain Project Reboots: A Search Engine For the Brain Is in Sight
The European Commission-funded Human Brain Project is on track to create a searchable model of the brain by building an infrastructure combining high-performance...
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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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The Benefits of Old Age (for Transistors)
In case you didn't know, the transistors in your computer's processor, your smartphone's memory, and your car's autobrake system get old.
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We Know What You're Watching (even If It's Encrypted)
I stand firm in the opinion that it's my basic, human right to binge-watch six hours of trashy detective shows on a Friday night with a silent phone in my lap and...
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AI Could Transform the Science of Counting Crowds
The University of Central Florida has been developing artificial intelligence solutions to relieve crowd scientists from the task of manually counting heads.
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Superfast Camera Sees Shock Wave from Light
A camera system that captures a snapshot of overlapping light waves in a tiny fraction of a second could lead to new methods for imaging, allowing scientists to...
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Intel Finds Moore's Law’s Next Step at 10 Nanometers
These days, forecasts about the future of Moore's Law tend to look quite gloomy. But Intel's outlook—at least for the next few years—is decidedly bright.
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Deep Learning AI Listens to Machines For Signs of Trouble
Driving your car until it breaks down on the road is never anyone's favorite way to learn the need for routine maintenance.
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Indium Selenide Takes on the Mantle of the New Wonder Material
Is there a research institute with a more distinguished pedigree in graphene research than the University of Manchester?
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Leading Chipmakers Eye Euv Lithography to Save Moore's Law
Even after you don a bunny suit and get deep inside Fab 8, it's hard to get a sense of scale.
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Cheap Lidar: The Key to Makingself-Driving Cars Affordable
Chances are you've never seen a fully autonomous self-driving car out on the street.
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Carbon Nanotube Transistors Finally Outperform Silicon
Back in the 1990s, observers predicted that the single-walled carbon nanotube (SWCNT) would be the nanomaterial that pushed silicon aside and created a post-CMOS...
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The Surprising Story of the First Microprocessors
Transistors, the electronic amplifiers and switches found at the heart of everything from pocket radios to warehouse-size supercomputers, were invented in 1947.
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Top Programming Languages Trends: The Rise of Big Data
Big data programming languages are gaining in importance because they enable the mining of massive datasets.
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How to Build a Moral Robot
With robots expected to play an increasingly critical role in making judgment calls where human lives are at stake, it is imperative to model moral reasoning in...
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Nsa Can Legally Access Metadata of 25,000 Callers Based on a Single Suspect's Phone
Despite changes to the law, the U.S. National Security Agency can still request metadata from tens of thousands of private phones if they are indirectly connected...
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