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Which City Rates as Best Place to Work in Tech?
A professional social network surveyed users at technology firms in five U.S. cities to determine which cities they think treat tech workers best.
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A Hacker's Nightmare: Programmable Chips Secured by Chaos
Ohio State University scientists demonstrated a method of using physically unclonable functions to thwart hackers.
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Classify This Robot-Woven Sneaker with 3D-Printed Soles as 'Footware'
Adidas is merging three-dimensional printing and robotic automation to produce mass-market footwear through its Futurecraft.Strung project.
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Smart Bandage Could Hasten Healing, Might Even Detect Covid
A new smart bandage could reduce the number of in-person doctor's visits required for patients with open wounds.
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To Learn to Deal With Uncertainty, This AI Plays Pong
Massachusetts Institute of Technology researchers have developed a new algorithm that enables artificial intelligence models to account for uncertain data.
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With Drones and Other Autonomous Vehicles, Safety Must Come First
Engineers developing drones or similar robotic helpers need to focus on mitigating the dangers.
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Cybersecurity Report: 'Smart Farms' Are Hackable Farms
Researchers at China's Nanjing Agricultural University discovered unique cybersecurity issues stemming from agricultural Internet of Things applications.
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Search-and-Rescue Drone Locates Victims by Homing in on Their Phones
The Search-And-Rescue DrOne platform integrates aerial drones, artificial intelligence, and smartphones to find survivors of disasters using signals from their...
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AI Predicts Asymptomatic Carriers of Covid-19
Researchers have developed a machine learning algorithm that can identify which people in a crowd most likely are asymptomatic carriers of Covid-19.
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Smart Algorithm Bursts Social Networks' 'Filter Bubbles'
Finnish and Danish researchers have developed an algorithm that boosts diversity of exposure on social networks, while still ensuring widely shared content.
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DeepMind's AI Masters Games Without Even Being Taught the Rules
The MuZero artificial intelligence developed by Alphabet subsidiary DeepMind can master games without learning their rules beforehand.
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Does AI in Healthcare Need More Emotion?
Emotion artificial intelligence applications in healthcare are rare, with many scientists skeptical of the technology's utility.
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Thin Holographic Video Display for Mobile Phones
At South Korea's Samsung Advanced Institute of Technology, researchers invented a method for creating a thin holographic video display for mobile phones.
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Dart-Shooting Drone Attacks Trees for Science
Researchers have come up with a method to increase the efficiency of setting up sensor networks by using a drone as a launching platform for laser-aimed, sensor...
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Here Comes the Internet of Plastic Things, No Batteries or Electronics Required
Researchers at the University of Washington have developed a technique for three-dimensionally printing plastic objects that communicate with Wi-Fi devices without...
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An Open Source Bionic Leg
University of Michigan researchers have released details online of the design of an open source bionic leg, and the results of its clinical tests.
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Robotic Tank Is Designed to Crawl Through Your Intestine
Researchers at the University of Colorado's Advanced Medical Technologies Lab have created a tank robot that can actively drive through a person's intestines.
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Japanese Town to Test Autonomous Amphibious Bus
The Japanese town of Naganohara will test a consortium's autonomous amphibious bus in a trial beginning in December and running through March 2021.
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Top Programming Languages 2020
Python's dominance as the most popular programming language is holding steady in 2020, according to IEEE Spectrum's latest rankings of top languages.
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