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Google's New Chip Is a Stepping Stone to Quantum Computing Supremacy
A team of Google researchers by the end of this year plans to build a device that achieves "quantum supremacy."
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This Paralyzed Man Is sing a Neuroprosthetic to Move His Arm For the First Time in Years
William Kochevar of Cleveland can slowly move his right arm and hand. No big deal—except that the 56-year-old had been paralyzed from the shoulders down since a...
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Google's AI Explosion in One Chart
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The .s. Military Wants Its Autonomous Machines to Explain Themselves
Intelligence agents and military operatives may come to rely heavily on machine learning to parse huge quantities of data, and to control a growing arsenal of autonomous...
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Chemists Are First in Line For Quantum Computing's Benefits
This month IBM and Google both said they aim to commercialize quantum computers within the next few years (Google specified five), selling access to the exotic...
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Quantum Computers Finally Go Head-to-Head
In the red corner, weighing in with just five qubits, a quantum computer from the University of Maryland in College Park. In the blue corner, also with five qubits...
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Inside the Far-Out Glass Lab
Engineers at Corning's research lab in New York are developing new materials in their quest to expand the capabilities of glass.
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This Technology Could Finally Make Brain Implants Practical
In labs testing how brain implants could help people with physical disabilities, tales of success can be bittersweet.
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Military Program Produces Gadget That Detects Machinery from Behind a Concrete Wall
The U.K.'s Defence Science and Technology Laboratory is based at a restricted military base in Porton Down, not far from the ancient monument of Stonehenge in southwest...
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Air Force Tests Ibm's Brain-Inspired Chip as an Aerial Tank Spotter
The U.S. Air Force Research Lab is exploring whether brain-inspired computer chips could give satellites, aircraft, and drones the ability to automatically identify...
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New Camera Can See Around Corners
Researchers at Xi'an Jiaotong University in China have built a single-pixel camera that can capture images of objects even when they are not in direct view.
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New Camera Can See Around Corners
In the last few years, single-pixel cameras have begun to revolutionize the field of imaging.
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Everything You Need to Know About Gene Therapy's Most Promising Year
For a few lucky patients, 2016 was the year when gene therapy turned from promises to cures.
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AI Begins to Understand the 3D World
Artificial intelligence researchers are constructing systems that can visualize the three-dimensional world and take action.
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Meet the World's First Completely Soft Robot
Harvard University researchers have created the first self-contained soft robot.
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Security Experts Warn Congress That the Internet of Things Could Kill People
A growing mass of poorly secured devices on the Internet of things represents a serious risk to life and property, and the government must intervene to mitigate...
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China Turns Big Data Into Big Brother
It was a drab, chill day in November, and the clocks were striking thirteen.
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China's Driverless Trucks Are Revving Their Engines
China is gearing up to overhaul its road delivery with fleets of self-driving long-haul trucks.
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World's First Photonic Neural Network nveiled
Neural networks are taking the world of computing by storm.
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