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Developing Unbreakable Phone Screens
Seeking to head off a shattering experience when a smartphone is dropped.
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NASA Tests Managing Drones in Cities
The U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration has initiated the last stage of a four-year project to develop a national drone traffic management system...
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States Turn to Drones to Predict Avalanches, Spot Wildlife
Public transportation agencies in nearly every state are using drones, according to a recent American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials...
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Tech-Savvy Estonians Vote Online in European Elections
Estonia is currently the only country in the world that authorizes online voting for its entire electorate, due to its confidence in its Internet voting (i-voting)...
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sing Smartphones to Sound Out Sign of Kids' Ear Infections
University of Washington scientists have developed a pediatric ear-infection diagnostic technique that uses a smartphone to detect fluid accumulation behind the...
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Microsoft Offers Software Tools to Secure Elections
Microsoft is working with Galois to develop open source software to secure elections.
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Dreams of biquitous Social Robots Still Aren't Coming True
The closure of consumer robotics firms previously considered potentially game-changing has diminished industry prospects of social robots eventually achieving mainstream...
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Video Game Effort Could Help Regulate Future Drone Traffic
A new video game simulation uses a three-dimensional model of Salt Lake City and data about planned drone paths to determine potential problems.
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YouTube's Notre Dame-9/11 Flub Highlights AI's Blind Spots
YouTube might need a few more humans. The machines whose job is to tamp down conspiracy theories are not cutting it just yet.
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Toyota Robot Can't Slam Dunk but Shoots a Mean 3-Pointer
It can't dribble, let alone slam dunk, but Toyota's basketball robot hardly ever misses a free throw or a 3-pointer.
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Hospital sing Drones to Fly Blood Samples Between Buildings
United Parcel Service and drone manufacturer Matternet launched a drone delivery service this week by transporting a medical sample between North Carolina hospitals...
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Machines Could Fuel Comeback of Textile Industry in South
Automated sewing and other machine innovations could enable a resurgence of the textile industry in the southern U.S.
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40 Countries Agree: Cars Must Have Automatic Braking
A 40-nation coalition has agreed to mandate the inclusion of automated braking systems in new cars and light commercial vehicles, beginning as soon as next year...
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5 Reasons Why Autonomous Cars Aren't Coming Anytime Soon
In the world of autonomous vehicles, Pittsburgh and Silicon Valley are bustling hubs of development and testing. But ask those involved in self-driving vehicles...
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Digital Design, QB Investments Could Aid Football Helmets
Major football helmet manufacturers are funding and refining new digitally designed models with enhanced safety features.
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Will Robots Take Your Job? Quarter of .S. Workers at Risk
The Brookings Institution has determined that about 36 million Americans hold jobs with "high exposure" to automation.
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Pluto Explorer shering in New Year at More Distant World
The spacecraft team that brought us close-ups of Pluto will ring in the new year by exploring an even more distant and mysterious world.
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Chinese 'Gait Recognition' Tech IDs People by How They Walk
Chinese authorities have begun deploying a new surveillance tool: "gait recognition" software that uses people's body shapes and how they walk to identify them,...
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The S Push to Boost 'Quantum Computing'
A race by U.S. tech companies to build a new generation of powerful "quantum computers" could get a $1.3 billion boost from Congress, fueled in part by lawmakers' fear...
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Talking Gloves, Tactile Windows: New Tech Helps the Disabled
Hadeel Ayoub slips a black glove onto her hand before beginning the swish of sign language that is meaningless to the untrained observer. Then she pushes a button...
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