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New York City Takes Aim at AI
The Big Apple fields an action plan for artificial intelligence.
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The Promise of Flexible Displays
New screen materials could lead to portable devices that are anything but rectangular, flat, and unbendable.
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Biology-Inspired Networking
Researchers have developed a new networking algorithm, modeled after the neurological development of the fruit fly, to help distributed networks self-organize more...
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New Research Shows Keystroke Biometric Is an Effective Method to Id, Authenticate Online Test Takers
Pace University researchers have found that the keystroke biometric is an inexpensive and effective method for user identification and authentication.
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Fully Automatic Software Testing Now Possible
University of Twente researcher Machiel van der Bijl has developed Model-Based Testing, a system that automates all steps in the software testing process. Model...
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Exploring the Future With Modern Information Technology
The goal of the FuturICT global knowledge accelerator platform proposed by European researchers is to understand how the world works so that imminent crises can...
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Web Science Meets Network Science
A pair of divergent scientific communities discusses their similarities and differences, and search for common ground.
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Deus Ex Machina
Computational metaphysics is helping philosophers answer age-old questions, such as whether God exists.
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Data Optimization in Developing Nations
Artificial intelligence and machine learning could expand access to health care, improve the quality of education, and respond effectively to natural disasters...
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I, Domestic Robot
With recent advances in laser rangefinders, faster algorithms, and open source robotic operating systems, researchers are increasing domestic robots' semantic and...
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Sorting Through Photos
Teaching computers to understand pictures could lead to search engines capable of identifying and organizing large datasets of visual information.
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CIA Recipe For Invisible Ink Among Newly Released Wwi-Era Documents
So you want to open sealed envelopes without getting caught? Here’s the secret, according to one of the six oldest classified documents in possession of the Central...
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Facebook Opens Up Its Hardware Secrets
Facebook plans to open the designs and specifications of its new super-efficient data center. The company wants to encourage software-style openness for hardware...
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Facebook Shares Server Design
Facebook Inc. said it would share details for its new server systems and computer rooms with other companies, hoping to set off what it characterized as an open...
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Ancient Greek Computer Had Surprising Sun Tracker
The world's oldest astronomical calculator is famous for having intricate gear systems centuries ahead of their time. But new work shows the Antikythera mechanism...
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Targeted Results
By envisioning data as "graphs," MIT researchers show how to find local solutions to otherwise overwhelmingly complex problems.
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.s. Spy Agency Is Said to Investigate Nasdaq Hacker Attack
The National Security Agency, the top U.S. electronic intelligence service, has joined a probe of the October cyber attack on Nasdaq OMX Group Inc. amid evidence...
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Yahoo Working on Hadoop Mapreduce 2
The next generation of Apache Hadoop will likely be released this year, says Yahoo!'s Todd Papaioannou. Apache Hadoop enables batch processing of petabytes of...
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British Computer Scientists Reboot
After a year of turmoil, computer scientists at King's College London have retained their jobs, but substantial challenges lie ahead.
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Social Games, Virtual Goods
The popularity of virtual goods and currencies in online gaming is changing how people think and act about money.
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