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When Cars Fly
The idea of personal air vehicles has been around for decades. Now the concept is taking off.
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Bikes May Have to Talk to Self-Driving Cars for Safety's Sake
Researchers envision bicycles communicating with autonomous vehicles so the latter can predict cyclists' movements.
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The Emerging Science of Computational Psychiatry
Machine learning, data mining, and artificial intelligence are revolutionizing the study and understanding of mental illness.
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Pittsburgh Gets a Tech Makeover
In 2015, Monocle magazine, a favorite read of the global hipsterati, published an enthusiastic report on Lawrenceville, the former blue-collar neighborhood here...
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From Mars Rover: Panorama Above 'Perseverance Valley'
NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity recorded a panoramic view before entering the upper end of a fluid-carved valley that descends the inner slope of a large...
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We Could Build a Galactic Internet but It May Take 300,000 Years
If there are advanced alien civilizations in the Milky Way, we ought to be thinking about how to say hello to our neighbours.
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MIT Research Could Make Neural Networks Portable
Massachusetts Institute of Technology researchers are developing a neural network designed specifically to work on mobile devices.
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Mind-Reading Computer Moves Closer to Reality
Researchers at the Chinese Academy of Sciences have developed a mind-reading program that deciphers symbols that people have viewed.
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China's Got a Huge Artificial Intelligence Plan
China aims to make the artificial intelligence industry a "new, important" driver of economic expansion by 2020, according to a development plan issued by the State...
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DeepMind's Founder Says to Build Better Computer Brains, We Need to Look at Our Own
After decades in the wilderness, AI has swaggered back onto center stage.
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New Algorithm, Metrics Improve Autonomous Underwater Vehicles' Energy Efficiency
Researchers have built a framework for autonomous underwater vehicles that enables the machines to plan energy-efficient trajectories.
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Titan Simulations Show Importance of Close Two-Way Coupling Between Human and Earth Systems
Researchers have used supercomputers to integrate massive codes that combine physical and biological processes in the Earth system with feedback from human activity...
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Hybrid Approach Optimizes Grid
Researchers at Lehigh University's Optimization and Machine Learning research group and IBM Research have made progress in solving optimal smart grid power flow...
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NASA Catches Glimpse of Ancient and Elusive Object
NASA just caught a glimpse of the mysterious and elusive object that its New Horizons spacecraft will visit next.
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DARPA Wants Brain Implants That Record From 1 Million Neurons
DARPA is known for issuing big challenges. Still, the mission statement for its new Neural Engineering Systems Design program is a doozy: Make neural implants that...
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Fused Imaging Reveals Sixth-Century Writing Hidden Inside Bookbinding
Northwestern University researchers say they have developed a new, non-destructive technology that reveals medieval texts hidden inside of ancient bookbindings....
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At Cybersecurity Camps, Teen Girls Learn About Protecting Nation, Breaking Barriers
A growing number of cybersecurity camps are helping to prepare young women to work in this field, as women remain underrepresented in the information security workforce...
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How The Military Is Altering the Limits of Human Performance
Imagine a group of volunteers, their chests rigged with biophysical sensors, preparing for a mission in a military office building outfitted with cameras and microphones...
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Satellite Snafu Masked True Sea-Level Rise for Decades
The numbers didn't add up. Even as Earth grew warmer and glaciers and ice sheets thawed, decades of satellite data seemed to show that the rate of sea-level rise...
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Twitter Data Changing Future of Population Research
Researchers have collected more than 30 terabytes of geo-tagged tweets as part of a project they say could change the landscape of population research.
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