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Customizing Computer-Aided Design
A new technique developed by researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology "reverse-engineers" complex three-dimensional (3-D) computer-aided design...
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Ethereum Plans to Cut Its Absurd Energy Consumption by 99%
The Ethereum Foundation, and the broader open source movement devoted to advancing the cryptocurrency bitcoin, plan to field-test an overhaul of Ethereum's code...
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Martian Robot Will Explore the Red Planet With Mind of Its Own
Researchers in the U.K. have completed testing on an artificial intelligence-enabled rover that will make its own decisions about where it explores on Mars.
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Miners Dig AI but the Gold Rush Hasn't Come
Despite expectations by the mining industry that artificial intelligence would transform operations, some experts consider that promise overhyped and unrealistic...
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The Elite Intel Team Still Fighting Meltdown and Spectre
Throughout 2018, researchers found exploitable weaknesses related to "speculative execution" vulnerabilities.
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The US and China Are in a Quantum Arms Race that Will Transform Warfare
In the 1970s, at the height of the Cold War, American military planners began to worry about the threat to US warplanes posed by new, radar-guided missile defenses...
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Curbs on A.I. Exports? Silicon Valley Fears Losing Its Edge
A common belief among tech industry insiders is that Silicon Valley has dominated the internet because much of the worldwide network was designed and built by Americans...
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Wireless 'Pacemaker for the Brain' Could Be New Standard Treatment for Neurological Disorders
A new neurostimulator developed by engineers at UC Berkeley can listen to and stimulate electric current in the brain at the same time, potentially delivering fine...
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New Augmented Reality Technology Could Help Firefighters Save Lives
A Silicon Valley entrepreneur's augmented reality solution could make firefighters more effective in low-visibility situations.
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Deep Learning Turns Mono Recordings Into Immersive Sound
Researchers have taught an artificial intelligence system to convert ordinary monaural sounds into nearly three-dimensional sounds.
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University in North Carolina Issues Degrees Using Blockchain
East Coast Polytechnic Institute University graduates can now receive and digitally store degrees with blockchain technology, which delivers secure, immediate verification...
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Beyond CMOS Lies Hope
Seeking a successor to complementary metal oxide semiconductor technology.
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Hybrid Qubits Solve Key Hurdle to Quantum Computing
An international team of researchers has built a hybrid device from two different types of quantum bits to facilitate rapid initialization and readout.
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China Becomes First Nation to Land on the Moon's Far Side
A Chinese probe has made a historic touch-down on the far side of the Moon, according to the country's state-run media. It is the first time a probe has visited...
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Overlooked No More: Karen Sparck Jones, Who Established the Basis for Search Engines
A pioneer of computer science for work combining statistics and linguistics, and an advocate for women in the field.
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NASA’s New Horizons Mission Releases Snowman-like Picture of Ultima Thule
Ultima Thule, an icy world 4 billion miles from the sun, looks like a big snowman.
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Schools in China Track Students With GPS-Enabled 'Smart' Uniforms
Students at 11 schools in the Chinese province of Guizhou are wearing "smart uniforms" incorporating computer chips to ensure they attend classes and behave properly...
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'Virtual Tumor' New Way to See Cancer
Researchers have constructed a three-dimensional virtual reality model of tumor samples, with each individual cell mapped.
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Researchers Putting Fish Into AR Tanks
New Jersey Institute of Technology researchers have created an augmented reality system to run experiments on the glass knifefish.
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