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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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For 'creativity,' Just Add 'crowd'
Stevens Institute of Technology researcher Jeffery Nickerson is studying how to use crowdsourcing to produce creative ideas.
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Microsoft's Imagine Cup Competition Seeks Diversity
This year students from six historically black colleges and universities competed in Microsoft's Imagine Cup, and although none of the teams made it to the finals...
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When Patents Attack
Nathan Myhrvold is a genius and a polymath. He made hundreds of millions of dollars as Microsoft's chief technology officer, he's discovered dinosaur fossils,...
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A Bookshelf the Size of the World
The goal of the Digital Public Library of America (DPLA) is to make the digitized collections of the greatest research institutions in the United States accessible...
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Cyber Weapons: The New Arms Race
A rash of cyberattacks has raised the profile of such incursions and led to a booming cyberweapons industry.
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Competition Seeks STEM Innovations
The Carnegie Corporation of New York and other groups have partnered to launch Partnering for Excellence: Innovations in Science+Technology+Engineering+Math Education...
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Ok, Climate Skeptics: Here's the Raw Data You Wanted
Anyone can now view for themselves the raw data that was at the centre of last year's "climategate" scandal.
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Welcome to the Age of the Splinternet
Openness is the Internet's great strength—and weakness. With powerful forces carving it up, is its golden age coming to an end?
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Little-Known Firms Tracking Data Used in Credit Scores
Atlanta entrepreneur Mike Mondelli has access to more than a billion records detailing consumers’ personal finances—and there is little they can do about it.
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A Mobile Guide For Buses and Trains
Researchers at the Fraunhofer Institute for Transportation and Infrastructure Systems are developing SMART-WAY, a smartphone application that will enable public...
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Ibm Ceo Candidate Talks About His Rise
Rodney C. Adkins oversees 50,000 employees and is responsible for $18 billion in revenue as senior vice president and group executive for systems and technology...
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Telex Promises Path Around State-Sponsored Net Censorship
Researchers at the universities of Waterloo and Michigan have developed Telex, a system that enables Internet service providers to provide ways around network censorship...
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Imaging Technology Throws New Light on Ancient Artefacts
Researchers at the universities of Southampton and Oxford have modifed Hewlett-Packard Research Laboratories' Reflectance Transformation Imaging system to make...
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The Internet of Things (infographic)
When we think of being connected to the Internet, our minds immediately shift to our computers, phones, and most recently tablets. This week at Cisco live, I...
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Life, Translated
The Holy Grail of language translation is to develop a machine-based system that can handle the task transparently and accurately.
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Replacing Lost Abilities With a Robot
Researchers at Georgia Tech and Willow Garage have developed a special user interface that enables a mute and partially paralyzed stroke victim to control a robot...
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Old Dominion U. Professor Is Trying to Save Internet History
Researchers at Old Dominion University and Los Alamos National Laboratory have developed Memento, browser-based software that can find a Web site as it appeared...
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U.s. Hails Progress With Russia on Cybersecurity
The United States and Russia are collaborating to lower the chances of a cybersecurity incident that could potentially harm relations between the two nations, according...
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Ted's Chris Anderson: The Man Who Made Youtube Clever
With his TED Talks series, the former magazine mogul Chris Anderson has racked up 500 million web video views for speeches by academics and technological experts...
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