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Goodbye, login. Hello, heart scan.

Forget fingerprint computer identification or retinal scanning. A University at Buffalo-led team has developed a computer security system using the dimensions of your heart as your identifier.

Security

9 hours ago
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Broadcom announces development of more precise GPS chip

(Tech Xplore)—Broadcom Limited, a wholly owned subsidiary of Avago Technologies, has announced the development of a new GPS chip, the BCM47755, which the company claims is far more accurate than the conventional chips now ...

Semiconductors

13 hours ago
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University team works on extract system to help keep tabs on civilians killed by police

(Tech Xplore)—Incidents of people who died during police encounters from news reports can be read, so to speak, by an AI system.

Computer Sciences

16 hours ago
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Mentioning what is hard to mention in chatbot for end-of-life preparation

(Tech Xplore)—Talking about the unthinkable for patients facing death is never easy. End-of-life planning is the phrase often used, softening the concept of death, but the task remains painful for the patient, family and ...

Software

Sep 24, 2017
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'Lego-electronics' offer simple way to assemble integrated circuits

(Tech Xplore)—One of the biggest challenges in the drive to miniaturize electronic devices is the difficulty in aligning and assembling the increasingly tiny electronic components with the necessary precision, which is ...

Engineering

Sep 22, 2017
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Handshake team is focused on human-robot interactions

(Tech Xplore)—Applause goes out to all those scientists, developers and engineers who put together robots who can grip tools, lift packages, sling pingpong balls, deliver pizzas and cut into fabric. If we are winning the ...

Robotics

Sep 22, 2017
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Remora robot able to adhere quickly and strongly to underwater objects

(Tech Xplore)—A team of researchers from China and the U.S. has created a robot that is able to mimic a remora fish by adhering quickly and strongly to underwater objects. In their paper published in the journal Science ...

Robotics

Sep 21, 2017
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Apache vulnerability is reported

(Tech Xplore)—The Fuzzing Project blog this week carried a report we really do not like to hear but must know about regardless. Another "bleed" has been discovered. A bug in the Apache Web Server may result in contents ...

Security

Sep 21, 2017
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Football helmet smartfoam signals potential concussions in real time

Most football fans have seen players get hit so hard they can barely walk back to the sideline. All too often, those players are back on the field just a few plays later, despite suffering what appears to be a head injury. ...

Engineering

Sep 21, 2017
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Using Convolutional Neural Network to make 2-D face photo into 3-D wonder

(Tech Xplore)—Oh my. Those who have sworn off 10-minute mental breaks that turn out to be 60-minute reveries had best avoid a fascinating new way to see how your face looks like in 3-D mode. A University of Nottingham and ...

Computer Sciences

Sep 20, 2017
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System makes modifications necessary to transplant code from one program into another

Researchers at MIT's Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL) have developed a new system that allows programmers to transplant code from one program into another. The programmer can select the code ...

Computer Sciences

Sep 20, 2017
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Real or fake? Creating fingers to protect identities

Do you know how safe it is to use your finger as a security login? And have you wondered how your cell phone knows if your finger is real or a fake?

Security

Sep 20, 2017
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Startup pioneers human-centric urban travel

For city dwellers, life without an automobile can be filled with daily headaches and frequent inconveniences. Everyday tasks, like lugging a few grocery bags from the nearest market to a walk-up apartment, become a pain in ...

Robotics

Sep 19, 2017
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Tesla patent talk: A battery-swapping system

(Tech Xplore)—Tesla has filed a patent with the US Patent and Trademark Office, titled "Battery Swapping System and Techniques."

Energy & Green Tech

Sep 19, 2017
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Researchers use Wikipedia to give AI context clues

Walk into a room, see a chair, and your brain will tell you that you can sit in it, tip it over or lift it up, but you wouldn't even consider drinking it, promoting it or unlocking it. As humans, explains Brigham Young University ...

Computer Sciences

Sep 19, 2017
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Step towards better 'beyond lithium' batteries

A step towards new "beyond lithium" rechargeable batteries with superior performance has been made by researchers at the University of Bath.

Energy & Green Tech

Sep 18, 2017
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Virtual reality and the ouch factor: New fields of study

(Tech Xplore)—Is virtual reality for pain relief just a headline-grabber or a new frontier? For those who are unaware of the linkage, there are studies now that examine its potential use to augment pain relief.

Hi Tech & Innovation

Sep 18, 2017
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Integrated high-speed data and wireless power transfer

Researchers from North Carolina State University have developed a system that can simultaneously deliver watts of power and transmit data at rates high enough to stream video over the same wireless connection. By integrating ...

Telecom

Sep 18, 2017
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Burger robots to appear at 50 locations

(Tech Xplore)—We have been treated to a generous amount of stories announcing new advances in assembly-line robots and home-assistant robots. Smartened up with cameras and artificial intelligence, it looks like time to ...

Robotics

Sep 16, 2017
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Yale researchers cannot feel the punch in Facebook fight to tag fake news

(Tech Xplore)—Earlier this year Facebook put its fake-news boxing gloves on and announced it was going to fight the good fight by turning to third-party fact checkers and show findings below the original post, in a battle ...

Internet

Sep 15, 2017
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