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Building a better 'bot': Artificial intelligence helps human groups

Artificial intelligence doesn't have to be super-sophisticated to make a difference in people's lives, according to a new Yale University study. Even "dumb AI" can help human groups.

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May 17, 2017
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Opinion: How an open approach to patents could build a sustainable future

To sustain a population of 9.7 billion people by 2050 the world is going to need innovations that make careful use of the available resources, human and environmental. Key industry sectors such as energy, water, agriculture ...

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May 16, 2017
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Job report weighs in on technology disruption: Too much or too little?

Self-driving vans and trucks are only part of the labor puzzle. Robots that can mix drinks, make sandwiches, deliver pizzas, stock inventory and join assembly lines are only adding to the big question: Are we to be replaced ...

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May 15, 2017
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Team develops smartwatch with all the moves

In an effort to make digital smartwatches more convenient for their users, researchers at Dartmouth College and the University of Waterloo have produced a prototype watch face that moves in five different directions.

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May 08, 2017
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The future of flying cars: science fact or science fiction?

Uber has shaken up the taxi industry and is trying to put driverless cars on our roads. Now the company aims to have flying ride-sharing vehicles in our skies by 2020.

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May 08, 2017
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Patent talk: Wireless charging using Wi-Fi routers

(Tech Xplore)—We all like hearing about suggestions on how we could cut the time-outs and cords and forget about the docks to keep our phones running. What about having in hand a method where you can charge an iPhone wirelessly ...

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Apr 28, 2017
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Opinion: We must plan the driverless city to avoid being hostage to the technology revolution

Trials of autonomous cars and buses have begun on the streets of Australian cities. Communications companies are moving to deploy the lasers, cameras and centimetre-perfect GPS that will enable a vehicle to navigate the streets ...

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Apr 28, 2017
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Virtual reality: Do you feel that wall?

(Tech Xplore)—Researchers are thinking on the lines of raising the bar on the virtual reality experience— by adding haptics to virtual reality walls and other heavy objects. Instead of your fingers passing right through ...

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Apr 19, 2017
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Smart bandage covering your wound and healing progress looks to 5G tech

(Tech Xplore)—Some technology watchers this week are talking about "smart" bandages, and the question is, why are they smart, and what can they do?

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Apr 18, 2017
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Driverless cars should learn lessons from crashes

Sean Welsh, University of Canterbury

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Apr 13, 2017
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Cadillac to make Super Cruise hands-free driving tech available in 2018 Cadillac CT6

(Tech Xplore)—Did you really think General Motors would sit back and let Tesla hog the driving system spotlight for long? We didn't think so. Super Cruise is coming out in the 2018 Cadillac CT6 later this year. Andrew Hawkins, ...

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Apr 11, 2017
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Samsung patent application explores watch rim for second display

(Tech Xplore)—The word small in digital gadgetry usually gets a bad reception. Small screen, small fonts, small display, are descriptives that usually draw frowns if not apologies. Samsung is another story.

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Mar 28, 2017
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An ooh-la-la Hyperloop capsule is being built, next year's big peek in Toulouse

(Tech Xplore)—The next chapter in train transport will make it difficult for you even remember there was a last chapter involving units and people by land.

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Mar 23, 2017
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When things go wrong in an automated world, would we still know what to do?

We live in a world that is both increasingly complex and automated. So just as we are having to deal with more complex problems, automation is leading to an atrophy of human skills that may leave us more vulnerable when responding ...

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Mar 20, 2017
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SWiM—an evolution in one-handed texting

The growing popularity of mobile devices with large screens – called "phablets" – and also small screen wearable devices, such as smartwatches, is making interacting with them with one hand increasingly difficult. This ...

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Mar 17, 2017
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Order is up. Who had the guilt-free, no-slaughter fried chicken wings?

(Tech Xplore)—There is a ready consumer base for meatless strips, patties and breakfast links as awareness has grown over the years about environmental degradation, animal welfare abuses and public health risks. But here ...

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Mar 17, 2017
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How to make a driverless car 'see' the road ahead

Microchip manufacturer Intel has invested heavily in the driverless car race with the latest US$15 billion (A$19.5bn) purchase of Israeli tech company Mobileye.

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Mar 16, 2017
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Beckoning self-driving car developers seeking machine readable maps that can be crowdsourced

(Tech Xplore)—Plenty of tech talk from startups and big car makers focus on the bright future ahead. With all the buzz about tech-loaded cars able to stop and start and break and see autonomously, however, the specific ...

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Mar 13, 2017
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Self-driving bus tryouts could lead way to efficient feeder system for transport needs

San Francisco still carries this aura, even after the beatnik era of the last century, of being the place for change, new ideas, quirky concepts and original thinking. It comes as little surprise that this is the locale where ...

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Mar 08, 2017
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Falling in love in virtual reality could be a deeper experience than real life

The vast majority of us are constantly connected to the things we like and those we are close to through technology – to the point where we may even have problems managing without it. So when something as exciting as virtual ...

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Feb 27, 2017
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Look what happens when you virtually 'remove' headset for see-through effect

(Tech Xplore)—A team looking at better immersive experiences with virtual reality and mixed reality have come up with technology which was reported on the Google Research blog. The technology shows faces behind the VR headsets. ...

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Feb 24, 2017
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App tracks bikers, reduces urban congestion

Traffic jams are a huge problem for many large U.S. cities. Mismanaged transit in Washington, D.C., Los Angeles and New York City each year leads to billion-dollar losses, as well as hundreds of millions of hours in travel ...

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Feb 22, 2017
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Smartphone-based solution designed to help people who need to communicate with eye gestures

(Tech Xplore)—ALS is a neuro degenerative illness causing the person to lose motor control. The condition is referred to as the person being in a locked-in syndrome, where patients retain cognitive function but cannot speak ...

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Feb 21, 2017
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Patent talk: Could an Apple device offer charge boost by winding?

(Tech Xplore)—Such a concept. Adding extra battery life to your Apple Watch simply by winding up the digital crown.

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Feb 19, 2017
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Apple patent for display panel with IR diodes refuels rumor mill over next iPhone

(Tech Xplore)—Heard all the rumors about the iPhone home button? Your future handset might have you groping for that home button that is no longer there, according to the rumors. And fingerprint scanners will go to work ...

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Feb 17, 2017
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