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Research team develops clinically-validated 3-D printed stethoscope

A team of researchers have developed an open-source, clinically validated template for a 3D printed stethoscope for use in areas of the world with limited access to medical supplies - places where a stethoscope could mean ...

Engineering

Mar 14, 2018
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Upgraded Deep Voice can mimic any voice in mere seconds

Via whitepaper which they have uploaded to the arXiv preprint server, a team at Baidu (China's answer to Google) has announced an upgrade to their text-to-speech application called Deep Voice. Now, instead of taking a half-hour ...

Computer Sciences

Mar 06, 2018
267
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Ethereum responds to eclipse attacks described by research trio

In a nutshell, three researchers have described in a paper "Low-Resource Eclipse Attacks on Ethereum's Peer-to-Peer Network" that it is possible to carry out an eclipse attack on the Ethereum network. As important, maintainers ...

Internet

Mar 05, 2018
266
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Automating materials design

For decades, materials scientists have taken inspiration from the natural world. They'll identify a biological material that has some desirable trait—such as the toughness of bones or conch shells—and reverse-engineer ...

Engineering

Feb 05, 2018
243
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Are you vulnerable to newly discovered online security risks?

Last week, experts discovered two serious computer security flaws that could leave nearly all computer users vulnerable to hacking of personal information while online. The culprits, called Meltdown and Spectre, could wreak ...

Security

Jan 09, 2018
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When all the world's a toaster, according to tricked AI

Image recognition technology can be duped by psychedelic stickers created by a Google team.

Computer Sciences

Jan 05, 2018
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Nanoscale cryptography method gains robustness from stiction

Most of the cryptographic methods that keep important data secure use complex encryption software, and as a result, consume large amounts of power. As more and more electronic devices are being connected to the internet, ...

Engineering

Jan 04, 2018
169
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When AI is made by AI, results are impressive

(Tech Xplore)—Researchers exploring AI systems are making news and familiarizing the public with terms like reinforcement learning and machine learning. Recent headlines are still making some heads turn in surprise. AI ...

Computer Sciences

Dec 07, 2017
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Google video demonstrates 'stranger is looking alert' for smartphones

(Tech Xplore)—A pair of researchers at Google has released a video on YouTube demonstrating a possible new feature for Android phones—a "stranger is looking" alert that pops up if the phone detects another person behind ...

Consumer & Gadgets

Nov 29, 2017
23
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System with thousands of Raspberry Pi nodes brings affordable testbed to supercomputing system

A quest to help the systems software community work on very large supercomputers without having to actually test on them has spawned an affordable, scalable system using thousands of inexpensive Raspberry Pi nodes. It brings ...

Hardware

Nov 28, 2017
1207
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Olympus is down to business with smart glasses for work sites

(Tech Xplore)—Olympus has a new EyeTrek Insight EI-10 smart glasses for business use.

Consumer & Gadgets

Nov 08, 2017
13
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Software algorithm speeds 3-D printing

A major drawback to 3-D printing—the slow pace of the work—could be alleviated through a software algorithm developed at the University of Michigan.

Engineering

Nov 02, 2017
436
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How to store information in your clothes invisibly, without electronics

A new type of smart fabric developed at the University of Washington could pave the way for jackets that store invisible passcodes and open the door to your apartment or office.

Engineering

Oct 31, 2017
58
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Vicarious AI team reveals how it defeated CAPTCHA

A group of researchers at Vicarious AI has revealed for the first time the new and innovative method they used to defeat CAPTCHA. In their paper published in the journal Science, the team describes their neural network and ...

Computer Sciences

Oct 27, 2017
66
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Innovative material for soft sensor could bring new tactile tech

A new type of soft and stretchable sensor could find uses in applications ranging from athletics and health monitoring to prosthetics and virtual reality.

Engineering

Oct 23, 2017
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Computer software

Computer software, or just software is a general term used to describe the role that computer programs, procedures and documentation play in a computer system.

The term includes:

Software includes things such as websites, programs or video games, that are coded by programming languages like C or C++.

"Software" is sometimes used in a broader context to mean anything which is not hardware but which is used with hardware, such as film, tapes and records.

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