Google admits its 'dark skin' face scan project violated internal policy, leading to overhaul
Google is working to save face.
Nov 22, 2019
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Robotics
How to design and control robots with stretchy, flexible bodies
MIT researchers have invented a way to efficiently optimize the control and design of soft robots for target tasks, which has traditionally been a monumental undertaking in computation.
Nov 21, 2019
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Business
Chinese e-commerce giants report booming Singles Day sales
Chinese e-commerce giants Alibaba and JD.com reported a total of more than $50 billion in sales on Monday in the first half of Singles Day, an annual marketing event that is the world's busiest online shopping day.
Nov 10, 2019
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Internet
Would you notice if your calculator lied to you? The research says probably not
These days, it's hard to know whom to trust online, and how to discern genuine content from fakery.
Nov 01, 2019
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Young inventors come up with smart sneakers
Navigation in unfamiliar places is a major problem for residents of large cities. Therefore, the popularity of mobile GPS devices has risen significantly. However, it's nonetheless sometimes difficult for users to understand ...
Oct 29, 2019
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Automotive
Hyundai to test self-driving car service in California
Hyundai on Friday announced that it will begin testing a self-driving ride service in Southern California next month.
Oct 25, 2019
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Robotics
Pushy robots learn the fundamentals of object manipulation
MIT researchers have compiled a dataset that captures the detailed behavior of a robotic system physically pushing hundreds of different objects. Using the dataset—the largest and most diverse of its kind—researchers ...
Oct 22, 2019
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Software
Team finds glitch that could affect more than 100 scientific studies
A team of researchers at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa came across a discovery they never intended to uncover when a graduate student attempted to verify calculated data just prior to publication of a study involving ...
Oct 17, 2019
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Engineering
Expanding the use of AI through the Internet of Things
If you have a smart phone with facial recognition, you may have wondered: How does your device learn to recognize your face as opposed to, say, your spouse's face?
Oct 11, 2019
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Engineering
Engineering team develops 'shipyard on a ship'
After months of product development, University of Nebraska–Lincoln engineers are leaving safe harbor to test their prototype on the open ocean.
Oct 02, 2019
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Engineering
Seeing is believing: Eye-tracking technology could help make driving safer
"Keep your eyes on the road."
Sep 24, 2019
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Internet
Commercial cloud service providers give artificial intelligence computing a boost
Neural networks have given researchers a powerful tool for looking into the future and making predictions. But one drawback is their insatiable need for data and computing power ("compute") to process all that information. ...
Sep 17, 2019
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Engineering
New solution to end struggle with lofted beds
College life requires sacrifices. In the name of space, many residence hall rooms across the country use lofted beds. Those setups can pose challenges for students in climbing up and down from the top bed, especially when ...
Sep 12, 2019
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Software
Crime prevention through crime prediction
What if the solution to solving crime, lowering murder rates and fighting the opioid crisis could be found through a marriage of computer science and entrepreneurship?
Sep 07, 2019
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Telecom
Better video streaming when WiFi is scarce
In an era when the average U.S. household has five internet-connected devices, web surfers may often feel like they're always fighting over scraps of WiFi. How can a whole family all binge their favorite shows without somebody's ...
Aug 19, 2019
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