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Robotic Exoskeleton Adapts While It's Worn
The decades-old pursuit of bulky, much-hyped Iron Man–like “exosuits” could give way to minimalist technologies more in sync with the human body
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Learning from Nature: Moth Eyes Inspire Nonreflective Screen Coating
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Giant Radio Telescope Scaled Back to Contain Costs
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U.S. Defense Agencies Grapple with Gene Drives
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Attention Passengers: Your Flight Will Arrive 20 Years behind Schedule
Robopocalypse creator Daniel Wilson sets aside his dystopian tendencies to help the XPRIZE’s Sci-fi collection and writing contest find a silver lining in our obsession with intelligent assistants
Betty Shannon, Unsung Mathematical Genius
Her husband, Claude, helped create the computer revolution, but few knew that she was his closest collaborator
Teaching Computers to Enjoy the View
Researchers in the U.K. trained computers to rate photos of parks and cities for what humans consider to be their scenic beauty. Christopher Intagliata reports.
How Fake News Goes Viral--Here's the Math
Models similar to those used to track disease show what happens when too much information hits social media networks
Is Anyone Home? A Way to Find Out If AI Has Become Self-Aware
It’s not easy, but a newly proposed test might be able to detect consciousness in a machine
Soft Robot Moves by Mimicking Plants
A tough but flexible bot unfurls like a plant using a pressurized plastic tube to inch through rugged environments.
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Soft Robot Moves by Mimicking Plants
A tough but flexible bot unfurls like a plant using a pressurized plastic tube to inch through rugged environments.
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