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Artificial Intelligence
Can a Robot Really Freestyle?
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Can a Robot Really Freestyle?
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Engineers at the Georgia Institute of Technology have designed the first robot capable of not only playing music, but creating it.
Public Health
Disease Detectives: Tracking Invisible Killers
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Disease Detectives: Tracking Invisible Killers
Disease detectives on the frontlines of coronavirus track the person-to-person spread.
Disease detectives on the frontlines of coronavirus track the person-to-person spread.
Dope Science
The Case for Love-Enhancing Drugs
Dope Science
The Case for Love-Enhancing Drugs
Drugs don’t just affect the user; they shape relationships too. And a pair of bioethicists thinks we should consider them for relationship enhancement.
Drugs don’t just affect the user; they shape relationships too. And a pair of bioethicists thinks we should consider them for relationship enhancement.
Computer Science
Crowdsourcing the Seed for Coronavirus Antiviral Medications
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Crowdsourcing the Seed for Coronavirus Antiviral Medications
Foldit players are solving a protein structure puzzle that could help kickstart coronavirus antiviral medications.
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Biohacking
Biohacker’s Prosthetic Arm Lets Him Play a Synthesizer With His Mind
Biohacking
Biohacker’s Prosthetic Arm Lets Him Play a Synthesizer With His Mind
Biohacker Bertolt Meyer has built the SynLimb, a controller that attaches to his prosthetic arm, allowing him to control his modular synthesizer with his mind.
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Uprising
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Through the Looking Glass
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Jay Leiderman isn’t your normal defense attorney. He’s committed his career to defending hackers, including Anonymous, the world’s most secretive and famous hacking organization.
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The event will seek to answer one of the most interesting technology questions of the early 21st century: How close are we to integrating humans with machines?