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Lie Detection Software Learns from Real Court Testimony
Machine learning is one of the hot computing topics of today. With Google releasing its own open source machine learning tools and both IBM and Intel not wanting to be left out of the party with their own offerings. Most of the uses for these platforms right now are almost…
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Better Smartphone Battery Live Coming Thanks to Dyson
Known best for its vacuum cleaners and fans, Dyson is turning its attention smartphones, particularly their batteries. By investing $15 million dollars into Sakti3, a University of Michigan company, they’re helping Sakti3 develop the technology which could enable batteries to last twice as long. What makes the technology so great,…
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Hitachi Is Developing a Reactor That Burns Nuclear Waste
Nuclear power is one of the safest methods of power generation, in theory. In the real world it however looks different, especially when the structures aren’t maintained or natural disasters hit, or both at once like in Japan. A more immediate problem is the waste generated by these power reactors and…
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