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IBM is testing a contentious idea for making computers more intelligent by trying to copy mechanisms from the human brain. - AI Doomsayer Says His Ideas Are Catching On
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Genetically engineered bacteria ward off obesity in mice, showing how the microbiome could be used treat chronic diseases in people. - Metamaterial Radar May Improve Car and Drone Vision
Powerful radar, mostly limited to the military, could soon be cheap enough for cars and consumer drones to use. - Machine Learning Algorithm Mines 16 Billion E-Mails
Human e-mailing behavior is so predictable that computer scientists have created an algorithm that can calculate when an e-mail thread is about to end.
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