Google buys machine learning startup
Google said Wednesday that it has bought a Canadian startup specializing in getting machines to understand what people are trying to say.
Mar 13, 2013
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Mar 13, 2013
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Signal processing: Look-up tables to shoulder the processing load
Advanced mathematical algorithms are essential for processing electronic signals within computers and embedded processors. Scientists and engineers are constantly refining and redesigning their algorithms ...
Mar 13, 2013
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Many left behind as Silicon Valley rebounds
(AP)—On a morning the stock market was sailing to a record high and a chilly storm was blowing into Silicon Valley, Wendy Carle stuck her head out of the tent she calls home to find city workers duct taping an eviction ...
Mar 10, 2013
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Silicon Valley gets an architectural reboot
For all the technological breakthroughs it has produced, Silicon Valley is an architectural wasteland.
Mar 06, 2013
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New player in electron field emitter technology makes for better imaging and communications
(Phys.org) —Scientists at the National Institute of Standards and Technology and the University of Maryland, College Park, have built a practical, high-efficiency nanostructured electron source. Described ...
Mar 06, 2013
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Innovative amplifiers for biomedical and environment monitoring systems
Small-area, low-power, low-noise instrumentation amplifiers (IA) are critical components of arrayed sensor devices used for high-spatial-resolution biomedical and environment monitoring system.
Mar 05, 2013
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Polymer coating could be breakthrough in diagnostic technology
Samsung's $1B bill in Apple case reduced by $450M
A federal judge on Friday slashed nearly half of the $1 billion damage award a jury ordered Samsung Electronics to pay Apple Inc. after a high-profile trial over the rights to the design and technology running some of the ...
Mar 01, 2013
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Physicist develops new silicone rubber
(Phys.org)—If anything bothers University of Virginia physicist Lou Bloomfield, it's a wobbly table. So much so that he actually invented a material to eliminate the problem. The material, a type of silicone ...
Feb 28, 2013
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Tiny spheres of silicon can control magnetic side of light, paving way to novel optical devices
Light is an oscillating wave of electric and magnetic fields. The way the electric field component interplays with the atoms in a material largely determines how light interacts with matter. With visible ...
Feb 27, 2013
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Nano 'beads on a string' could advance battery technology
Tiny beads of silicon, about ten thousand times thinner than a piece of paper, could someday make electric vehicles travel farther on a single charge or extend the life of your laptop's battery, say scientists ...
Feb 27, 2013
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Yahoo's work-in-office move risky, but necessary, analysts say
Yahoo Inc. is a pioneering company in Silicon Valley, a region famous for its laid-back, employee-friendly corporate cultures.
Feb 25, 2013
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HP sells webOS to LG ahead of Android tablet
Hewlett-Packard on Monday said it is selling its webOS mobile operating system to South Korean consumer electronics titan LG to use in Internet-connected televisions.
Feb 25, 2013
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Tech leaders plan 'virtual march' on immigration (Update 2)
High-tech leaders including the former heads of AOL and Mozilla are organizing a "virtual march for immigration reform" aimed at pressuring lawmakers to enact sweeping changes to U.S. immigration laws.
Feb 25, 2013
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Lattice location determination of trace nitrogen dopants in semiconductor silicon carbide (SiC)
AIST researchers have developed an instrument for X-ray absorption fine structure (XAFS) spectroscopy equipped with a superconducting detector. With the instrument, the researchers have realized, for the ...
Feb 25, 2013
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