MIT Technology Review
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Machine-Vision Algorithm Learns to Transform Hand-Drawn Sketches Into Photorealistic Images
Deep neural networks are beginning to outperform humans in a rapidly increasing variety of vision-related tasks.
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The Extinction Invention
A genetic technology that can kill off mosquito species could eradicate malaria. But is it too risky to ever use?
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The Fridge Laser That Detects Bacteria Crawling All Over Food
Spotting the bacteria that causes food poisoning has always been a time-consuming and expensive business. Until now.
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The Race for the Ultra-Efficient Jet Engine of the Future
Two radically different engine designs aim to make flying cleaner and quieter. Which one will win?
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Why Talking Computers Are Tough to Listen To
The subtle social and emotional cues in our voices are vital to how we communicate—and making a computer reproduce them is really hard.
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We Have the Technology to Destroy All Zika Mosquitoes
Fear of the Zika virus could generate support for gene drives, a radical technology able to make species go extinct.
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Next Big Test for AI: Making Sense of the World
A new database will gauge progress in artificial intelligence, as computers try to grasp what’s going on in scenes shown in photographs.
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Companies Aim to Make Drugs from Bacteria That Live in the Gut
Relatively new discoveries about of the role of the microbiome in human health have sparked a race to develop new therapies based on microbes.
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Baidu’s Self-Driving Car Takes On Beijing Traffic
China’s leading search company is developing a self-driving car with BMW.