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The Cheesy Charm of the Clapper

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In the 1990s, he became known for his long-running legal battle against Universal Manufacturing Corp. Often a person must walk across a room to retrieve the remote control unit, and frequently it may be misplaced, which, at best, requires extra time and effort to find.” Eventually, they filed for a U.S. However, there are pitfalls.

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Worldwide Campaign for Neurorights Notches Its First Win

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Brain Research through Advancing Innovative Neurotechnologies (BRAIN) Initiative , a US $100 million research effort announced by President Barack Obama in 2013. The right to personal identity. Legal scholars working with the NeuroRights Foundation say the right to mental privacy is under the most imminent threat. IEEE Spectrum.

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Safer and Self-Driving Cars Now on Roads

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note: We’re republishing this article because it’s a good reminder of how technology timelines can slip and yet things are clearly moving forward. This article was written more than 10 years ago, when the forecasts were we would have personal and public robotaxis galore. This article may contain affililate links.

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One Way to Stop the Social Spread of Disinformation

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An article describing how the platform works was published in the September issue of IEEE Communications Magazine. “If His Vodafone team worked on technologies that would limit the use of personal data for advertising and “eyeball-grabbing, because they are very disruptive and can incentivize the spread of disinformation.

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A Critical Look at AI-Generated Software

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A software bug in the trading system of the Nasdaq stock exchange caused it to halt trading for several hours in 2013, at an economic cost that is impossible to calculate. An influential 2005 article in IEEE Spectrum identified several factors, which are still quite relevant.

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Devil in the Details: World Leaders Scramble To Salvage and Shape Copenhagens UNFCCC Climate Summit

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April, 2008 : In an article entitled Dangerous Assumptions ( earlier post ), Roger Pielke, Jr., The IPCC is expected to release revised reference emissions within the next few years, so that they can be used in the Fifth Assessment Report (AR5), slated for completion in 2013. “ We are not aiming to let anyone off the hook.

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A Small Startup Fights Rare Diseases With Big Data

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It's buried deep in documents like PubMed articles and patent filings. Steven Cherry: There's a process in legal cases, especially lawsuits, that involves an incredibly tedious process of finding and extracting information from sometimes enormous masses of data that by law, the other side has to provide. Tell us a bit about Entagen.