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DARPA Challenges Researchers to Link Human Brains With Computers
2016-01-26 16:00:00| TechNewsWorld
The United States Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, or DARPA, last week announced a new program that aims to build a connection between the human brain and the digital world. To achieve the goals of the Neural Engineering System Design program, DARPA has invited proposals to design, build, demonstrate and validate a human-computer interface.
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21st century warm streak almost certainly human caused
2016-01-25 11:01:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Climate Home: The chances of natural variability causing the record warm streak this century are vanishingly small. Greenhouse gases from burning fossil fuels are "almost certainly" behind the surge in global temperatures, according to a study published in Nature. Without human activities, scientists calculate the odds are between 1 in 5000 and 1 in 170000 of the pattern seen between 2000 and 2014: thirteen of the 15 warmest years on record. "2015 is again the warmest year on record, and this can hardly...
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Astorino Announces Two Top Appointments: Commissioner of Human Resources and Director of Real Estate
2016-01-25 07:01:00| Railroads - Topix.net
In a move reflecting his commitment to expertise and diversity, County Executive Robert P. Astorino today announced the appointments of Mary J. Mahon as Commissioner of the Westchester County Department of Human Resources and Adam Rodriguez as Director of Real Estate. Mahon, previously the county's Director of Real Estate, has extensive experience in the areas of labor and employment practices and related litigation.
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Google's Self-Driving Cars Still Need Human Touch
2016-01-15 00:07:07| TechNewsWorld
Google's self-driving cars showed major safety improvements over the past year -- but there were dozens of incidents when test drivers had to intervene, the company said in a report recently filed with California regulators. There were 272 so-called immediate manual control disengagements due to a failure of the autonomous car technology, between September 2014 and November 2015, Google reported.
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EFF Urges Revival of Human Rights Case Against Cisco
2016-01-13 20:35:29| TechNewsWorld
The Electronic Frontier Foundation on Monday pressed to revive a lawsuit against Cisco Systems for violating human rights in China, in a brief filed with a U.S. Court of Appeals. Members of Falun Gong, a religious group persecuted in China, originally filed the lawsuit in 2011, but a federal district court in California dismissed it in 2014. The federal appeals court now is considering a challenge to that dismissal.
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