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Antartica's ice is melting at an alarming rate; 3 trillion ton of ice has disappeared since 1992
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In the last quarter century, the southern-most continent’s ice sheet melted into enough water to cover Texas to a depth of nearly 13 feet.
$Researchers develop an HD video streaming technique that uses a fraction of the power of traditional methods$
Researchers develop an HD video streaming technique that uses a fraction of the power of traditional methods
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The group's system uses 1,000 to 10,000 times less power than current streaming technology. But it still has a small battery that supports continuous operation.

Scientists have developed a wearable sensor using cheap tissue paper
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Scientists have used tissue paper to develop a Band-aid sized wearable sensor that can detect a pulse, a blink of an eye and other human movements.
Facebook is rolling out Artificial Intelligence as part of its ‘proactive detection’ to detect suicidal posts
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Guy Rosen, Facebook’s vice president for product management, said the company was beginning to roll out the software outside the US after successful tests.
Researchers develop method to store information invisibly on clothes without the use of electronics
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In one example, they stored the passcode to an electronic door lock on a patch of conductive fabric sewn to a shirt cuff.

Your app use and location can be tracked through online advertising for as little as $1,000
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The attacker can serve a number of hyperlocal advertisements, which are only served when the target is at a particular location.
Flexible sensor 'skin' to help robots or prosthetic devices convey a sense of touch
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The bio-inspired robot sensor skin mimics the way a human finger experiences tension and compression as it slides along a surface .
UW researchers develop flexible shear force and vibration sensor for use in robots and prosthetics
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The "skin" can be stretched over any part of a robots body or prosthetic and lets them successfully grasp and manipulate objects.

Researchers develop BiliScreen, an app that screens selfies for signs of pancreatic cancer
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Researchers have developed an app named 'BiliScreen' that could allow people to easily screen for pancreatic cancer simply by snapping a smartphone selfie.
Researchers convert consumer electronics into sonars to covertly track activity of people
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A more advanced version of the technology, known as Sonar Vision was used for covert surveillance of an entire city in the movie The Dark Knight Rises.