Articles tagged as Computer Science

A scene from "Ice Age" rendered through ta computer algorithm to look like an animated painting.

New Research

This Computer Algorithm Transforms Movies Into Breathtaking Works of Art

These neural networks can make any moving image into a masterpiece from Picasso to van Gogh

May 20, 2016

Xian'er, the robot monk, with its creator, Buddhist monk Master Xianfan.

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A Robot Monk Is Spreading Buddhist Teachings in China

An adorable robot serves up automated mantras

April 28, 2016

Every single one of the 148 million pixels in this portrait was based on Rembrandt's body of work.

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“New” Rembrandt Created, 347 Years After the Dutch Master’s Death

The painting was created using data from more than 168,000 fragments of Rembrandt’s work

April 5, 2016

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An AI-Written Novella Almost Won a Literary Prize

A short novel co-written by humans and AI passed the first round of a Japanese literary contest

March 28, 2016

Digital database points to puzzle plagiarism

March 8, 2016

She knows where this photo was taken—and so might a new neural network.

New Research

Google’s New A.I. Can Tell Exactly Where a Photo Was Taken

A new neural network is better than humans at sussing out the location of a picture

March 1, 2016

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This Twitter Account Turns Emojis Into Gallery Art

Tiny pictures, high art?

February 24, 2016

How a law signed by George Washington is being applied to Apple

February 24, 2016

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Check Out These Vintage Computer Viruses at the Malware Museum

Relive the horror of watching your computer catch a ‘90s-era virus

February 11, 2016

New Software Can Actually Edit Actors’ Facial Expressions

FaceDirector can seamlessly blend several takes to create nuanced blends of emotions, potentially cutting down on the number of takes necessary in filming

February 8, 2016

Google’s New AI Can Beat Human Champions at the Game of Go

Google appears to have won the long race to develop a Go-winning artificial intelligence, considered a major step towards more human-like AIs

January 27, 2016

New Research

Missouri Mathematicians Discover New Prime Number

At more than 22 million digits, it’s the longest prime yet

January 20, 2016

Stanford Scientists Create an Algorithm That Is the “Shazam” For Earthquakes

The popular song-identifying app has inspired a technique for identifying microquakes in the hopes of predicting major ones

December 11, 2015

Can a computer science course that teaches students how to think help Yale beat Harvard in tomorrow’s game?

November 20, 2015

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How Computers Learned to Play Nintendo

Super Mario World is a great test for artificial intelligence

November 3, 2015

This Camera Sees What Your Eyes Can’t

HyperCam, an affordable hyperspectral imaging camera, can tell if your food’s gone bad, among other things

October 26, 2015

The Innovative Spirit

New Software Makes Cyberbullies Think Twice

Teen programmer Trisha Prabhu created a program called ReThink to make cyberbullies reconsider before posting cruel messages

October 15, 2015

New Research

This Computer Can Track How Fashion Spreads From the Runway to the Street

Researchers created an algorithm to recognize and analyze fashion on the runway and in the street

September 9, 2015

A screenshot of the Tone Analyzer at work

IBM’s Tone Analyzer Could Save You From Sending That Awkward Email

The new service, part of IBM’s Watson artificial intelligence system, scans emails for emotions like cheerfulness or negativity

August 6, 2015

43 camps nationwide teach teens white hat hacking skills

July 23, 2015