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Computer tutor

17 June 2015

Millions of English language tests are taken each year by non-native English speakers. Researchers at Cambridge鈥檚 ALTA Institute are building 鈥榗omputer tutors鈥 to help learners prepare for the exam that could change their lives.聽

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Opinion: How much is riding on having 鈥榥othing to hide鈥?

18 March 2015

We live in an age of near-total surveillance. In a talk given earlier this week, Professor Jon Crowcroft argued that total surveillance of society is toxic, and that those who claim that 鈥榠f you鈥檝e got nothing to hide, you鈥檝e got nothing to fear鈥 are helping perpetuate a massive power imbalance which is doing harm to society.

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Airbus A380 Final Assembly Line

Streamlining manufacturing

11 October 2013

探花直播small plastic tags developed by a 探花直播 spin-out are helping make modern assembly lines up to ten per cent more efficient, by tracking hundreds of components in three dimensions and in real time.

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Storica allows users to revisit any aspect of their lives in extreme detail, producing digital stories and an array of graphs and data which may help people to find out more about what is influencing their feelings and behaviour.

Dear digital diary鈥

12 August 2013

A powerful life-logging tool which captures and stores memorable moments in people鈥檚 lives is being developed by two researchers who argue that it could improve public well-being.

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Our ambiguous world of words

30 May 2013

Ambiguity in language poses the greatest challenge when it comes to training a computer to understand the written word. Now, new research aims to help computers find meaning.

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