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Their research involved 14 dogs in total who all sat very still in a brain scanner while they were shown pictures of people's faces.
From BBC ● Aug. 10, 2026
During both sessions, they performed a spatial orientation task while their brain activity was recorded in an MRI scanner.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 9, 2026
NBC News reported that emergency services responded to a call for "cardiac arrest" at Graham's Capitol Hill home on Saturday night, according to police scanner audio obtained by NBC and other outlets.
From Barron's ● Jul. 12, 2026
Police scanner audio reviewed by multiple outlets describes a “cardiac arrest” and CPR in progress on an “unconscious” person at that address.
From Salon ● Jul. 8, 2026
Then he left, smiled in the direction of the ’visor scanner, still playing away—waved to the reporters, and shouted, “We’ll have something for you tomorrow, boys. No kidding.”
From "I, Robot" by Isaac Asimov
Plus, Flock moves to calm a backlash over its license-plate scanners and Instagram gets a new wordmark.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 14, 2026
More police forces are adopting A.I. facial scanners; the tech is being piloted in schools, buses, and stores as well.
From Slate ● Aug. 5, 2026
Yet even with today's advanced scanners, producing clear images of some areas remains difficult.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 10, 2026
It comes amid reports the extreme heat has caused problems with IT systems, cancer equipment, lab testing and scanners.
From BBC ● Jun. 25, 2026
At the time he had a French colleague who managed GE’s power generator business for the scanners out of France.
From "The World Is Flat" by Thomas L. Friedman
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