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As a boy growing up in Denmark, Eske Willerslev could not wait to leave Gentofte, his suburban hometown. As soon as he was old enough, he would strike out for the...The New York Times From ACM Opinion | May 19, 2016
A virtual reality project allows students in geriatrics curricula to experience life through the eyes of a 74-year-old patient with audiovisual impairments.University of Illinois at Chicago From ACM Careers | May 19, 2016
Life would be pretty dull without imagination. In fact, maybe the biggest problem for computers is that they don't have any.Technology Review From ACM Careers | May 19, 2016
A soft actuator using electrically controllable membranes could pave the way for machines that pose no danger to humans.Max Planck Society From ACM Careers | May 19, 2016
Recently, United States Deputy Defense Secretary Robert Work publicly confirmed that the Pentagon’s Cyber Command was "dropping cyberbombs," taking its ongoing...The Conversation From ACM News | May 18, 2016
A new highly efficient power amplifier for electronics could help make possible next-generation cell phones, low-cost collision-avoidance radar for cars, and lightweight...Purdue niversity From ACM Careers | May 18, 2016
Stanford researchers show that telephone metadata can alone reveal a surprising amount of personal detail. The work could help inform future policies for government...Stanford niversity From ACM Careers | May 18, 2016
For years, inventors have been trying to convert some sign language words and letters into textand speech. Now a pair of University of Washington undergraduates...NPR From ACM Careers | May 17, 2016
Minutes before the Seattle Mariners and Oakland Athletics trot onto the field during an overcast May afternoon, A's bullpen coach Scott Emerson strides along the...Wired From ACM Careers | May 17, 2016
Research has found that the "math gender gap" — the relative underperformance of girls at math — is much wider in societies with poor rates of gender equality.Queen Mary niversity of London From ACM Careers | May 17, 2016
Researchers have shown that the location stamps on just a handful of Twitter posts can disclose the addresses of the poster's home and workplace to a relatively...MIT News From ACM Careers | May 17, 2016
The Pentagon asked hackers to take a crack at its servers, and in response 1,400 hackers found 90 ways in, according to a tweet from the CEO of HackerOne on Friday...Newsweek From ACM Careers | May 16, 2016
About 35 high-school students sit at neatly arranged rows of tables in the university's gym. Another 115 college-level contestants surround the high schoolers.CNET From ACM Careers | May 16, 2016
Self-driving cars are expected to usher in a new era of mobility, safety, and convenience. The problem, say transportation researchers, is that people will use...Associated Press From ACM Careers | May 16, 2016
Hip-hop dancers, military marchers and daredevils in winged suits are bringing China's Internet titans into the world of virtual reality.Bloomberg From ACM Careers | May 16, 2016
Engineers placed a layer of molybdenum disulfide on top of an optical nanocavity, which could aid the production of more powerful, efficient, and flexible electronic...niversity at Buffalo From ACM Careers | May 16, 2016
Northern Arizona University researchers have been awarded a U.S. National Science Foundation grant to develop an unmanned aerial vehicle to find animals in the...Northern Arizona University From ACM Careers | May 16, 2016
Say what you will about cybercriminals, says Angela Sasse, "their victims rave about the customer service".Scientific American From ACM News | May 13, 2016