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Canonical's Open Documentation Academy aims to help newcomers participate in the open source community, offering mentorship and…
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If all the hopes and hype are warranted, a nondescript third-floor loft in the Chelsea neighborhood of Manhattan offers a glimpse of the future, for New York City...The New York Times From ACM Careers | April 12, 2013
MIT's Paul Lazarescu uses his engineering talents to help disabled populations and improve everyday technology.MIT News From ACM Careers | April 12, 2013
Early attempts at driverless cars have had little difficulty gathering the loads of data required to operate autonomously.Scientific American From ACM News | April 11, 2013
"The mission to find, capture and redirect an asteroid robotically, and then visit it with astronauts to study it and return samples takes advantage of expertise...Jet Propulsion Laboratory/NASA From ACM News | April 11, 2013
Why is there such a gender imbalance when it comes to the Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM) fields? Studies suggest that academic performance is...Karen Purcell From ACM Careers | April 10, 2013
It's nearly impossible for computers to guess the age of people on Twitter by analyzing the type of language they use once they leave their 20s, researchers in...New Scientist From ACM Careers | April 10, 2013
The scientists who were recruited to appear at a conference called Entomology-2013 thought they had been selected to make a presentation to the leading professional...The New York Times From ACM Careers | April 9, 2013
Phil Richards used to like his job driving a forklift in a produce and meat warehouse. He took pride in steering a case of beef with precision.The Los Angeles Times From ACM Careers | April 9, 2013
Six cybertools have been designated as weapons by the U.S. Air Force, allowing the programs to better compete for increasingly scarce Pentagon funding, an Air Force...CNET From ACM Careers | April 9, 2013
For thousands of Bay Area techies blessed to be working for benevolent behemoths like Google (andFacebook, there could be an end to the free lunch. And the free...Bloomberg Businessweek From ACM Careers | April 9, 2013
Surgical robots could make some types of surgery safer and more effective, but proving that the software controlling these machines works as intended is problematic...Carnegie Mellon News From ACM Careers | April 8, 2013
A scientist's gender can have a big impact on how other researchers perceive his or her work, according to a new study.Ohio State University From ACM Careers | April 8, 2013
Several programs are emerging that encourage girls to learn technology skills that will enable them to enter computer science fields. The New York Times From ACM TechNews | April 5, 2013
John Wilkes spent a year negotiating his move to Google, and when he finally agreed to join the company, he still didn’t know what he’d be working on.Wired From ACM News | April 5, 2013
If you want to get an idea of what's gone wrong with Japan's electronics industry go for a ride on the Tokyo metro.BBC News From ACM Careers | April 4, 2013
It was a Friday evening at the University of Manchester and scientists Andre Geim and Kostya Novoselov were conducting the sort of playful experiment for which...Wired From ACM Careers | April 3, 2013