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Few revolutions can be said to have lasted for half a century, or to have wrought disruptive change at a predictable pace.The Washington Post From ACM News | April 16, 2015
Researchers are studying the effectiveness of a germ-zapping robot to clean hospital rooms, which could prevent the spread of "superbugs" — saving countless dollars...Texas A&M University From ACM Careers | April 15, 2015
For more than a decade Jeff Hawkins, founder of mobile computing company Palm, has dedicated his time and fortune to a theory meant to explain the workings of the...Technology Review From ACM News | April 14, 2015
MIT researchers will demonstrate at an upcoming conference that probabilistic programming can be competitive with conventional programs created with thousands of...MIT News From ACM Careers | April 13, 2015
Mounting evidence that the co-pilot crashed a Germanwings plane into a French mountain has prompted a global debate about how to better screen crewmembers for mental...The New York Times From ACM News | April 7, 2015
Fully autonomous 1:10-scale model cars navigating through MIT's underground tunnels in a robot race this past January, with the winning team's vehicle running at...MIT Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics From ACM Careers | April 7, 2015
An unpowered exoskeleton developed by researchers at Carnegie Mellon and North Carolina State helps individuals walk using less energy.U.S. National Science Foundation From ACM Careers | April 6, 2015
Whether or not we are headed toward a robot revolution, Google wants us to get comfortable with the next generation of robots.Quartz From ACM News | April 3, 2015
Forget Skynet. Hypothetical world-ending artificial intelligence makes headlines, but the hype ignores what's happening right under our noses.New Scientist From ACM Careers | April 1, 2015
Robots already stand in for humans in some of the dullest and most dangerous jobs there are, handling everything from painting cars to drilling rocks on Mars.Ars Technica From ACM News | March 24, 2015
A test flight using a fixed-wing unmanned aircraft to inspect an energy pipeline route was completed last week at Mid-Atlantic Aviation Partnership at Virginia...Virginia Tech From ACM Careers | March 23, 2015
Kansas State University is leading an international, multimillion-dollar project that is looking at unmanned aerial systems to detect pest insects and diseases...Kansas State niversity From ACM Careers | March 19, 2015
"Chappie," the highest-grossing movie in America last weekend, is, to put it mildly, not a great film; the critics have given it a twenty-nine on Rotten Tomatoes...The New Yorker From ACM Opinion | March 13, 2015
Let me hazard a guess that you think a real person has written what you're reading. Maybe you're right. Maybe not.The New York Times From ACM Opinion | March 10, 2015
Mediators appointed to analyse the rifts within Europe’s ambitious €1-billion (US$1.1 billion) Human Brain Project (HBP) have called for far-reaching changes both...Nature From ACM News | March 9, 2015
"If you ask me today, is it possible to live to be 500? The answer is yes," Bill Maris says one January afternoon in Mountain View, California.Bloomberg From ACM Careers | March 9, 2015
Twenty-five teams from the international robotics community will compete for $3.5 million in prizes in the DARPA Robotics Challenge Finals, a test of capabilities ...DARPA From ACM Careers | March 6, 2015
When the humanoid robot SAFFiR gets a shove, it reflexively moves to maintain its balance. SAFFiR can also walk over uneven terrain, turn its head to scan its surroundings...Nature From ACM News | March 5, 2015
Research scientist Kalyan Veeramachaneni is tackling some of the bottlenecks holding back the data science industry.MIT Industrial Liaison Program From ACM Careers | February 25, 2015