Communications of the ACM
A Healthy Dose of AI
Building artificial intelligence into medical devices can speed diagnoses and potentially improve treatments and outcomes.
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CM to Harness Power of Collaboration to Advance Artificial Intelligence
Carnegie Mellon University plans to establish one of the largest and most experienced collaborative research groups in the world.
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Drones That Drive
Researchers are developing robots that can maneuver around on land and fly through the air.
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New Design Improves Performance of Flexible Wearable Electronics
A new flexible thermoelectric energy harvester could rival existing wearable electronic devices using body heat as their source of energy.
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Most People Expect Humans Will Grow to Trust, Even Love, AI
Most people expect artificial intelligence eventually will earn the trust and even affection of humans.
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Cornell to Team With IBM to Protect Global Milk Supply
Researchers will use genetic sequencing and big data analysis to help keep the global milk supply safe.
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Here's What You Need to Know About the Google E.u. Fine
The European Union's head of antitrust enforcement announced a record $2.7 billion fine against Google on Tuesday, accusing the search engine for illegally favoring...
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How Silicon Valley Pushed Coding Into American Classrooms
At a White House gathering of tech titans last week, Timothy D. Cook, the chief executive of Apple, delivered a blunt message to President Trump on how public schools...
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Eyes In the Sky
One of America's least known National Historic Landmarks may also be its ugliest. It''s kept hidden inside Building 32 on the grounds of the Johnson Space Center...
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Building a Better IoT
A robust and resilient Internet of Things framework is critical for future progress. New and emerging concepts may illuminate the path.
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Iu Study Finds Most People Aren't as Happy as Their Friends on Social Media
A study by researchers at Indiana University found people with the most connections on social media are happier.
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How Pythons Regenerate Their Organs and Other Secrets of the Snake Genome
Researchers are using supercomputers to study reptile evolution.
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Code.org Gears p to Get 30,000 Students Psyched p About Computer Science
Code.org recently launched a free, year-long course that is designed to provide more than 30,000 low-income students the opportunity to learn how to program.
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What Exactly Do You Mean When You Say 'best'?
Researchers have developed a system for interpreting sarcastic statements in social media.
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Facial Recognition May Boost Airport Security But Raises Privacy Worries
Passengers at Boston's Logan International Airport were surfing their phones and drinking coffee, waiting to board a flight to Aruba recently when a JetBlue agent...
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Synthetic Iris Could Let Cameras React to Light Like Our Eyes Do
An artificial iris can open and close in response to sunlight without any other outside control, just like the ones in your eyes.
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Global Race Toward Exascale Will Drive Supercomputing, AI to Masses
Industrial trends in high-performance computing are setting a foundation for the eventual pervasiveness of artificial intelligence and big data applications within...
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Building a Brain May Mean Going Analog
Analog circuits consume less power per operation than CMOS technologies, and so should prove more efficient.
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Cracking the Code on DNA Storage
Researchers are tapping DNA to create a new and different type of storage media. The technology could prove revolutionary.
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Artificial Intelligence Poised to Ride a New Wave
Flush with recent successes, and pushed by even newer technology, AI systems could get much smarter.
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