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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Better Living Through Video Gaming
From AI-designed games to realistic virtual worlds and social physics, gaming is changing our world view.
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AI Designs Its Own Video Game
It is never going to compete with the latest iteration of Call of Duty, but then Space Station Invaders is not your typical blockbuster video game. While modern...
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Google: Technology Is Making Science Fiction Real
Google executive chairman Eric Schmidt predicted that rapid advances in technology will soon transform science fiction into reality—meaning people will have driverless...
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In Back Alleys and Basements, Video Arcades Quietly Survive
The Stockton Tunnel, excavated in 1914, lets San Francisco drivers get between downtown and Fisherman’s Wharf without having to ascend the scarily steep grades...
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Over-the-Air Tv Catches Second Wind, Aided By Web
It's cool to have rabbit ears again.
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Behind the Google Goggles, Virtual Reality
It wasn't so long ago that legions of people began walking the streets, talking to themselves. On closer inspection, many of them turned out to be wearing tiny...
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Gaining Wisdom from Crowds
Online games are harnessing humans' skills to solve scientific problems that are currently beyond the ability of computers.
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Policing the Future
Computer programs and new mathematical algorithms are helping law enforcement agencies better predict when and where crimes will occur.
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Stanford Schooling - Gratis!
Stanford University's experiment with online classes could help transform computer science education.
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Computer Science Awards
Scientists worldwide are honored for their contributions to design, computing, science, and technology.
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Web Traffic Dips 20% During Super Bowl, Yet 2.1 Million Watch Online
Fun with numbers: For the first time ever, the Super Bowl was legally streamed online here in the U.S. and, according to NBC, over 2.1 million people fired up their...
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Burning Man
On his first tour of duty in Afghanistan, Sam Brown was set on fire by an improvised explosive device. He survived, only to find himself, like thousands of other...
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Fast Phones, Dead Batteries
Days after buying his Samsung Electronics Co. Galaxy Nexus smartphone from Verizon Wireless, David Jacobs found himself switching off the fourth-generation broadband...
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Symantec Warns of Android Trojans that Mutate with Every Download
Researchers from security vendor Symantec have identified a new premium-rate SMS Android Trojan horse that modifies its code every time it gets downloaded in order...
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Why Viewers Could Soon Control Super Bowl Ads
During this Sunday's Super Bowl, a record five million viewers are expected to tweet or make other social media comments—not just about the game, but also about...
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White House Office Studies Benefits of Video Games
The White House Office of Science and Technology Policy has assigned senior policy analyst Constance Steinkuehler to study video games for 18 months to determine...
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ACM Fellows Inducted
Forty-six men and women are recognized as 2011 ACM Fellows.
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The Social Life of Robots
Researchers are trying to build robots capable of working together with minimal human supervision. But will they ever learn to get along?
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The War Against Botnets
Increasingly sophisticated botnets have emerged during the last several years. However, security researchers, businesses, and governments are attacking botnets...
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