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Magic Leap
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Magic Leap

Logically, I know there isn’t a hulking four-armed, twisty-horned blue monster clomping in circles in front of me, but it sure as hell looks like it.

The Shape of Things to Come
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The Shape of Things to Come

In recent months, Sir Jonathan Ive, the forty-seven-year-old senior vice-president of design at Apple—who used to play rugby in secondary school, and still has...

Raspberry Pi 2 Review: A $35 Computer Can Do a Heck of a Lot
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Raspberry Pi 2 Review: A $35 Computer Can Do a Heck of a Lot

Our computers have become too easy to use.

Hoping Google's Lab Is a Rainmaker
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Hoping Google's Lab Is a Rainmaker

Google's research arm, Google X, is called the company's Moonshot Factory. One reason the company picked the word "Moonshot" was to remind people to tackle big...

Bringing Coding to Kindergarten
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Bringing Coding to Kindergarten

How young is too young to learn to write software?

Smartphone App Tracks Students' Class Attendance Automatically
From ACM TechNews

Smartphone App Tracks Students' Class Attendance Automatically

Facial-recognition algorithms power a new smartphone app that will enable college instructors to take classroom attendance more effectively and efficiently. 

The Coming Boom In Brain Medicines
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The Coming Boom In Brain Medicines

Tony Coles could have had any job he wanted in the drug industry.

How to Interest Girls in Computer Science and Engineering? Shift the Stereotypes
From ACM TechNews

How to Interest Girls in Computer Science and Engineering? Shift the Stereotypes

A University of Washington study identifies inaccurate, negative stereotypes as the key culprits in the underrepresentation of women in computer science and engineering...

A Computer Model to ­nderstand the Genetic Basis of Disease
From ACM TechNews

A Computer Model to ­nderstand the Genetic Basis of Disease

Splicing-based Analysis of variants (SPANR) is a computer model that can predict the effects mutations in the human genome would have on splicing. 

Facebook, Linkedin Join to Help Women in Tech
From ACM TechNews

Facebook, Linkedin Join to Help Women in Tech

Facebook and LinkedIn have launched a collaborative initiative to boost the shrinking numbers of women studying engineering and computer science. 

Walking, Driving, and Riding in a Winter Wonderland
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Walking, Driving, and Riding in a Winter Wonderland

A geographer at the University of Maryland is using big data culled from social media to develop better models of the ways people behave when snow begins to fall...

Meet Poppy, the Printable Robot
From ACM TechNews

Meet Poppy, the Printable Robot

European researchers have developed an open source, 3D-printed, humanoid robot. 

How Elementary School Teachers' Biases Can Discourage Girls From Math and Science
From ACM TechNews

How Elementary School Teachers' Biases Can Discourage Girls From Math and Science

A new study suggests the biases of elementary school teachers have a profound effect on whether or not girls pursue studies in math and science. 

From ACM News

Software Engineers with Autism Add Value to the Corporate Workplace

Companies are training workers with autism spectrum disorders for software testing, quality assurance

Washington Lawmakers Want Computer Science to Count as Foreign Language
From ACM Careers

Washington Lawmakers Want Computer Science to Count as Foreign Language

Two Washington state legislators have recently introduced a bill that would allow computer science class (e.g., programming) to effectively count as a foreign language...

Stanford-Designed Hapkit Brings Physical Touch to the Virtual Classroom
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Stanford-Designed Hapkit Brings Physical Touch to the Virtual Classroom

Stanford University researchers have developed Hapkit, a do-it-yourself kit that gives online learners hands-on experience by bringing haptics into virtual classrooms...

­mass Medical School, Wpi Developing Smartphone App to Address Stress Eating
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­mass Medical School, Wpi Developing Smartphone App to Address Stress Eating

Researchers are developing a stress-eating smartphone app to help users better understand why they overeat.

J. Craig Venter on Dna and Life's Mysteries
From ACM Opinion

J. Craig Venter on Dna and Life's Mysteries

J. Craig Venter is in the life business.

Society's View of It Workers As 'unwashed Nerds' Stops Women Entering Industry
From ACM TechNews

Society's View of It Workers As 'unwashed Nerds' Stops Women Entering Industry

Society needs to change the way it presents and views information technology careers if more women are to be encouraged to join the industry. 

Forecasting the Flu Better
From ACM TechNews

Forecasting the Flu Better

A research team at the University of California, San Diego says it has refined and improved the predictions of Google Flu Trends. 
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