Communications of the ACM
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June 2013
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Automatically Grading Programming Homework
Researchers have created software that points out inaccuracies in student programming and offers suggestions for improvement.
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The Hi-Tech Tattoo That Could Replace All Your Passwords: Motorola Reveals Plans For Ink, and Even Pills, to Identify S
Seeking more-secure alternatives to passwords for online sites and mobile devices, Motorola is focusing on electronic tattoos and authentication pills.
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Fixing America's Patent Problem Means Going Beyond Trolls
The so-called patent troll has become one of the tech industry’s favorite monsters in recent years, and on Tuesday the Obama administration announced it would pick a fight with patent-holding companies that produce nothing but…
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This Man Is Not a Cyborg. Yet.
Get right up close to Dmitry Itskov and sniff all you like—you will not pick up even the faintest hint of crazy.
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A Camera Without a Lens (and a Sensor the Size of a Pixel)
Cameras as we know them have long been eye-like: a lens captures light and focuses it on film or a detection sensor, just as the lenses in our eyes focus light on our retinas.
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The Next Frontier of Wireless Tech? Your Body
A miniaturized version of sonar technology will be applied inside the human body, to treat diseases in real time.
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Tingly Projections Make Beamed Gadgets Come Alive
Researchers have developed a system that can beam the outline of computer keyboards or cellphones onto any surface, including the hand.
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IBM Breakthrough Could Alleviate Mobile Data Bottleneck
A new phased-array transceiver is designed to ease data bottleneck issues for mobile communication while allowing radar-imaging technology to be scaled down to the size of a laptop.
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Presidential Candidate: .s., Israel Wary of Iran's Cyber Power
Supreme Leader's top aide Ali Akbar Velayati, who is also a candidate in Iran's presidential election, hailed the Iranian IT engineers and experts for their good progress, and said the arch foes of the Islamic Republic, the U…
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Microsoft and IBM Researchers Develop a Lie Detector For the Cloud
Researchers have created software that can see if a cloud service performed its promised work, or whether it may have been compromised and forced to do something inappropriate.
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Hack a Virus, Win a Prize: Scientist Recognized For 'useful' Germ Modding
The inventor of a viral technology behind tomorrow's electric car batteries, flexible touchscreen computers, and non-invasive cancer screening was awarded a $500,000 prize Tuesday.
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Robot Knows When to Pour You a Beer
A robot can anticipate human actions and assist with tasks such as opening a refrigerator door or pouring a drink.
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Let's Play: Making Travel a Game
It was a Sunday afternoon in SoHo and while most New Yorkers were having brunch, Makeda Peters and her boyfriend were on a street corner craning their necks at a seven-story art installation called "The Wall," about to embark…
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Deep Learning Comes of Age
Advances on multiple fronts are bringing big improvements to the way computers learn, increasing the accuracy of speech and vision systems.
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Augmented-Reality Glasses Bring Cloud Security Into Sharp Focus
The possibility of a new $200-billion-plus industry has cloud security experts bracing for the ramifications.
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Proofs Probable
Shafi Goldwasser and Silvio Micali laid the foundations for modern cryptography, with contributions including interactive and zero-knowledge proofs.
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ACM Honors Computing Innovators
ACM's awards celebrate achievements in networks, information retrieval, multi-agent systems, computer science education, versatile compiler technologies, and more.
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The Future Is Flexible Displays
Manufacturers hint that bendable screens are coming soon, but academics argue that many engineering challenges remain.