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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Building Up the U.S. Semiconductor Industry
U.S. chipmakers await monetary support from the government a year after supporting legislation was signed into law.
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Neurotechnology and the Law
How closely should implants be regulated?
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The Drones of War
Drone makers are donating, or selling at cost, unmanned aerial drones to Ukraine.
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A Battery-Free Internet of Things
The Internet of Things can thrive without hardwired or consumable power sources.
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The Next Best Thing to Being There
Encouraged by the pandemic, augmented and mixed realities bring new views to end-users in medicine, industry, and the military.
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Softening Up Robots
Giving robots soft, artificial skin would enable them to work more closely with people.
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The Future of the Supply Chain
Experts agree supplies increasingly will be near-sourced.
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Coping with Burnout in IT
Supporting staffers working from home adds another layer to the stress many IT professionals already were feeling.
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Digital Twinning
Many organizations using the Internet of Things have already implemented Digital Twins.
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'Magic Mirror on My Wall…'
Smart mirrors bring a new form-factor to on-campus information access.
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Exoskeletons Today
Wearable mobile machines integrate people and machines to assist the movement-impaired, and amplify the capabilities of industrial and defense workers while protecting...
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Eyes in the Skies
Privacy concerns arise around the New York Police Department's drone program.
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Overcoming Disabilities
Brain-computer interfaces hold the promise of fully featured replacements for body parts that don't work or are missing.
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Supercomputing in Space
Off-the-shelf computer components were hardened to the extremes of space with layers of "detection, correction, and protection."
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Combating Cancer With Data
Supercomputers will sift massive amounts of data in search of therapies that work.
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Hyper-Converged Infrastructure
An out-of-the-box solution to infrastructure is drawing increasing attention.
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The Beginning of the Internet of Robot Things
Robots will take the Internet of Things to the next level.12