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The Rise of the Robo-Meteorologist
From ACM TechNews

The Rise of the Robo-Meteorologist

Microsoft researchers Ashish Kapoor and Eric Horvitz are using machine learning to make more accurate weather predictions over a 24-hour period. 

How Times Square Works
From ACM News

How Times Square Works

When we stepped out onto the roof, the wind whipped me sideways, and it took me a second to get my bearings.

Inside the Secret Building That's Bringing Cell Service To Nyc's Subway
From ACM Careers

Inside the Secret Building That's Bringing Cell Service To Nyc's Subway

As Hurricane Sandy revealed almost two years ago, New York's 100-year-old subway is not a modern and robust system.

Nyc's Touchscreen Subway Maps Are Finally Here, and They're Amazing
From ACM News

Nyc's Touchscreen Subway Maps Are Finally Here, and They're Amazing

New York subway riders first were promised futuristic touchscreen wayfinding maps a year ago.

What the World Would Look Like If You Could See Cell Phone Signals
From ACM News

What the World Would Look Like If You Could See Cell Phone Signals

There are thousands of invisible signals bouncing around us all the time, and the world would be a very different place if we could see them.

Designing Windows 8, or How to Redesign a Religion
From ACM Opinion

Designing Windows 8, or How to Redesign a Religion

There are lot of hard jobs at Microsoft. But Sam Moreau just might have the hardest of all. Or at least the most harrowing. Over the past five years, he's taken...

Darpa's Almost-Impossible Challenge to Reconstruct Shredded Documents: Solved
From ACM News

Darpa's Almost-Impossible Challenge to Reconstruct Shredded Documents: Solved

DARPA recently laid down a challenge to computer scientists: work out how to reconstruct shredded pages of paper. The winning team has finished — two days ahead...
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