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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Biomedical Digital Twins
Considering the transformative possibilities of simulated models of biological phenomena and systems at multiple scales.
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Outsmarting Deepfake Video
Looking for truth, when "it's becoming surprisingly easy to distort reality."
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Raising Robovoices
New systems can model and synthesize voices, and even translate them into other languages.
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The Quantum Threat
Cryptographers are developing algorithms to ensure security in a world of quantum computing.
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Machine Learning, Meet Whiskey
Technologies are coming increasingly closer to approximating the human senses of taste and smell.
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Robotic Implants
Scientists are developing tiny medical machines that stretch the definition of the term "robot."
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Sensors on the Brain
Implantable wireless monitors give researchers a new look inside the human body.
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Bias in Technology
As leading companies release troubling diversity statistics, experts search for solutions.
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The Edge of the Uncanny
Scientists are learning more about what makes robots and chatbots engaging.
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What's Next For Digital Humanities?
New computational tools spur advances in an evolving field.
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The Hyper-Intelligent Bandage
Scientists are developing smart, sensor-packed dressings to help heal chronic wounds.
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Sensing Emotions
How computer systems detect the internal emotional states of users.
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The New Smart Cities
How urban information systems are slowly revamping the modern metropolis.
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Robots With a Human Touch
Empowering smart machines with tactile feedback could lead to tremendous new applications.
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Next in Live Entertainment: Watching People Code
Streaming video of developers as they code is gaining a growing audience.
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Intelligent Living
After years of false starts, the smart home is gaining momentum.
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The New Digital Medicine
Affordable, connected, personal medical devices are slowly changing the nature of health care.
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Modifying Behavior with Wearable Technologies
Created to monitor individuals’ activities, feedback from wearable technologies can help users learn from mistakes and behave better.
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New Models in Cosmetics Replacing Animal Testing
A European law spurs scientists to develop computational simulations capable of predicting the toxicity of cosmetics.
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Future-Proof Encryption
Researchers are relying on quantum mechanics to generate unhackable methods of communication.12