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An edited collection of advanced computing news from Communications of the ACM, ACM TechNews, other ACM resources, and news sites around the Web.


How Robots Can Help Build Better Doctors
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How Robots Can Help Build Better Doctors

A team at the University of Notre Dame is developing an improved human patient simulator, a mannequin exhibiting lifelike behaviors to help train medical personnel...

Do Girls Like Math? The Answer Matters
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Do Girls Like Math? The Answer Matters

Although the gender imbalance in science and technology is a major issue in affluent countries such as the U.S., it is almost non-existent in many less developed...

Virtual Reality Maps
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Virtual Reality Maps

Images from public photo-sharing sites like Flickr and Google are being used by the Department of Computer Science and Engineering at the University of Washington...

Engineering and Music: A Powerful Duet For Art and Science
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Engineering and Music: A Powerful Duet For Art and Science

The collaboration by two professors at the University of Rochester, one from the music theory department and the other from the electrical and computer engineering...

Soccer Stars Ranked ­sing Statistics
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Soccer Stars Ranked ­sing Statistics

Researchers at Northwestern University have developed a computer program that objectively measures player performance; the research method also could be used...

Take a Nanooze Break
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Take a Nanooze Break

A new exhibition at the Walt Disney World Resort in Lake Buena Vista, FL, will bring visitors face to face with the nanoworld. Take a Nanooze Break features interactive...
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