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Will These Guys Kill The Computer Interface As We Know It?
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Will These Guys Kill The Computer Interface As We Know It?

David Holz took the main stage at this year's South by Southwest Interactive, the annual innovation conference in Austin, Texas, looking like a hobbit on casual...

How Computer Analysis ­ncovered J. K. Rowling's Secret Novel
From ACM TechNews

How Computer Analysis ­ncovered J. K. Rowling's Secret Novel

A Duquesne University professor used computer analysis to determine that Harry Potter creator J.K. Rowling wrote "The Cuckoo's Calling." 

Pneumatic Ball-Levitating Robot Wins at Beer Pong
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Pneumatic Ball-Levitating Robot Wins at Beer Pong

A pair of grad students at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign are using a computer-controled gimbaled air-jet system with two degrees of motion to not...
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