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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The Insane and Exciting Future of the Bionic Body
Bertolt Meyer pulls off his left forearm and gives it to me.
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Strands Project Develops Robot Security Guards
The European Union's Seventh Framework Program is funding the Strands project, which is developing software for robot brains that can be used as security guards...
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Scientist Creates Solution For Looming Broadband Shortage
A new method to solve the approaching broadcast spectrum deficit examines how cell networks could optimize spectrum use.
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Nasa's Mars Curiosity Debuts Autonomous Navigation
NASA's Mars rover Curiosity has used autonomous navigation for the first time, a capability that lets the rover decide for itself how to drive safely on Mars.
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NASA's Plan to Put a Landsail Rover on Venus
Venus is like a reclusive celebrity that gets the public's attention every couple of years, though in the planet's case it's more like every century.
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Google+ Posts Getting Language Translation Services
The Google+ translation feature will enable desktop users to rapidly receive basic translations when other users make posts in languages other than their own.
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Twitter 'joke Bots' Shame Human Sense of Humor
Two Twitter bots generate phrases that are funny by virtue of not being particularly funny, to poke fun at human tweeters' own attempts at humor.
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As Tennis Stats Proliferate, Software Tries to Make Sense of It All
SlamTracker software sifts through 20 years of data to predict how tennis players could perform under various circumstances.
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Can an AI Get Into the University of Tokyo?
Researchers are attempting to create an artificial intelligence (AI) program capable of passing school entrance exams.
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Why Can't My Computer nderstand Me?
University of Toronto computer scientist Hector Levesque recently presented a paper highlighting the flaws in artificial intelligence.
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Software-Defined Networking
Novel architecture allows programmers to quickly reconfigure network resource usage.
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Remembering Douglas Engelbart
"Inspiring," "visionary," "humble," "honest," "impeccable integrity," "passionate and stubborn about his work." Tributes poured in for Douglas Engelbart, inventor...
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Life After Siri: Nuance's phill Climb To Being Your Digital Assistant
In the gleaming Silicon Valley branch office of speech-recognition firm Nuance Communications, a small room has been made to look like a homey den.
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Facial Scanning Is Making Gains in Surveillance
The U.S. government's development of a facial recognition surveillance system to identify individuals in crowds is moving ahead.
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Why Can’t My Computer Understand Me?
In a terrific paper just presented at the premier international conference on artificial intelligence, Hector Levesque, a University of Toronto computer scientist...
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.s. Brain Project Puts Focus on Ethics
The false mouse memories made the ethicists uneasy. By stimulating certain neurons in the hippocampus, Susumu Tonegawa and his colleagues caused mice to recall...
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IBM Develops Programming Language Inspired By the Human Brain
IBM has created a programming architecture for a cognitive computer chip inspired by the human brain.
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Twitter Tracker Shows Where Food Poisoning Is a Risk
A new machine-learning system can track tweets and show which restaurants are giving people food poisoning.
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NASA Calls on Researchers to Build Smarter Space Robot
The U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration has announced a new challenge focused on building a smart robot.
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