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Wearable Sensor Detects Even More Compounds in Human Sweat
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Wearable Sensor Detects Even More Compounds in Human Sweat

A new wearable sensor can detect amino acids and certain vitamins in small amounts of human sweat.

Your Smartphone Could Recognize You by How You Hold It
From ACM TechNews

Your Smartphone Could Recognize You by How You Hold It

Researchers trained an artificial intelligence-powered algorithm to identify individuals based their hand vibrations when holding a smartphone.

Competition Makes Big Datasets the Winners
From Communications of the ACM

Competition Makes Big Datasets the Winners

Measurement has driven research groups to home in on the most popular datasets, but that may change as metrics shift to real-world quality.

The Road to 6G
From Communications of the ACM

The Road to 6G

Looking past 5G to sixth-generation wireless technology.

VR Headsets Reduced to Size of Regular Glasses
From ACM TechNews

VR Headsets Reduced to Size of Regular Glasses

Scientists from Stanford University and Nvidia create thinner, lighter virtual reality headgear than commercially available devices.

Amazon Expands Palm-Scanning Payment Tech to 65 More Whole Foods Locations
From ACM TechNews

Amazon Expands Palm-Scanning Payment Tech to 65 More Whole Foods Locations

Amazon plans to expand its Amazon One palm-scanner payment technology to more than 65 Whole Foods stores in California.

AI May Come to the Rescue of Future Firefighters
From ACM TechNews

AI May Come to the Rescue of Future Firefighters

A new artificial intelligence model could warn firefighters of imminent combustion or flashovers.

Mathematical Modeling Could Lead to Simple Blood Test for Brain Tumors
From ACM TechNews

Mathematical Modeling Could Lead to Simple Blood Test for Brain Tumors

New mathematical models can assess the use of biomarkers for detecting glioblastomas (GBMs) and their potential for improvement.

Researchers Discover Major Roadblock in Alleviating Network Congestion
From ACM TechNews

Researchers Discover Major Roadblock in Alleviating Network Congestion

Researchers found congestion control algorithms fail to prevent certain users from taking up all the bandwidth.

Supermarket Food Could Soon Carry Eco-Labels
From ACM TechNews

Supermarket Food Could Soon Carry Eco-Labels

Consumers could soon be checking the environmental impact of food items through an eco-labeling system based on work by researchers at the U.K.'s Oxford University...

Encrypted One-Touch Human-Machine Interface Technology Reveals User Physiology
From ACM TechNews

Encrypted One-Touch Human-Machine Interface Technology Reveals User Physiology

A team of researchers has developed an encrypted, one-touch human-machine interface that can reveal physiological details about users.

How the Secrets of Ancient Cuneiform Texts Are Being Revealed by AI
From ACM TechNews

How the Secrets of Ancient Cuneiform Texts Are Being Revealed by AI

Artificial intelligence is being used to read and translate cuneiform, helping to recreate ancient libraries by piecing together fragmented tablets and predicting...

NASA is Crowdsourcing Cloud Research--on Mars
From ACM TechNews

NASA is Crowdsourcing Cloud Research--on Mars

Scientists have recruited volunteers to identify clouds on Mars through the Zooniverse, a platform that hosts crowdsourced citizen projects.

Gootkit Loader Resurfaces with Updated Tactic to Compromise Targeted Computers
From ACM TechNews

Gootkit Loader Resurfaces with Updated Tactic to Compromise Targeted Computers

Researchers have found the operators of the Gootkit access-as-a-service malware now are using legal documents to get unsuspecting users to download them.

Streaming from the Future
From ACM TechNews

Streaming from the Future

A machine learning system can remove buildings from a live view on a mobile device, which could speed up the process of urban renewal.

Crypto and the U.S. Government Are Headed for a Decisive Showdown
From ACM News

Crypto and the U.S. Government Are Headed for a Decisive Showdown

The Securities and Exchange Commission accused Ishan Wahi, a former product manager at the Coinbase cryptocurrency exchange, of insider trading and securities fraud...

Found in Space
From ACM News

Found in Space

Using deep learning to identify and classify astronomically distant objects.

NASA Space Robotics Dive into Deep-Sea Work
From ACM TechNews

NASA Space Robotics Dive into Deep-Sea Work

Former NASA roboticists who helped developed the Robonaut 2 astronaut assistant robot are part of a research team that has developed a deep-sea robot.

Zooming In to Get the Full Picture
From ACM TechNews

Zooming In to Get the Full Picture

Scientists have built the most comprehensive single-cell map of embryo development in any animal to date, using the fruit fly as its model.

AI Can Diagnose Dementia As Accurately as Experts
From ACM News

AI Can Diagnose Dementia As Accurately as Experts

The results of recent research have broad implications for dementia treatment.
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