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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Circuit, Heal Thyself!
A self-healing material that spontaneously repairs itself under extreme mechanical damage has been developed by Carnegie Mellon University researchers. Circuits...
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Take a Virtual Trip to a Strange New World with NASA
Are you looking for an exotic destination to visit this summer? Why not take a virtual trip to an Earth-size planet beyond our solar system with NASA's interactive ...
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Soft Machines
University of California, Santa Barbara researchers have developed electromagnetic actuators that are fast, low voltage, and soft.
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Making Massive Leaps in Electronics at Nano-Scale
The University of the Witwatersrand in South Africa has boosted the electrical conductivity of carbon nanotubes by binding gadolinium nanoparticles to them.
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Making Driverless Cars Change Lanes More Like Human Drivers Do
A new algorithm developed by the MIT CSAIL could improve the way driverless vehicles change lanes. The algorithm allows for more aggressive lane changes and will...
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The S Military Is Funding an Effort to Catch Deepfakes and Other AI Trickery
Think that AI will help put a stop to fake news? The US military isn't so sure.
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Distracted Driver and Braking Error Cited in Autonomous ber Car's Fatal Crash
More than a second before a self-driving car operated by Uber struck and killed a pedestrian in March, the vehicle's computer system determined it needed to brake...
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Albatross Robot Takes Flight
Massachusetts Institute of Technology engineers have created an albatross-like robot that can skim along the water's surface while also surfing the waves like a...
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sing Virtual Biopsies to Improve Melanoma Detection
Colorado State University's Jesse Wilson said he will use his Young Investigator Award from the Melanoma Research Alliance to further pursue non-invasive melanoma...
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New Tech May Make Prosthetic Hands Easier for Patients to se
Researchers have developed technology for translating neuromuscular signals into movements for prosthetic wrists and hands.
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AI Oncologist to Help Cancer Patients Worldwide
University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center researchers devised a new way to automate the contouring of tumor volumes using artificial intelligence and deep neural...
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Saving Lives with Aerial Drones
Aerial drone swarms could self-assemble into hovering rescue platforms.
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Computer Redesigns Enzyme
Biotechnologists at the University of Groningen in the Netherlands used a computational method to convert aspartase to a catalyst for asymmetric hydroamination...
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Stealthy, Destructive Malware Infects Half a Million Routers
Home routers have become the rats to hackers' bubonic plague: An easily infected, untreated and ubiquitous population in which dangerous digital attacks can spread...
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Drilling Success: Curiosity is Collecting Mars Rocks
Engineers working with NASA's Curiosity Mars rover have been hard at work testing a new way for the rover to drill rocks and extract powder from them.
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Rewarded for RISC
ACM A.M. Turing Award recipients David Patterson and John Hennessy developed the "dangerous" idea that software should be simpler so it can be executed more quickly...
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3D Sensors Provide Security, Better Games
A variety of techniques allow sensors to locate and recognize objects in space.
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Getting Hooked on Tech
Are technology companies maximizing profits by making users addicted to their products?
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CLA Engineer Develops 3D Printer That Can Create Complex Biological Tissues
An engineer at the University of California, Los Angeles has developed a new three-dimensional printing method that can construct therapeutic biomaterials from...
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