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Views You Can ­se? How Online Ratings Affect Your Judgment
From ACM News

Views You Can ­se? How Online Ratings Affect Your Judgment

Are you influenced by the opinions of other people—say, in the comments sections of websites?

Linkedin Connects Big Data, Human Resources
From ACM Careers

Linkedin Connects Big Data, Human Resources

Every second, more than two more people join LinkedIn's network of 238 million members.

How Wearable Technology Could Transform Business
From ACM Opinion

How Wearable Technology Could Transform Business

Once upon a time seeing your life flash before your eyes was something people did their best to avoid. The arrival of Google Glass seems to have changed that.

Electric Therapy For Medical-Device Malware
From ACM TechNews

Electric Therapy For Medical-Device Malware

A new system designed to catch malware on medical devices by noting subtle changes in their power consumption is designated WattsUpDoc. 

NASA Calls on Researchers to Build Smarter Space Robot
From ACM TechNews

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. 

Coding For Brain Chips Gives Cognitive Computing Boost
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Coding For Brain Chips Gives Cognitive Computing Boost

It's a cognitive leap forward. IBM can now program an experimental chip they unveiled two years ago.

5.5-Million-Euro Virtual Train Tests Project Nears Completion
From ACM TechNews

5.5-Million-Euro Virtual Train Tests Project Nears Completion

The DynoTRAIN project allows manufacturers of rail vehicles to test trains virtually, to ensure they meet safety standards while saving on development costs. 

Cyborg Parts
From ACM News

Cyborg Parts

Lab-made organs could do more than just serve as ready options for patients in need: with the right blend of biology and materials science, they might even be able...

Exotic Optics: Metamaterial World
From ACM News

Exotic Optics: Metamaterial World

Tom Driscoll would be happy if he never heard the phrase "Harry Potter-style invisibility cloak" again.

Nsa Claims It 'touches' Only 1.6 Percent of Internet Traffic
From ACM News

Nsa Claims It 'touches' Only 1.6 Percent of Internet Traffic

Just hours after President Obama defended the National Security Agency's activities, the foreign surveillance agency released a document in which it claims to review...

The Science Behind the Netflix Algorithms That Decide What You'll Watch Next
From ACM News

The Science Behind the Netflix Algorithms That Decide What You'll Watch Next

If you liked 1960s Star Trek, the first non-Trek title that Netflix is likely to suggest to you is the original Mission: Impossible series (the one with the cool...

Nsa to Cut System Administrators By 90 Percent to Limit Data Access
From ACM News

Nsa to Cut System Administrators By 90 Percent to Limit Data Access

The U.S. National Security Agency, hit by disclosures of classified data by former contractor Edward Snowden, said Thursday it intends to eliminate about 90 percent...

Nasa Working on Tech to Take Humans to Mars – and Bring Them Back
From ACM TechNews

Nasa Working on Tech to Take Humans to Mars – and Bring Them Back

The U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration is working on the technologies needed to take astronauts to Mars and back. 

Hive-Mind Solves Tasks Using Google Glass Ant Game
From ACM TechNews

Hive-Mind Solves Tasks Using Google Glass Ant Game

Swarm! is a game that connects Google Glass wearers to a virtual ant colony and asks them to solve real-world problems. 

Seeing Depth Through a Single Lens
From ACM TechNews

Seeing Depth Through a Single Lens

A newly developed method allows photographers to create a three-dimensional image through a single lens, without moving the camera. 

Next Step in Facial Imaging
From ACM TechNews

Next Step in Facial Imaging

A new system capable of recording moving human images in three dimensions allows scientists to research facial movement. 

Silent Circle Follows Lavabit in Shuttering Encrypted Email
From ACM News

Silent Circle Follows Lavabit in Shuttering Encrypted Email

Silent Circle shuttered its encrypted email service on Thursday, the second such closure in just a few hours in an apparent attempt to avoid government scrutiny...

Bigshot Diy Camera Aims to Teach Kids Tech Basics
From ACM News

Bigshot Diy Camera Aims to Teach Kids Tech Basics

Owners of Bigshot's device need to assemble its parts in a specific sequence to make it work. An online guide explains the science behind them.

From ACM News

N.s.a. Said to Search Content of Messages to and From U.s.

The National Security Agency is searching the contents of vast amounts of Americans' email and text communications into and out of the country, hunting for people...

Xerox Scanners Found to Sometimes Alter Numbers
From ACM TechNews

Xerox Scanners Found to Sometimes Alter Numbers

Xerox scanners sometimes randomly alter numbers on documents when reproducing them if a specific combination of image quality and compression settings are used. ...
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