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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What It Will Take For Computers to Be Conscious
Is a worm conscious? How about a bumblebee? Does a computer that can play chess "feel" anything?
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Robotic Explorers
Yonsei University researchers have developed a system to enable air- and ground-based robot vehicles to cooperate without GPS signals or sensor devices.
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'glass Brain' Offers Tours of the Space Between Your Ears
Former Grateful Dead percussionist Mickey Hart takes pride in his brain.
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The Google Formula For Success
Can Google’s winning ways be applied to all kinds of businesses?
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Supercomputer shers in New Era of Australian Research
The Pawsey Supercomputing Center recently installed the final stage upgrade for Magnus, the most advanced scientific supercomputer in the Southern Hemisphere.
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Hong Kong Protesters se a Mesh Network to Organise
Hong Kong's mass protest is networked. Activists are relying on a free app that can send messages without any cellphone connection.
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Radio Waves Offer Cheap Gesture Detection on Smartphones
A research project at the University of Washington shows a way to add gesture control to phones without requiring sophisticated new sensors.
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New Technology May Lead to Prolonged Power in Mobile Devices
New technology accesses the power of a single electron to control energy consumption inside transistors, which could lead to wearable computers with built-in power...
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Dartmouth's New Zebra Bracelet Strengthens Computer Security
Dartmouth College researchers have developed wearable computer security technology that authenticates users while they are using a device.
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Code the Ode: Center For Digital Humanities Marries Technology and Humanistic Studies
Princeton University's new Center for Digital Humanities will support interdisciplinary initiatives across the humanities, computer sciences, and library sciences...
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Computer Scientist Gérard Berry Is Awarded the 2014 Cnrs Gold Medal
This year's CNRS Gold Medal has been awarded to Gérard Berry, holder of the first chair in computer science at the Collège de France since 2012.
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Still Seeking the Optical Transistor
Optical information handling is a critical staple for communications and the Internet, but using light for computer-scale computation remains a distant dream.
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Museums Go High-Tech with Digital Forensics
Scientists are using cutting-edge scanning and visualization techniques to wow visitors and find new stories in ancient artifacts.
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The New Digital Medicine
Affordable, connected, personal medical devices are slowly changing the nature of health care.
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Video Games Could Dramatically Streamline Education Research
Washington State University researchers have developed a computational modeling method for conducting research on science curricula in classrooms.
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Googlex to Circle the Earth With Internet-Connected Balloons
GoogleX's Project Loon aims to provide wireless Internet access to billions of people living in remote locations by building a ring of balloons around the Earth...
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The Hidden World of Facebook "like Farms"
A new study systematically investigated the nature of so-called Facebook "like farms," services which will direct Facebook Likes to a given Facebook page for a...
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Victoria Team Defends Title With Speedy Robot
Victoria University of Wellington students will travel to Sydney, Australia, to defend their title at the Australasian National Instruments Autonomous Robotics...
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