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Social Media Garden Is First Step in Creating 'emotional' Buildings
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Social Media Garden Is First Step in Creating 'emotional' Buildings

Computer scientists and architects are exploring whether architecture is able to reflect and map human emotions.

App Paired With Sensor Measures Stress and Delivers Advice to Cope in Real Time
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App Paired With Sensor Measures Stress and Delivers Advice to Cope in Real Time

ParentGuardian is a smartphone-based system designed to detect stress in parents and help decrease that stress during interactions with their children. 

How Ebay's Research Laboratories Are Tackling the Tricky Task of Fashion Recommendations
From ACM Careers

How Ebay's Research Laboratories Are Tackling the Tricky Task of Fashion Recommendations

If you've ever puzzled over what to wear in the morning, you might also have wondered whether you could leave the choice to an algorithm that could recommend a...

New Nanotech May Provide Power Storage in Cables, Clothes
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New Nanotech May Provide Power Storage in Cables, Clothes

A new method to transmit and store electricity in a single lightweight copper wire could lead to smaller electronic devices because it could make batteries obsolete...

Robots: Can We Trust Them with Our Privacy?
From ACM Opinion

Robots: Can We Trust Them with Our Privacy?

Joss Wright is training a robot to freak people out.

360-Degree Camera Shoots Vr Movies For Oculus Rift
From ACM News

360-Degree Camera Shoots Vr Movies For Oculus Rift

Step into the silver screen with movies shot using the Panopticam.

Wearable Submarine to Hunt for 2000-Year-Old Computer
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Wearable Submarine to Hunt for 2000-Year-Old Computer

The world's most advanced robotic diving suit is getting ready to help search for one of the world's oldest computers.

New Chip to Bring Holograms to Smartphones
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New Chip to Bring Holograms to Smartphones

In the future, virtual reality won't require strapping a bulky contraption to your head.

How Darpa's Augmented Reality Software Works
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How Darpa's Augmented Reality Software Works

Four experts at Applied Research Associates discuss the augmented reality system they created for the U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency.

E­ launches world’s largest civilian robotics program – 240,000 new jobs expected
From ACM News

E­ launches world’s largest civilian robotics program – 240,000 new jobs expected

The European Commission and 180 companies and research organizations have launched the world’s largest civilian research and innovation program in robotics.

Apple's New Programming Language, Swift, Will Lure More Developers
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Apple's New Programming Language, Swift, Will Lure More Developers

Apple has unveiled a new programming language it says offers a faster, easier way to build software for Apple products than its predecessor, Objective-C. 

Navy Puzzle Challenge Blends Social Media, Cryptology
From ACM TechNews

Navy Puzzle Challenge Blends Social Media, Cryptology

The U.S. Navy has announced the winners of its Project Architeuthis cryptology puzzle game challenge, designed for Navy cryptology technicians. 

Bake Your Own Robot
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Bake Your Own Robot

Printable robots—those that can be assembled from parts produced by 3-D printers—have long been a topic of research in the lab of Daniela Rus, the Andrew and Erna...

A Rare Look Inside the Air Force's Drone Training Classroom
From ACM Careers

A Rare Look Inside the Air Force's Drone Training Classroom

Learning how to drop bombs and fire Hellfire missiles is more like sitting in a regular college classroom than you might expect.

Automating Cybersecurity
From ACM News

Automating Cybersecurity

If only computers themselves were smart enough to fight off malevolent hackers.

How to Make Robots Seem Less Creepy
From ACM TechNews

How to Make Robots Seem Less Creepy

Recent research has shown the "uncanny valley" hypothesis for human-robot interaction is overstated.

Skip the Humans: Drug Discovery By Simulating Cells
From ACM News

Skip the Humans: Drug Discovery By Simulating Cells

The future of medicine, we're often told, will be personalized.

Repairing the Brain
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Repairing the Brain

Will the problem of memory loss one day be forgotten?

Flashes of Light Show How Memories Are Made
From ACM News

Flashes of Light Show How Memories Are Made

Neuroscientists can breathe a collective sigh of relief.

The Military Is Building Brain Chips to Treat Ptsd
From ACM News

The Military Is Building Brain Chips to Treat Ptsd

How well can you predict your next mood swing?
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