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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Robots Transform Into Furniture at Epfl
Roombots are small robotic modules that can change their shape to create reconfigurable furniture.
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How the .s. Could Escalate Its Name-and-Shame Campaign Against China's Espionage
Earlier this week the U.S. Department of Justice indicted five Chinese military officers for industrial espionage, accusing them of leading attacks on the computers...
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'killer Robots': Are They Really Inevitable?
The robot tank is moving rapidly through the scrub on its caterpillar tracks.
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Electric Grid, You Have Software pdates Available
The electric grid was designed as a one-way highway, with power cascading out from big power plants to cities and towns at the end of the line.
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Visualizations Make Big Data Meaningful
New techniques are designed to translate "invisible numbers" into visible images.
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Time For a Change
4D printing combines the dimension of time with the hope of building objects with new capabilities.
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Nasa Announces Global Award Winners of the 2014 International Space Apps Challenge
Judges have selected five winners in the U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration's 2014 International Space Apps Challenge.
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My Duolingo Learning App Can Reshape Education
Carnegie Mellon University professor Luis von Ahn says he believes his Duolingo venture is determining what next-generation education will look like.
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Should .s. Hackers Fix Cybersecurity Holes or Exploit Them?
There's a debate going on about whether the U.S. government—specifically, the NSA and United States Cyber Command—should stockpile Internet vulnerabilities or disclose...
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Stanford Engineer Invents a Way to Beam Power to Medical Chips Deep Inside the Body
Researchers say they have has developed a technology that paves the way for 'electroceutical' devices to treat illness or alleviate pain.
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Hitachi Unveils Robot With a Sense of Humor
Hitachi engineers say they have created an android robot with a sense of humor.
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Three Questions with the Man Leading Baidu's New AI Effort
Artificial intelligence is guided by the far-off goal of having software match humans at important tasks.
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Fighting Off Virtual Attacks
Researchers say they have taken ideas from nature and applied them to security for software that runs on digital devices.
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How Google Built Its 3-D Interactive Rubik's Cube Doodle
Today Google launched one of its coolest doodles yet: a 3-D interactive Rubik's Cube.
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Device Aims to Brings Text and Graphics to Visually Impaired
European researchers are working on a portable Braille device with a tactile display that enables visually impaired users to access digital words and graphics.
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Glasses-Free 3D Projector
Researchers have developed a glasses-free, multi-perspective, three-dimensional video screen.
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The Emerging Science of Superspreaders (and How to Tell If You're One of Them)
Who are the most influential spreaders of information on a network?
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Tackling the Limits of Touch Screens
Touch screens are ubiquitous on tablets and smartphones, but their flat glass surfaces can hinder close reading and accurate typing.
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"we're at Greater Risk": General Keith Alexander
Since Edward Snowden's revelations about government surveillence, we know more about how the National Security Agency has been interpreting Section 215 of the Patriot...
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