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Intelligent Machines for Tomorrow’s Factory
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Intelligent Machines for Tomorrow’s Factory

The European Union's SkillPro research project is developing a plug-and-produce process to speed mass manufacturing of industrial goods. 

Social Media Garden Is First Step in Creating 'emotional' Buildings
From ACM TechNews

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
From ACM TechNews

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. 

A Fast Look at Swift, Apple's New Programming Language
From ACM Opinion

A Fast Look at Swift, Apple's New Programming Language

If anyone outside Apple saw Swift coming, they certainly weren't making any public predictions.

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...

Theoretical Physics: Complexity on the Horizon
From ACM News

Theoretical Physics: Complexity on the Horizon

When physicist Leonard Susskind gives talks these days, he often wears a black T-shirt proclaiming "I ♥ Complexity".

New Nanotech May Provide Power Storage in Cables, Clothes
From ACM TechNews

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.

Deeper Than Ancestry.com, 'evocor' Identifies Gene Relationships
From ACM TechNews

Deeper Than Ancestry.com, 'evocor' Identifies Gene Relationships

EvoCor is a new search engine that identifies genes that are functionally linked. 

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
From ACM News

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
From ACM News

New Chip to Bring Holograms to Smartphones

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

Computer Model Predicts Academic Success
From ACM Careers

Computer Model Predicts Academic Success

The mantra "publish or perish" is drilled into every early-career scientist—and for good reason, a computer model suggests.

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.

Bake Your Own Robot
From ACM TechNews

Bake Your Own Robot

Massachusetts Institute of Technology researchers recently introduced the concept of "bakable robots." 

American Businesses in China Feel Heat of a Cyberdispute
From ACM News

American Businesses in China Feel Heat of a Cyberdispute

A top Chinese general was in a combative mood as he presided recently over an international security forum at a historic hotel near the Forbidden City. Among the...

Bake Your Own Robot
From ACM News

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.

A Stellar Discovery on the Milky Way's Far Side
From ACM News

A Stellar Discovery on the Milky Way's Far Side

A single Hubble Space Telescope image can capture scores of distant galaxies, but the one galaxy we'll never see from the outside is our own.
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