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Raising Robovoices
From Communications of the ACM

Raising Robovoices

New systems can model and synthesize voices, and even translate them into other languages.

U.S. Drone Company Zipline Starts Delivering Medicine in Japan
From ACM TechNews

U.S. Drone Company Zipline Starts Delivering Medicine in Japan

U.S. drone firm Zipline is delivering medical supplies to pharmacies and hospitals in southwestern Japan via aerial drones.

Robotic Rat Climbs, Crawls, Turns on a Dime
From ACM TechNews

Robotic Rat Climbs, Crawls, Turns on a Dime

Qing Shi and colleagues at China's Beijing Institute of Technology built a rat-inspired robot that can squeeze through tight spaces, which could be used to assess...

Concerned Your Smartphone Is Spying on You?
From ACM TechNews

Concerned Your Smartphone Is Spying on You?

Columbia University computer scientists developed an algorithm that can block smart devices from spying on users by generating extremely quiet sounds.

Hospital Robots Are Helping Combat a Wave of Nurse Burnout
From ACM News

Hospital Robots Are Helping Combat a Wave of Nurse Burnout

Moxi and other delivery-focused assistants have become even more critical as the Covid-19 pandemic has pushed health care workers to their limits.

AI Fuses With Quantum Computing in Promising New Memristor
From ACM News

AI Fuses With Quantum Computing in Promising New Memristor

Quantum device points the way toward an exponential boost in "smart" computing capabilities.

These are The 5 Most In-Demand Cloud Computing Jobs in 2022
From ACM News

These are The 5 Most In-Demand Cloud Computing Jobs in 2022

Unlike sectors such as hospitality, the cloud computing industry continued to grow in 2020 and onwards. But it's not stopping there.

Researchers Develop Innovative 3D-Printing Technology for Glass Microstructures
From ACM TechNews

Researchers Develop Innovative 3D-Printing Technology for Glass Microstructures

An international team of researchers has developed a three-dimensional printing process for glass microstructures.

Rethinking Rare Earth Elements
From ACM News

Rethinking Rare Earth Elements

Researchers are looking to untapped sources—from fertilizer waste to printed circuit boards—to solve the environmental and supply chain problems of rare earth elements...

'Tamper-Evident Container' Will Snitch if Anyone Tries to Meddle with What's Inside
From ACM TechNews

'Tamper-Evident Container' Will Snitch if Anyone Tries to Meddle with What's Inside

A team of researchers three-dimensionally (3D)-printed a prototype Tamper-Evident Container designed to record attempts to break into it.

Power Use Reveals Harmful Chips Hidden on Circuit Boards
From ACM TechNews

Power Use Reveals Harmful Chips Hidden on Circuit Boards

A circuit board's power consumption can reveal malicious tampering designed to facilitate Trojan attacks to steal sensitive data or crash a device when triggered...

AF2Complex: Researchers Leverage Deep Learning to Predict Physical Interactions of Protein Complexes
From ACM TechNews

AF2Complex: Researchers Leverage Deep Learning to Predict Physical Interactions of Protein Complexes

Researchers built a deep learning model to predict the biologically active structure of proteins and protein complexes.

Ancient Namibian Gemstone Holds Key to Future Quantum Computers
From ACM News

Ancient Namibian Gemstone Holds Key to Future Quantum Computers

Hamid Ohadi of the School of Physics and Astronomy at the University of St Andrews said: "Making a quantum simulator with light is the holy grail of science."

Magnetic Snoops Plunder Deep Learning's Secrets
From ACM News

Magnetic Snoops Plunder Deep Learning's Secrets

Even the smallest window of opportunity for snooping cab pose a threat to the intellectual property and privacy of neural architectures.

Driverless Cars Can Be Tricked into Seeing Red Traffic Lights as Green
From ACM TechNews

Driverless Cars Can Be Tricked into Seeing Red Traffic Lights as Green

Researchers at China's Zhejiang University found driverless cars could be fooled into seeing red traffic lights as green.

Quantum Computing Ambition: Japan Aims for 10 Million Users by 2030
From ACM TechNews

Quantum Computing Ambition: Japan Aims for 10 Million Users by 2030

Japan has unveiled plans to bring its first domestic quantum computer online by next March, and to have 30 million users by 2030.

Tool Could Predict How at Risk Your Job is From Automation
From ACM TechNews

Tool Could Predict How at Risk Your Job is From Automation

Scientists  have designed an algorithm to predict the extent to which specific occupations are at risk from automation.

Hospital Robot Vulnerabilities Promptly Caught, Killed
From ACM TechNews

Hospital Robot Vulnerabilities Promptly Caught, Killed

Researchers at New York-based cybersecurity startup Cynerio identified five zero-day vulnerabilities affecting Aethon TUG smart autonomous robots used in hospitals...

Web Surfing that Feels Instantaneous, Even Though It's Not
From ACM TechNews

Web Surfing that Feels Instantaneous, Even Though It's Not

Researchers have developed a design for a speed-of-light Internet network across 120 U.S. cities.

7-Foot-Tall Robots Watch for Unmasked Travelers, Curbside Loiterers
From ACM TechNews

7-Foot-Tall Robots Watch for Unmasked Travelers, Curbside Loiterers

Two seven-foot-tall robots have been deployed at Dallas Love Field Airport in Dallas, TX, to assist and monitor passengers.
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