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A Healthy Dose of AI
Building artificial intelligence into medical devices can speed diagnoses and potentially improve treatments and outcomes.
From ACM NewsAn edited collection of advanced computing news from Communications of the ACM, ACM TechNews, other ACM resources, and news sites around the Web.
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In Digital Era, What Does 'watching Tv' Even Mean?
We spend a full five hours and 16 minutes a day in front of a screen, and that's without even turning on a television.
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And Then Steve Said, 'let There Be an Iphone'
The 55 miles from Campbell to San Francisco make for one of the nicest commutes anywhere.
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Computer Science Researchers at Texas A&m Design Video Game to Manage Stress
Researchers are developing a video game called Chill Out to help students learn stress management.
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How the Fifa 14 Soccer Video Game Finally Got Its Physics Right
When the soccer video game FIFA 14 went on sale last week, it boasted a ball that, at long last, could sail smartly through the air.
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When Google Brainstorms, Online World Shudders
Is Google about to do to online privacy what body scanners did to airline travelers?
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Software Helps Linguists Reconstruct, Decipher Ancient Languages
Linguists who once spent an entire career reconstructing a major language family now can accomplish that in just a few hours.
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The Alan Turing Year Leaves a Rich Legacy
A year-long celebration of the life and work of a man whom many call the founding father of computer science.
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In Search of the Next Boom, Developers Cram Their Apps Into Smart Watches
The age of wearable computing is upon us.
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Ready, Aim . . . Puff?
New 3D haptic technologies let users touch and feel virtual objects.
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Apple: The 64-Bit Question
There's been an interesting sideshow in tech land since Apple unveiled the iPhone 5S last week: Does having the first 64-bitmicroprocessor in a phone mean anything...
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Why Today's Inventors Need to Read More Science Fiction
How will police use a gun that immobilizes its target but does not kill? What would people do with a device that could provide them with any mood they desire? What...
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The New National Identity Is What Smartphone You Prefer, and Nobody's Quite Sure Why
In a fascinating note at Asymco, mobile analyst and ex-Nokian Horace Dediu details how people's taste in smartphones varies from place to place:
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Carnegie Mellon Researchers Say Twitter Analysis Can Help Gamblers Beat the Spread on NFL Games
Researchers are studying how to use analyses of Twitter feeds to predict the outcomes of National Football League football games.
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Behold! Jonathan Ive's Apple
Apple is today releasing the much-anticipated iOS 7, and with it, the biggest overhaul of its mobile operating system since it debuted in 2007 with the original...
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Ios 7, Thoroughly Reviewed
When we reviewed iOS 6 a year ago, we called it a "spit-and-polish" release and stand by that assessment today.
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How Robots Can Trick You Into Loving Them
I like to think of my Roomba as cute and industrious.
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Disney Develops 'magical' Device to Make Fingertips Sing
The Inshin-Den-Shin technology developed at Disney Research transmits sound through the human body, and turns fingertips into speakers.
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Security Tech Firms Hit Jackpot in Asia Casino Boom
Asia's new mega-casinos are driving sales and innovation in advanced surveillance technology, from chips with built-in radio transmitters to high-definition, multi...
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