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The Ecological Badminton Robot
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The Ecological Badminton Robot

Researchers at the Flanders' Mechatronics Technology Center have developed software for conducting an energy efficiency analysis of mechatronic systems and optimizing...

Meet the Data Brains Behind the Rise of Facebook
From ACM Opinion

Meet the Data Brains Behind the Rise of Facebook

Jay Parikh sits at a desk inside Building 16 at Facebook’s headquarters in Menlo Park, California, and his administrative assistant, Genie Samuel, sits next to...

Behind the Scenes of Latin America's Internet 'brain'
From ACM News

Behind the Scenes of Latin America's Internet 'brain'

It may be one of central Miami's most recognisable buildings, yet only a few people know what goes on inside the sturdy concrete block with massive spheres on its...

Irgc Official: Iran Enjoys 4th Biggest Cyber Army in World
From ACM News

Irgc Official: Iran Enjoys 4th Biggest Cyber Army in World

Iran enjoys the world's fourth biggest cyber army, an official of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps announced on Saturday, stressing that the IRGC's power is...

From ACM News

What It Really Takes to Make a Flexible Phone

Had Dr. Dipak Chowdhury known just how accident-prone I really am, he never would have handed over the 0.1-millimeter sheet of glass for me to bend between my fingers...

Ticketmaster Dumps 'hated' Captcha Verification System
From ACM News

Ticketmaster Dumps 'hated' Captcha Verification System

The world's largest online ticket retailer is to stop requiring users to enter hard-to-read words in order to prove they are human.

From ACM News

Software Predicts Tomorrow's News By Analyzing Today's and Yesterday's

Researchers have created software that predicts when and where disease outbreaks might occur based on two decades of New York Times articles and other online data...

Eric Schmidt ­nloads on China in New Book
From ACM Opinion

Eric Schmidt ­nloads on China in New Book

Google executive chairman Eric Schmidt is brutally clear: China is the most dangerous superpower on Earth.

Scan May Detect Signs of Nfl Players' Brain Disease
From ACM News

Scan May Detect Signs of Nfl Players' Brain Disease

An insidious, microscopic protein that has been found in the brain tissue of professional football players after death may now be detectable in living people by...

An Internet For Manufacturing
From ACM News

An Internet For Manufacturing

What is the industrial Internet?

Winners of 10th Annual International Science & Technology Visualization Challenge Announced
From ACM News

Winners of 10th Annual International Science & Technology Visualization Challenge Announced

The National Science Foundation, along with the journal Science, today announces the 53 winners and honorable mentions of the International Science & Technology...

Google Asks: How Much Is Mapping Worth?
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Google Asks: How Much Is Mapping Worth?

How much has mapping software changed your life?

Hackers in China Attacked The Times For Last 4 Months
From ACM News

Hackers in China Attacked The Times For Last 4 Months

For the last four months, Chinese hackers have persistently attacked The New York Times, infiltrating its computer systems and getting passwords for its reporters...

A Digital Paradise By the Dashboard Light
From ACM News

A Digital Paradise By the Dashboard Light

The driver of the first Corvette, in 1953, was welcomed by a lovely fan of numbers—a sweeping, eye-catching speedometer denominated in 10-mile-per-hour intervals...

Rio De Janeiro Brings Qr Codes to Its Streets
From ACM News

Rio De Janeiro Brings Qr Codes to Its Streets

Rio de Janeiro is adding something new into its trademark black-and-white mosaic pavements: QR codes.

Cellphone Chips Will Remake the Server World. Period.
From ACM News

Cellphone Chips Will Remake the Server World. Period.

Facebook recently ran an experiment. Inside a test lab, somewhere behind the scenes at the world's most popular network, engineers sidled up to a computer server...

The Inside Story Of Siri's Origins
From ACM News

The Inside Story Of Siri's Origins

The world got its first inkling of the quick wit that would make Apple's Siri an icon during a packed press conference held before an auditorium of tech elite.

Has Chip and Pin Had Its Day?
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Has Chip and Pin Had Its Day?

Go to a cash machine in Japan or Poland and there's a good chance you'll find a finger-sized scanner next to the keypad.

11 Body Parts Defense Researchers Will ­se to Track You
From ACM News

11 Body Parts Defense Researchers Will ­se to Track You

Cell phones that can identify you by how you walk. Fingerprint scanners that work from 25 feet away. Radars that pick up your heartbeat from behind concrete walls...

How Google's Jeff Dean Became the Chuck Norris of the Internet
From ACM News

How Google's Jeff Dean Became the Chuck Norris of the Internet

"The speed of light in a vacuum used to be about 35 mph. Then Jeff Dean spent a weekend optimizing physics."—Jeff Dean Facts
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