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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Researchers at Iowa State, Ames Lab Prepare For Blue Waters Supercomputer
They can't wait to do computational chemistry at a quadrillion calculations per second. Petascale computing will give three researchers at Iowa State University...
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Quantum Cryptography Hits the Fast Lane
Toshiba researchers have developed a quantum cryptography system they say is fast enough to encrypt a video transmission.
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Mit Researchers Boost Efficiency of Wireless Power
Wireless power transmission systems become increasingly efficient as more devices are being powered, according to researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of...
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Thacker Wins Turing Award
Microsoft's Charles P. Thacker named 56th recipient of ACM's A.M. Turing Award.
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Cloud Computing and Developing Nations
For a growing number of organizations worldwide, cloud computing offers a quick and affordable way to tap into IT infrastructure as an Internet service. But obstacles...
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Happy Birthday, RDBMS!
The relational model of data management, which dates to 1970, still dominates today and influences new paradigms as the field evolves.
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Modeling the Astronomical
Advances in computer technology have changed the way astronomers see and study the universe.
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A Flexible Color Display
Hewlett-Packard Labs researchers are testing a flexible, full-color display that saves power by reflecting ambient light instead of using a backlight.
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Oak Ridge Lab, Industry to Collaborate in Advanced Battery Research
Oak Ridge National Laboratory and American industry will tackle some of the most critical challenges facing lithium ion battery production.
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Scientists Work to Keep Hackers Out of Implanted Medical Devices
Researchers are developing ways to prevent hackers from accessing and remotely controlling medical devices that emit wireless signals.
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Hp Researcher: Power Efficiency Has a Long Way to Go
The information technology and consumer electronics industries could make quantum leaps in terms of improving the power efficiency of electronic systems and devices...
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The Next Big Thing for Intel: Sandy Bridge
Sandy Bridge is arguably Intel's most important future technology. So, what is it exactly? Intel has been careful to reveal only snippets about the technology over...
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Speedy Scanner Re-Writes Book on Publishing Technology
A Japanese research group at Tokyo University has created new software that allows hundreds of pages of a book to be scanned within minutes.
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A Robot's Breakfast
University of Maryland professor Robert Finkelstein is building a robot designed to provide its own fuel source by grabbing sticks and branches, sawing them into...
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Nist Detector Counts Photons With 99 Percent Efficiency
NIST scientists have developed the world's most efficient single photon detector, which could bring improvements to secure electronic communication, advanced quantum...
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Google Trying Anew for a 3-D Web
Google is breathing new life into its effort to bring hardware-accelerated three-dimensional graphics to the Internet.
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United States, Europe, Japan Agree on Data Center Efficiency Metric
U.S., European, and Japanese government agencies and industry groups are expected to announce an agreement that establishes a common metric that data centers worldwide...
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Robots With Better Observation
Researchers say that new three-dimensional sensing technology under development will be more similar to the human eye in the way it enables robots to observe their...
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Software Simulates Evacuation of 70,000 Avatars From E-Stadium
Simulation software will create a safe, virtual stadium where security teams can practice guiding 70,000 fans to safety.
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