Smart Transportation Networks Drive Gains
Transportation engineers and city planners are looking to information technology to redefine traffic management in urban areas. With the opportunity, however, comes risks.
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Wearables: Has the Age of Smartwatches Finally Arrived?
Time will tell if smartwatches will find their niche.
Apps Change the Face of Computing
As computing evolves and becomes increasingly mobile, apps are fundamentally changing actions…and interactions.
That’s Traffic; Up Next, Weather
Smartphone apps emerge to support better weather forecasting.
Bringing Transparency to the High-End Art Market
A site that connects fine art buyers and sellers serves as the equivalent of an "Art Fair on the Internet."
HPC: Computational Performance vs. Human Productivity
One of the themes at SC14 was the tension between developing programs that run fast vs. the time required by humans to develop and maintain fast-running programs.
The Responsive Enterprise: Embracing the Hacker Way
Soon every company will be a software company.
In-home technologies are helping seniors stay aware, healthy, and in touch.
HACs offer a new science for exploring the computational and human aspects of society.
Envisioning Your Ideal Live-In Robot at Miraikan
Miraikan in Tokyo showcases Japanese technologies and challenges visitors to think how humans can improve their quality of life while mitigating risks.
Animal-Human Computer Interaction: The First International Congress Report
Was the Internet communication really invented exclusively for humans, or do you think your cat should join your weekend teleconference?
Whatever Magic Leap is working on, it could revolutionize the fields of augmented and virtual reality.
Animals Add a New Dimension to Human-Computer Interaction
A new conference convenes to consider Animal Human Computer Interaction.
As online reviews become increasingly important to e-commerce and social media sites, computer scientists work on ways to ensure their authenticity.
On Facebook, Most Ties Are Weak
Strong ties connect individuals in the same community; weak ties connect individuals in different communities.
Scene Understanding By Labeling Pixels
Pixels labeled with a scene's semantics and geometry let computers describe what they see.
Software’s Vital Role at Japan Robot Week 2014
Modern robots are no longer just about hardware. Software algorithms play an essential role in bringing life-like movements to industrial robots and humanoids.
Electronics in the Operating Room
Electronic devices increasingly are being incorporated into surgical procedures on a functional level.
If I Can Get Wi-Fi Here, I Can Get It Anywhere
New York has ambitious plans for its extensive network of pay telephones.
Agriculture Is Becoming a ‘model Citizen’
New tools not only make farmers' calculations more accurate and their lives less labor-intensive, but also portend of better dissemination of data about agriculture’s impact literally downstream.
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