Companies are finding new ways to enforce social distancing, clean public spaces, and provide substitutes for human workers.
Keith Kirkpatrick From Communications of the ACM | February 1, 2021
Translation devices are getting better at making speech and text understandable in different languages.
Keith Kirkpatrick From Communications of the ACM | March 1, 2020
A growing number of low-cost (and free!) solutions aim to open the Internet to developing regions.
Keith Kirkpatrick From Communications of the ACM | July 1, 2018
Whether sitting in front of a screen or in a classroom, online and campus-based institutions want to verify students actually attend classes, take exams.Keith Kirkpatrick From Communications of the ACM | December 1, 2015
News organizations increasingly use techniques like data mining, Web scraping, and data visualization to uncover information that would be impossible to identify...Keith Kirkpatrick From Communications of the ACM | May 1, 2015
Companies are creating technological solutions for individuals, then generalizing them to broader populations that need similar assistance.
Keith Kirkpatrick From Communications of the ACM | February 1, 2015
Computer-controlled robotic surgical systems and tumor-targeting radiation systems provide a greater level of precision in treatment than doctors alone can provide...Keith Kirkpatrick From Communications of the ACM | August 1, 2014