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Researchers at Wageningen University in the Netherlands programmed a robotic fly to mimic insects with different levels of wing damage, enabling them to examine...New Scientist From ACM TechNews | January 5, 2017
Artificial intelligence systems can form flawed and stereotypical word associations by learning from biased data samples.
New Scientist From ACM TechNews | December 8, 2016
Has your bank recently sent you a credit or debit card with a chip in it? If so, you may now be in possession of a little piece of tech that is quietly helping...New Scientist From ACM News | June 9, 2016
University of Louisville researcher Roman Yampolskiy and hacktivist Federico Pistono are examining worst-case scenarios for a potential malevolent artificial intelligence...New Scientist From ACM TechNews | May 25, 2016
Researchers have developed a robot that can watch people work, learn the steps that make up the task, and remind people when they forget a step. New Scientist From ACM TechNews | January 11, 2016
Forget Skynet. Hypothetical world-ending artificial intelligence makes headlines, but the hype ignores what's happening right under our noses.New Scientist From ACM Careers | April 1, 2015
Some jobs come with a uniform. For an increasing number of employees, that uniform will soon include a badge that tracks everything they do.New Scientist From ACM News | October 21, 2014
With the successful launch just hours ago of its Mars Orbiter Mission (MOM), India has passed the first test in its bid to orbit the Red Planet. Next up is a nail...New Scientist From ACM News | November 5, 2013
University of Massachusetts Amherst researchers have developed AutoMan, an automated artificial intelligence-based system that can delegate tasks to human workers...New Scientist From ACM TechNews | December 10, 2012
It's not easy to give over 1.3 billion people access to the internet—especially if that population is spread across a vast area that ranges from hinterland to sprawling...New Scientist From ACM News | September 18, 2012
It is more than a year since Watson, IBM's famous supercomputer, opened a new frontier for artificial intelligence by beating human champions of the quiz show Jeopardy...New Scientist From ACM News | August 23, 2012
Small, cheap smart-tag devices that are printed as digital circuits in rolls like newspapers could help kickstart the wireless payment industry. The devices, known...New Scientist From ACM News | August 14, 2012
The controller for the next Xbox might be able to take biometric readings of your hand, according to a recent Microsoft patent.New Scientist From ACM News | May 14, 2012
As protests against financial power sweep the world, science may have confirmed the protesters' worst fears. An analysis of the relationships between 43,000 transnational...New Scientist From ACM News | October 25, 2011
Every microsecond counts in stock trading. The New York Stock Exchange handles a third of the world's stock trading—around 22 billion messages a day. But NYSE Euronext...New Scientist From ACM News | October 17, 2011