Communications of the ACM
An edited collection of advanced computing news from Communications of the ACM, ACM TechNews, other ACM resources, and news sites around the Web.
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Coding for Disaster
At a U.N. hackathon, open source developers strive to mitigate the impact of natural disasters.
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Protecting Privacy from Wireless Spycams
Computer science techniques combat intrusive cameras.
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AI Accelerates Innovation
Yet patent attorneys fear the darker consequences of artificial intelligence.
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Prototyping Faster with Laser Cutters
Laser cutting tools could outperform three-dimensional printers at prototyping stretchables, wearables.
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Humans Are Needed in the Robotic Loop
Are people the answer to the robot reliability issue?
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Artificial Intelligence Informs Eating
How deep learning food recognition can take the hassle out of watching what you eat.
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Rogue Drone Pilots Face A New Foe: Deep Learning AI
A growing number of counter-drone systems look to overwhelm rogue drones, and find their pilots.
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Defending the Orbital Internet
Hypersonic space debris threatens communications beyond the atmosphere.
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As Air Taxis Arrive, Software Issues Arise
Urban 'flying car' technology is almost here, but with proponents haunted by a 1977 helicopter crash, getting safety right is the top priority.
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Smarter Voice Assistants Recognize Your Favorite Brands—and Health
People often surrender their data privacy to their continuously listening voice assistants without understanding the implications.
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Blockchaining the Arts
Blockchain's undeletable data can address privacy and security issues in the fine art markets.
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Bounties Mount for Bugs
Maturing bug bounty programs spot data abuse, secure the Internet of Things.
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Rethinking Autonomous Vehicles
Consumer fears intensify as self-driving car fatalities dent the driverless dream.
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Simpifying Machine-based Touch Sensing
A three-dimensionally-printed nervous system could allow robots to perceive touch the way we do.
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Saving Lives with Aerial Drones
Aerial drone swarms could self-assemble into hovering rescue platforms.
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Who Wrote This?
The creators of malicious code could be unmasked by a machine learning de-anonymizer.
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How Human is Your Robot?
A Brown University team develops a way to 'score' robots for being more (or less) like people.12