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Researchers at Nanyang Technological University in Singapore are developing a robot that will be able to assemble an IKEA chair. Technology Review From ACM TechNews | October 1, 2015
Several hundred users of Facebook's mobile messaging app late last month were given access to M, the social network's new artificial intelligence-based virtual...Technology Review From ACM TechNews | September 21, 2015
Imperial College London's Matthew Lai has developed a new artificial intelligence machine which he says can play chess at a master level.Technology Review From ACM TechNews | September 16, 2015
The ultimate nightmare for critics of the Iran nuclear deal being debated in Congress is that somehow, despite the agreement and all its built-in safeguards, Iran...Technology Review From ACM News | September 11, 2015
Researchers at Telefonica Research in Spain have developed an algorithm that enables a smartphone to determine whether or not its user is bored. Technology Review From ACM TechNews | September 4, 2015
Robotics researchers at Carnegie Mellon University are developing assistive robots to help visually impaired travelers navigate the smart cities of the future.Technology Review From ACM TechNews | September 3, 2015
Uber is collaborating with the University of Arizona on a mapping and safety project for self-driving cars.Technology Review From ACM TechNews | August 31, 2015
European researchers have developed a robot that is learning to make pizzas and pancakes by reading through WikiHow's written directions. Technology Review From ACM TechNews | August 26, 2015
Researchers at Harvard University and the State University of New York at Buffalo are developing robots able to function outside of ideal, predictable environments...Technology Review From ACM TechNews | August 24, 2015
Programs that can confirm data and hold or use funds could help enable an insidious dimension of cryptocurrency's criminalization, according to newly released research...Technology Review From ACM TechNews | August 17, 2015
Tampere University of Technology researchers say they have developed a fast and easy way to pair two smartphones to swap photos, documents, or other data. The...Technology Review From ACM TechNews | August 11, 2015
Scientists at the University of Wisconsin-Madison have developed a robot that can help people wash their dishes. Technology Review From ACM TechNews | August 7, 2015
Microsoft researchers consider it vital for encryption upgrades to be developed now, to anticipate quantum computing's decryption potential.Technology Review From ACM TechNews | August 6, 2015
An open letter calling for a ban on lethal weapons controlled by artificially intelligent machines was signed last week by thousands of scientists and technologists...Technology Review From ACM News | August 4, 2015
Massively open online courses have taken off in a big way in India, where they are meeting a need for education, particularly technical education. Technology Review From ACM TechNews | July 29, 2015
Researchers at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology in Germany have developed a method of matching infrared images and visible light images of the same face. Technology Review From ACM TechNews | July 27, 2015
Many cars today now come with limited voice control, but more elaborate and robust systems could be coming to cars soon. Technology Review From ACM TechNews | July 21, 2015
Brown University researchers have developed an approach that enables robots to quickly determine the sequence of actions that will work in a particular environment...Technology Review From ACM TechNews | July 15, 2015