In the past decade, the flow of goods emerging from U.S. factories has risen by about a third. Factory employment has fallen by roughly the same fraction.The Atlantic From ACM News | January 17, 2012
Late last month, after a drawn-out battle dating back to November, Houston finally turned off its 70 red-light cameras. City residents voted them down in a referendum...The Atlantic From ACM News | September 22, 2011
Happy Tau Day, everyone! Every June 28, a rogue fleet of math nerds makes its case for the abolition of arguably the most important irrational number in the world...The Atlantic From ACM News | June 28, 2011
In preparation for National Robotics Week, an initiative of the Congressional Robotics Caucus, at the National Museum of American History, which kicks off on...The Atlantic From ACM News | April 7, 2011
In the race to build computers that can think like humans, the proving ground is the Turing Test—an annual battle between the world’s most advanced artificial...The Atlantic From ACM News | February 8, 2011
A map showing the density of innovation based on the number of patents in the high-tech industry reveals that the median density of innovation is .008 patents per...The Atlantic From ACM TechNews | September 27, 2010
Incarceration in America is a failure by almost any measure. But what if the prisons could be turned inside out, with convicts released into society under constant...The Atlantic From ACM News | August 31, 2010