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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Tracking Sensors Invade the Workplace
A few years ago when Bank of America Corp. wanted to study whether face time mattered among its call-center teams, the big bank asked about 90 workers to wear badges...
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Kinect Demo Shows Off Hand Recognition, Multitouch
Microsoft Research this week showed off a demo application that allows for Kinect to recognize multi-touch gestures.
From ACM TechNews
New Spec Tool to Id Most Energy-Efficient Servers
A new toolkit can help guide the selection of the most energy-efficient server to meet specific needs.
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Fashion Statement: Designer Creates Line of Drone-Proof Garments to Protect Privacy
As the U.S. government draws up plans to use surveillance drones in domestic airspace, opposition to what many consider an unwarranted and significant invasionprivacy...
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How Two Volunteers Built the Raspberry Pi’s Operating System
When you buy a Raspberry Pi, the $35 computer doesn't come with an operating system.
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The Disappearing Interface
Where static computer screens and smartphones suck in our gaze and extract us from the world around us, many of the most interesting new tech gadgets and ideas...
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Led Display Puts Bay Bridge in New Light
The Bay Bridge will never win a beauty contest against the Golden Gate, but for the next two years, it gets to set aside its inferiority complex for several hours...
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A Window Into Europa's Ocean Right at the Surface
If you could lick the surface of Jupiter's icy moon Europa, you would actually be sampling a bit of the ocean beneath.
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Web-Connected Cars Bring Privacy Concerns
Cars will soon be so linked into wireless networks they will be like giant rolling smartphones—with calling systems, streaming video, cameras, and apps capable...
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Massive Fiber-Optic Installation Lights p Library Queries
Getting a glimpse into the curious minds of others has never been so beautiful—or so bright.
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Next, 4d Printers?
Now that the promise of 3D printing has landed on the national agenda, researchers want to increase the stakes—with so-called 4D printing.
From ACM Opinion
Computer Interfaces: Tech's Next Great Frontier
Consider the tongue. It's sensitive yet muscular, packed with taste buds and nerves, and without its acrobatic ability humans wouldn’t be able to eat or talk. It's...
From ACM TechNews
Google Publishes Zopfli as Open Source Compression Algorithm to Speed p Web Downloads
A new general purpose data compression library from Google can be used to accelerate Web downloads.
From ACM Opinion
Why Teens Are Tiring of Facebook
To understand where teens like to spend their virtual time nowadways, just watch them on their smartphones.
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How Much Does a Botnet Cost?
The cost of a botnet is contingent largely upon the physical location of the malware-infected computers inside of it.
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Small Gadgets That Make You Healthier
At any moment, someone in the U.S. most likely is having an asthma attack.
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Rodent Mind Meld: Scientists Wire Two Rats' Brains Together
It's not exactly a Vulcan mind meld, but it's not far off.
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Cloud se Grows, and So Does Security Threat
Holding everything from highly personal medical and social media material to confidential financial and corporate documents, Internet-based cloud services are gathering...
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Wireless Connections Creep Into Everyday Things
A car that tells your insurance company how you're driving. A bathroom scale that lets you chart your weight on the Web. And a meter that warns your air conditioner...
From ACM Opinion