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A new category of company is offering 'drones as a service' to customers who want to outsource the planning, compliance, and execution of commercial drone flights.
Drivers, These Robots Have Your Back
Automated safety systems can prevent an accident before the driver is even aware of the possibility.
Moshe Y. Vardi says we can expect the next 35 years to be as harsh on working-class people as the last 35 years have been.
3d/vr Malady May Have Simple Solution
A simple low-tech solution appears to compensate for the vergence-accommodation conflict.
Building Morality Into Machines
Technology ethics are a growing concern as artificial intelligence advances and autonomous technologies become reality.
More Low-Cost Pcs Are Aimed at Students
BBC’s micro:bit is the latest low-cost computer for education.
France Embraces Digital Transformation
Despite the challenges, France is providing public funding and investing in infrastructure to support business transition to digital technologies.
Google nveils ‘artificial Creativity’
Google's Magenta artificial intelligence is being challenged to produce original music and other art.
ACM Fellow Professor Yale Patt reflects on his career in industry and academia.
40 years ago, Whitfield Diffie and Martin E. Hellman introduced the public key cryptography used to secure today's online transactions.
What Happens When Big Data Blunders?
Big data is touted as a cure-all for challenges in business, government, and healthcare, but as disease outbreak predictions show, big data often fails.
Search engine developers are moving beyond the problem of document analysis, toward the elusive goal of figuring out what people really want.
Athletic footwear is about to be customized in the extreme, through a combination of computer vision-enabled scanning and three-dimensional printing.
A growing number of games seek to introduce the concepts of programming to young players.
You Can Hear the Future Calling
Hearables are not your father’s earphones, limited to taking calls and listening to music.
Seven Cities Head For Smart City Transportation Challenge Finals
The goals of the Challenge include making the technology scalable, connecting people to opportunities, and eliminating the digital divide.
500,000+ Data Scientists at Your Service
Members of the online community Kaggle push the limits of what Big Data can do.
Inexpensive three-dimensional printers are making prosthetic hands and arms more widely available.
Silicon Photonics: Ready to Go the Distance?
Processes for making CMOS chips are adapted for optical components.
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