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More Connected Homes, More Problems
From ACM News

More Connected Homes, More Problems

As a growing number of Internet-connected home appliances hit the market, David Bryan and Daniel Crowley worry that digital ne'er-do-wells will get new ways to...

Electric Therapy For Medical-Device Malware
From ACM TechNews

Electric Therapy For Medical-Device Malware

A new system designed to catch malware on medical devices by noting subtle changes in their power consumption is designated WattsUpDoc. 

Sebastian Thrun on the Future of Learning
From ACM Opinion

Sebastian Thrun on the Future of Learning

Sebastian Thrun has worn many hats in the tech world: Stanford research professor, founder of Google's X Labs, where he oversaw the development of self-drivingUdacity...

A Detailed 3-D Atlas of a Human Brain
From ACM TechNews

A Detailed 3-D Atlas of a Human Brain

BigBrain is an electronic model that will enable scientists to explore the anatomy of a single brain in far greater detail than previously possible. 

The Remarkable Properties of Mythological Social Networks
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The Remarkable Properties of Mythological Social Networks

Ten years ago, few people would have heard of a social network.

Wanted For the Internet of Things: Ant-Size Computers
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Wanted For the Internet of Things: Ant-Size Computers

If the Internet is to reach everywhere—from the pills you swallow to the shoes on your feet—then computers will need to get a whole lot smaller.

Marketing to the Big Data Inside ­S
From ACM News

Marketing to the Big Data Inside ­S

Companies market to you according to your shopping habits, your age, your salary, and your social-media activities. In the future, they may be able to advertise...

Intel Fuels a Rebellion Around Your Data
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Intel Fuels a Rebellion Around Your Data

Intel Labs is launching a data economy initiative to help consumers realize more of the value of their personal digital information. 

Big Data from Cheap Phones
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Big Data from Cheap Phones

At a computer in her office at the Harvard School of Public Health in Boston, epidemiologist Caroline Buckee points to a dot on a map of Kenya's western highlands...

Samsung Demos a Tablet Controlled By Your Brain
From ACM News

Samsung Demos a Tablet Controlled By Your Brain

One day, we may be able to check email or call a friend without ever touching a screen or even speaking to a disembodied helper.

Deep Learning
From ACM News

Deep Learning

When Ray Kurzweil met with Google CEO Larry Page last July, he wasn't looking for a job.

How Wireless Carriers Are Monetizing Your Movements
From ACM News

How Wireless Carriers Are Monetizing Your Movements

Wireless operators have access to an unprecedented volume of information about users' real-world activities, but for years these massive data troves were put to...

Interview with Brain Project Pioneer: Miyoung Chun
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Interview with Brain Project Pioneer: Miyoung Chun

Brain Research through Advancing Innovative Neurotechnologies (BRAIN) project, which President Obama announced in his State of the Union address in February, will...

Clues Suggest Malware Is Moving from Pcs to Mobile Devices
From ACM News

Clues Suggest Malware Is Moving from Pcs to Mobile Devices

The fact that smartphones and tablets don't need antivirus software or regular software updates is a major reason for their popularity.

Braess' Paradox Infects Social Networks Too, Say Computer Scientists
From ACM TechNews

Braess' Paradox Infects Social Networks Too, Say Computer Scientists

The paradox that adding extra roads to a network can lead to greater congestion, may be seen in social networks, too.  

Exposé of Chinese Data Thieves Reveals Sloppy Tactics
From ACM News

Exposé of Chinese Data Thieves Reveals Sloppy Tactics

A beige office block in Shanghai's suburbs belonging to the Chinese army became world famous on Tuesday after Mandiant, a Washington-based computer security company...

Moshers, Heavy Metal and Emergent Behavior
From ACM TechNews

Moshers, Heavy Metal and Emergent Behavior

Researchers say the collective movement of concert-goers in a mosh pit is mathematically similar to that of a disordered 2-D gas. 

Welcome to the Malware-Industrial Complex
From ACM News

Welcome to the Malware-Industrial Complex

Every summer, computer security experts get together in Las Vegas for Black Hat and DEFCON, conferences that have earned notoriety for presentations demonstrating...

Humans Generate Most of the World’s Data, but Machines Are Catching Up
From ACM TechNews

Humans Generate Most of the World’s Data, but Machines Are Catching Up

IDC estimated in 2005 that all of the bytes in the digital universe amounted to 130 billion gigabytes. IDC's most recent estimate for 2012 put the total at 2.8...

How Delays Propagate Across the U.s. Airport Network
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How Delays Propagate Across the U.s. Airport Network

The Institute for Cross-Disciplinary Physics and Complex Systems has simulated how flight delays spread across the U.S. airport network like wildfires.  
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