Communications of the ACM
Pen-Based Computing: Still Looking For The Write App
The sector, once popular, is searching for applications and users.
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Printable Electronics
Massachusetts Institute of Technology engineers have developed an ultra-thin, high-resolution printing process that makes use of nanoporous stamps.
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Design Your Own Custom Drone
Researchers have developed a way for consumers to design and develop drones to meet their unique specifications.
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Creating Videos of the Future
Researchers have developed a deep-learning algorithm that can take a still image of a scene and model a video simulating the future of that scene.
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Tackling Society's Big Problems With Systems Theory
The Massachusetts Institute of Technology's Institute for Data, Systems, and Society doctoral program is underway.
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Artificial-Intelligence System Surfs Web to Improve Its Performance
Massachusetts Institute of Technology researchers say they have developed a new approach to information extraction that inverts conventional machine learning.
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Driverless-Vehicle Options Now Include Scooters
Researchers have developed an autonomous mobility scooter using the same sensor configuration and software used in previous trials of autonomous cars and golf carts...
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Making Computers Explain Themselves
Researchers have developed a method for training neural networks so they provide not only predictions and classifications, but also rationales for their decisions...
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Finding Patterns in Corrupted Data
A new set of algorithms developed is capable of efficiently model-fitting probability distributions to high-dimensional data.
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Making It Easier to Collaborate on Code
A team from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology has developed an interface that addresses many of the core problems of the powerful open source tool Git.
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Students' Web App Seeks to Simplify, Modernize Voter Registration
Votemate is a new Web application that could make it easier for people to confirm they are registered to vote.
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Automated Screening For Childhood Communication Disorders
Researchers have used machine learning to develop a computer system that can automatically screen young children for speech and language disorders.
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An Autonomous Fleet For Amsterdam
The Massachusetts Institute of Technology has partnered with the Amsterdam Institute for Advanced Metropolitan Solutions to test a fleet of autonomous boats.
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Judging a Book Through Its Cover
Massachusetts Institute of Technology researchers and colleagues at the Georgia Institute of Technology are designing an imaging system that can read closed books...
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How Machine Learning Can Help With Voice Disorders
A new diagnostic approach using machine learning could help detect speech disorders exacerbated by vocal misuse.
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Inferring rban Travel Patterns From Cellphone Data
A new computational system can use cellphone location data to infer urban mobility patterns.
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Reach in and Touch Objects in Videos With 'interactive Dynamic Video'
Interactive Dynamic Video is a new imaging method that can simulate the tactile sensation of objects in videos using cameras and algorithms.
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First Major Database of Non-Native English
Researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology have issued the first major database of fully annotated English sentences written by non-native English...
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New Movie Screen Allows For Glasses-Free 3D at a Larger Scale
Researchers have demonstrated a display on which audiences can watch three-dimensional films in a movie theater without additional eyewear.
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Robert Fano, Computing Pioneer and Founder of Csail, Dies at 98
A professor emeritus helped launch field of information theory and developed early time-sharing computers.
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