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Samet Honored with ACM SIGSPATIAL Lifetime Impact Award
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Samet Honored with ACM SIGSPATIAL Lifetime Impact Award

Hanan Samet was honored with the inaugural Lifetime Impact Award from ACM’s Special Interest Group on Spatial Information (SIGSPATIAL).

A Drone with Ears
From ACM TechNews

A Drone with Ears

Researchers developed a microphone array that can be added to drones, along with cameras, to help locate disaster victims.

Network of Robots Monitors Pipes Using Acoustic Wave Sensors
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Network of Robots Monitors Pipes Using Acoustic Wave Sensors

Researchers showed that guided acoustic wave sensors can enable networks of independent robots to inspect large pipe structures for defects.

Wearable Communication System Could Reduce Digital Health Divide
From ACM TechNews

Wearable Communication System Could Reduce Digital Health Divide

University of Arizona (UA) researchers developed a wearable monitoring system that can send health data up to 15 miles without major infrastructure.

Magnetic Revolution: Diamonds and Rust Rewrite Physics Textbooks
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Magnetic Revolution: Diamonds and Rust Rewrite Physics Textbooks

The researchers observed that magnetic monopoles in hematite emerge through the collective behavior of many spins (the angular momentum of a particle).

Researchers Taught an Algorithm to 'Taste'
From ACM TechNews

Researchers Taught an Algorithm to 'Taste'

Scientists taught an algorithm to better predict an individual's tastes in wines.

Cybersecurity Protects Food, Agriculture
From ACM News

Cybersecurity Protects Food, Agriculture

Protecting the U.S. food supply from cyberattack.

AI Detects Methane Plumes from Space
From ACM TechNews

AI Detects Methane Plumes from Space

A new machine learning tool uses data from hyperspectral satellites to automatically detect methane plumes from space.

Immersive Engagement in Mixed Reality Measured with Reaction Time
From ACM TechNews

Immersive Engagement in Mixed Reality Measured with Reaction Time

University of Massachusetts Amherst researchers found that reaction time potentially could be used to measure presence (immersive engagement) with mixed reality...

Canadian Government Reaches Deal with Google on Online News Act
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Canadian Government Reaches Deal with Google on Online News Act

The agreement comes three weeks before the Online News Act rules come into force.

6G Could Pull Double Duty to Monitor Climate Change
From ACM TechNews

6G Could Pull Double Duty to Monitor Climate Change

Northeastern University researchers said over-the-air spectroscopy could enable next-generation 6G networks to monitor climate change and air pollution.

ML Technique Better at Predicting Cancer Cure Rates
From ACM TechNews

ML Technique Better at Predicting Cancer Cure Rates

A machine learning model developed by University of Texas at Arlington (UTA) researchers can better predict cancer cure rates.

Seeing the Light
From ACM News

Seeing the Light

Shining a light on light-based computing.

Scientists Turn Invasive Carp into Traitors
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Scientists Turn Invasive Carp into Traitors

Agencies are using "traitors" to find hotspot hideouts of invasive carp that are threatening the Great Lakes.

DeepMind Accurately Forecasts Weather on a Desktop Computer
From ACM TechNews

DeepMind Accurately Forecasts Weather on a Desktop Computer

Google DeepMind developed a machine-learning weather-forecasting model that outperformed the best conventional forecasting tools.

Revamping Python for an AI World
From Communications of the ACM

Revamping Python for an AI World

Mojo has the same syntax as Python, but runs up to 35,000 times faster.

Glasses Use Sonar, AI to Interpret Upper Body Poses in 3D
From ACM TechNews

Glasses Use Sonar, AI to Interpret Upper Body Poses in 3D

Cornell University researchers have developed a wearable device that uses inaudible soundwaves and artificial intelligence to track the user's upper body movements...

Smart Emergency Responses to Severe Weather
From ACM TechNews

Smart Emergency Responses to Severe Weather

A new system calculates the fastest routes for emergency services to respond to calls while factoring in traffic disruptions that may result from climate-related...

Race Cannot Be Used to Predict Heart Disease
From ACM TechNews

Race Cannot Be Used to Predict Heart Disease

The American Heart Association is removing race as a factor in predicting heart disease from a widely used cardiac-risk algorithm.

How Quantum Computing Can Benefit Drug Discovery
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How Quantum Computing Can Benefit Drug Discovery

Quantum computing aims to reduce cost and time.
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