IBM’s Tone Analyzer Could Save You From Sending That Awkward Email
The new service, part of IBM’s Watson artificial intelligence system, scans emails for emotions like cheerfulness or negativity
The NSA Has a Summer Camp for Cyberspies
43 camps nationwide teach teens white hat hacking skills
Ultrasonic Fingerprint Readers Can Unlock Phones Even When Your Fingers are Gross and Sweaty
Experts say ultrasound fingerprint sensors are harder to hack
Google is Trying to Count Calories in Food Porn
All you need is an Instagram photo and an algorithm
This Computer Runs on Water
A new class of computers takes advantage of the physical properties of water
IBM Watson Makes Things Elementary, Indeed
The cognitive computing system makes for an ideal sidekick—in museums, kitchens, hospitals and classrooms
Computers Are Learning About Art Faster than Art Historians
An algorithm took just a few months to draw connections between artists that scholars have been working on for years
High Schoolers Might Code Rather Than Speak French
But proponents of foreign language schooling aren’t pleased
A Computer Can Tell Real Jackson Pollocks From Fakes
Genuine Pollacks really are distinguishable from random splatters of paint—there’s now software to prove it
Teachers Give Lower Math Scores to Girls
Teachers’ unconscious beliefs in the aptitude of boys over girls come out when grading math tests
Women Were Key to WWII Code-Breaking at Bletchley Park
Female operators and mathematicians play a greater role in the history of computers and code-breaking than most realize
Decoding the Antikythera Mechanism, the First Computer
Hidden inscriptions offer new clues to the origins of a mysterious astronomical mechanism
Ancient Scrolls Blackened by Vesuvius Are Readable at Last
X-ray scans can just tease out letters on the warped documents from a library at Herculaneum
These Adorable Robot Toys Teach Kids How to Code
The two bots using a basic visual language, and they are just one way to introduce children to computer programming
The First Piece of Code Written by an American President
The President participated in an introductory coding workshop as part of Computer Science Education Week
We’re Terrible at Distinguishing Real And Fake Schools of Fish
You can test your fish school savviness in a free online game created by scientists
What Happened to All the Women in Computer Science?
The low numbers of female computer science majors may have roots in the mid-1980s and the rise of personal computers
The 2014 Smithsonian American Ingenuity Award Winners
These 10 innovators in science, history, society and the arts are a testament to the imagination and hard work that define the nation’s spirit
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