The computational expense of creating three-dimensional images that can be viewed by all is just one factor holding them back…
From ACM NewsSandrine Ceurstemont Commissioned by CACM Staff| June 1, 2023
An edited collection of advanced computing news from Communications of the ACM, ACM TechNews, other ACM resources, and news sites around the Web.
A new supercomputer simulation of the circulation of blood throughout the entire human body correlates very closely with real-world flow measurements.BBC News From ACM TechNews | March 24, 2016
Imagine walking on Mars and being able to examine rock formations from all angles, or collaborating on the same 3D hologram design with someone thousands of miles...BBC News From ACM News | February 24, 2016
Nearly 40 years ago, radio astronomer Jerry Ehman was scanning a part of the sky hoping to detect a signal from an alien civilisation.BBC News From ACM News | February 23, 2016
HoloLens creator Alex Kipman has shown off Microsoft's augmented reality technology at the TED (Technology, Entertainment and Design) conference.BBC News From ACM News | February 19, 2016
In Europe and America, this is one in five people. And since they are less likely to be in work, their poverty rate is about twice as high.BBC News From ACM News | February 1, 2016
Until now, Facewatch has provided local groups of businesses with a way to share their CCTV images of shoplifters and other potential offenders.BBC News From ACM News | December 18, 2015
Although it's already been used by industry, the military and some emergency services, it was expensive and therefore had a limited market.BBC News From ACM News | December 14, 2015
Eindhoven University of Technology researchers have developed a tiny sensor powered by the radio waves it uses to communicate information.BBC News From ACM TechNews | December 11, 2015
A new method of delivering data, which uses the visible spectrum rather than radio waves, has been tested in a working office.BBC News From ACM News | December 2, 2015
A virtual assistant developed at Cardiff University recently had its first public trial at the BBC's Make It Digital event. BBC News From ACM TechNews | October 7, 2015
A computer model of the London Underground predicts trains that travel too fast compound congestion when key locations outside the city center become bottlenecks...BBC News From ACM TechNews | September 28, 2015
Thanks, in part, to a new era of machine learning, computer are already starting to assimilate information from raw data in the same way as the human infant learns...BBC News From ACM News | September 18, 2015
Over the PA system a voice tells us not to be alarmed. What we are about to see is just a demonstration, courtesy of the United Arab Emirates' Ministry of the Interior...BBC News From ACM Careers | September 11, 2015
A new tool can identify people in complete darkness by using their thermal signature and matching infrared images with ordinary photos.BBC News From ACM TechNews | August 3, 2015