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From ACM NewsSamuel Greengard| December 7, 2023
An edited collection of advanced computing news from Communications of the ACM, ACM TechNews, other ACM resources, and news sites around the Web.
Data standards will be needed to facilitate traffic flow in the future, and government officials, engineers, and automakers are considering how to implement the...Computerworld From ACM TechNews | June 18, 2014
A Labrador Retriever named Diesel has become a canine that functions as a Cyber-Physical Search and Rescue Dog through a high-tech vest. Computerworld From ACM TechNews | June 17, 2014
Researchers have created nanowires 1/1,000th the width of the microscopic wires used today to connect transistors in integrated computer chips. Computerworld From ACM TechNews | May 5, 2014
The Rabbit Proto is an open source three-dimensional printer attachment that enables the device to make functioning electronic prototypes. Computerworld From ACM TechNews | April 30, 2014
Researchers have broken a record by transmitting enough power wirelessly over a distance of about 16 feet to simultaneously charge up to 40 smartphones. Computerworld From ACM TechNews | April 25, 2014
The field of artificial intelligence is making real progress after a long period of sporadic advances that failed to pan out. Computerworld From ACM TechNews | April 16, 2014
A survey examining why people do not adequately protect their home computers found that about 80 percent of respondents said they were too lazy. Computerworld New Zealand From ACM TechNews | April 15, 2014
Dell Research is conducting experiments to detect a person's mood, for use in computers involved with education and communications. Computerworld From ACM TechNews | March 31, 2014
The Internet Bug Bounty program recently paid $10,000 each to a pair of security researchers for vulnerabilities they found in Flash. Computerworld From ACM TechNews | March 26, 2014
Quantum computers are rewriting the rules of how computing works, but even the people developing them say they cannot explain how they work. Computerworld From ACM TechNews | March 25, 2014
The U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration's third global codeathon offers four climate-themed challenges. Computerworld From ACM TechNews | March 24, 2014
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute professor Selmer Bringsjord says understanding morality is increasingly important as robots become smarter and more autonomous. ...Computerworld From ACM TechNews | March 14, 2014
Aviation experts have cited multiple possible reasons for the problems in the multi-country effort to locate the Malaysia Airlines jetliner that dropped off the...Computerworld From ACM News | March 12, 2014
Former U.S. Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta said a large-scale cyberattack against U.S. infrastructure is "the most serious threat in the 21st century." Computerworld From ACM TechNews | March 12, 2014
The Linux Foundation recently created the AllSeen Alliance, which combines the AllJoyn Framework with its open source network. Computerworld From ACM TechNews | March 7, 2014
Bats are the inspiration for an initiative at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University to develop small flying robots. Computerworld From ACM TechNews | February 25, 2014
Nearly half of Americans want to live in a city where all vehicles are driverless, and a third think that might happen in the next 10 years, according to an Intel...Computerworld From ACM TechNews | February 19, 2014