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.
Roboticists from the University of Colorado, Boulder are investigating the use of augmented reality to improve human-robot collaboration.
IEEE Spectrum From ACM TechNews | July 26, 2018
A sprawling robot at the Ben-Gurion University of the Negev in Israel upgrades an earlier design's wheel-leg mobility so it can scale impediments.
IEEE Spectrum From ACM TechNews | July 13, 2018
Cornell University researchers have devised ways for biodegradable robotic actuators to be powered by popping corn.
IEEE Spectrum From ACM TechNews | July 11, 2018
Leveraging recent advances in optimal and nonlinear control systems, the University of California, Berkeley and Carnegie Mellon University have demonstrated a bipedal...IEEE Spectrum From ACM TechNews | July 2, 2018
Today, U.S. supercomputer advocates are cheering, because for the first time since 2012, a U.S. supercomputer—Oak Ridge National Laboratory's newly installed ...IEEE Spectrum From ACM News | June 26, 2018
Researchers used deep learning to develop a drone surveillance system that automatically detects small groups of people fighting each other.
IEEE Spectrum From ACM TechNews | June 18, 2018
Deep learning neural network systems for analyzing medical images can be exploited by cyberattackers in ways that humans cannot detect, according to a new study...IEEE Spectrum From ACM TechNews | June 13, 2018
A study by researchers at the Max Planck Institute for Intelligent Systems in Germany detailed researchers' exploration of robots capable of hugging humans for...IEEE Spectrum From ACM TechNews | June 8, 2018
It's summertime here at IEEE Spectrum, and that means it's time for our fourth interactive ranking of the top programming languages.
IEEE Spectrum From ACM News | June 7, 2018
The International Criminal Police Organization is assessing software that matches samples of speech in phone calls or social media to voice recordings in a law...IEEE Spectrum From ACM TechNews | May 21, 2018
Cornell University's Human-Robot Collaboration and Companionship Lab is developing a robot designed to explore textual communication.
IEEE Spectrum From ACM TechNews | May 17, 2018
Computer scientists have now invented a way to hide secret messages in ordinary text by imperceptibly changing the shapes of letters.
IEEE Spectrum From ACM News | May 16, 2018
Tornado survivors often compare the terrifying, deafening roars of a twister's furious winds to the sound of a freight train. But storms also emit sounds that are...IEEE Spectrum From ACM News | May 9, 2018
Researchers have developed an envelope for hardware security modules that requires no battery and cannot be broken into without deleting its stored data.
IEEE Spectrum From ACM TechNews | May 4, 2018
The Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne has developed an intuitive, wearable drone control system.
IEEE Spectrum From ACM TechNews | April 20, 2018