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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.
Researchers used a convolutional neural network to reduce the amount of time the HyQ quadruped robot needs to plan its foot placement by several orders of magnitude...IEEE Spectrum From ACM TechNews | October 12, 2018
Researchers have developed a semiautomated system that could have identified in seconds malicious chips reportedly inserted into computer systems by the Chinese...IEEE Spectrum From ACM TechNews | October 5, 2018
This year, the U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) turned 60. To celebrate, DARPA held a conference in Washington, D.C. One of the highlights...IEEE Spectrum From ACM News | September 27, 2018
Researchers have discovered a physical phenomenon in how semiconductor nanoparticles interact with light when under the influence of an electric field.
IEEE Spectrum From ACM TechNews | September 25, 2018
A new system allows a drone to fly through very small and completely unknown gaps using a single camera and onboard processing.
IEEE Spectrum From ACM TechNews | September 20, 2018
Researchers have built a robotic gripper that can turn friction on and off to facilitate manipulating objects with one hand.
IEEE Spectrum From ACM TechNews | September 14, 2018
Until now, the neuroscience programs at DARPA, the mad science wing of the Department of Defense, have focused on technologies for warfighters who have returned...IEEE Spectrum From ACM News | September 13, 2018
IIT Roorkee in India and Applied Materials have added metallic nanoparticles to dynamic RAM to eliminate row hammering data corruption in high-volume DRAM cells...IEEE Spectrum From ACM TechNews | September 11, 2018
Researchers at the National University of Defense Technology in China have built a photonic quantum processor, which generates and manipulates two photonically...IEEE Spectrum From ACM TechNews | September 10, 2018
Researchers are testing the capabilities of 5G network technologies to transmit information to and from vehicles while they are on the road, using a robotic car...IEEE Spectrum From ACM TechNews | September 7, 2018
Researchers in Singapore used two mobile robots operating concurrently to three-dimensionally-print a single piece of concrete structure.
IEEE Spectrum From ACM TechNews | September 5, 2018
Cameras used to be their own devices with lenses and film and trips to the drug store to get the pictures developed. Then, they disappeared into phones, tablets...IEEE Spectrum From ACM News | September 4, 2018
Have you had your genome sequenced yet? Millions of people around the world already have, and by 2025 that number could reach a billion.
IEEE Spectrum From ACM News | August 24, 2018
Smart glasses developed by Microsoft Research's Glabella Project can measure blood pressure noninvasively.
IEEE Spectrum From ACM TechNews | August 23, 2018
A paper-based single-use battery harnesses bacteria to generate an electric current, and then to consume the battery after its use.
IEEE Spectrum From ACM TechNews | August 22, 2018
A startup plans to install four slabs of concrete with embedded sensors at an intersection in Denver, CO.
IEEE Spectrum From ACM TechNews | August 22, 2018
Researchers have demonstrated proof of principle for a method of controlling graphene's rotation and the dynamic variance of its electrical, optical, and mechanical...IEEE Spectrum From ACM TechNews | August 20, 2018
Researchers have developed all-optical logic gates from nanowires in a novel way, a significant step in the development of on-chip, all-optical logic components...IEEE Spectrum From ACM TechNews | August 7, 2018
IEEE Spectrum's fifth annual interactive ranking of the top programming languages draws on metrics from multiple sources to rank 47 languages.
IEEE Spectrum From ACM TechNews | August 6, 2018