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From ACM NewsEsther Shein Commissioned by CACM Staff| June 8, 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 have developed a new method that could help lead to the development of practical, diamond-based quantum computing devices.
MIT News From ACM TechNews | May 26, 2017
Researchers have developed methods to reduce and "iron out" wrinkles in graphene, potentially enabling faster and more efficient electronic and photonic devices...MIT News From ACM TechNews | April 4, 2017
Researchers have developed a method that could make it possible to produce some of the narrowest microchip wires ever.
MIT News From ACM TechNews | March 30, 2017
Researchers believe three-dimensional printing of flexible electronics integrating sensors and processing circuitry is key to bulk manufacturing of a robot "skin...MIT News From ACM TechNews | March 28, 2017
Researchers have demonstrated that silicon optical devices can reproduce physical phenomena used by high-end telecommunications optoelectronic components.
MIT News From ACM TechNews | February 27, 2017
Researchers at the Singapore-Massachusetts Institute of Technology Alliance for Research and Technology have spent the last several years developing autonomous...MIT News From ACM TechNews | January 25, 2017
Massachusetts Institute of Technology engineers have developed an ultra-thin, high-resolution printing process that makes use of nanoporous stamps.
MIT News From ACM TechNews | December 12, 2016
Researchers have developed a way for consumers to design and develop drones to meet their unique specifications.
MIT News From ACM TechNews | December 8, 2016
Researchers have developed an autonomous mobility scooter using the same sensor configuration and software used in previous trials of autonomous cars and golf carts...MIT News From ACM TechNews | November 11, 2016
The Massachusetts Institute of Technology has partnered with the Amsterdam Institute for Advanced Metropolitan Solutions to test a fleet of autonomous boats.MIT News From ACM TechNews | September 21, 2016
Massachusetts Institute of Technology researchers and colleagues at the Georgia Institute of Technology are designing an imaging system that can read closed books...MIT News From ACM TechNews | September 9, 2016
A new diagnostic approach using machine learning could help detect speech disorders exacerbated by vocal misuse. MIT News From ACM TechNews | September 2, 2016
Researchers have added a new technique to the CRISPR genome-editing system that lets scientists control when and where gene editing occurs by using ultraviolet...MIT News From ACM TechNews | August 25, 2016
The U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency has funded the development of a portable on-demand biopharmaceutical production system.MIT News From ACM TechNews | August 2, 2016
Researchers have demonstrated a display on which audiences can watch three-dimensional films in a movie theater without additional eyewear. MIT News From ACM TechNews | July 27, 2016
Massachusetts Institute of Technology researchers have used synthetic biology to program cells to remember and respond to a series of events. MIT News From ACM TechNews | July 26, 2016
Synthetic biology allows researchers to program cells to perform novel functions such as fluorescing in response to a particular chemical or producing drugs in...MIT News Office From ACM News | July 21, 2016