This delicate, glowing flower could one day save your life. It’s the latest example of "4D printing"–3D printed objects that change their shape over time—and it...New Scientist From ACM News | January 28, 2016
Farewell, Philae. The space lander that touched down on comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko (and in our hearts) in November 2014 has not responded to a last-ditch attempt...New Scientist From ACM News | January 12, 2016
Developers' perception of software bugs must shift from something that must be found and removed at all costs to an unavoidable fact of life. New Scientist From ACM TechNews | December 9, 2015
Blind people have long relied on sound as a substitution for sight, and some even use echolocation to navigate around objects. But it turns out that sound can be...New Scientist From ACM News | October 30, 2015
Where you go, what you buy, who you know, how many points are on your driving licence, how your pupils rate you.New Scientist From ACM News | October 13, 2015
The Botivist program uses Twitter to rally people to social causes, thanks to the efforts of Saiph Savage and colleagues at West Virginia University. New Scientist From ACM TechNews | October 5, 2015
Last Saturday I took part in a battle of wits at Bletchley Park, the stately home that housed the U.K.’s codebreakers during the second world war.New Scientist From ACM News | September 22, 2015
An autonomous helicopter gunship is flying over a military base in Arizona. Suddenly, officers on the ground lose radio contact: hackers have taken control of an...New Scientist From ACM News | September 18, 2015
Feeling cold? Your home already knows, and turns up the heat. Sick of the TV show you are watching? Your home changes the channel.New Scientist From ACM News | September 17, 2015
The ability to digitally simulate physical systems such as the brain to avoid the ethical dilemmas of experimentation on living subjects creates new dilemmas.New Scientist From ACM TechNews | September 16, 2015
A new mirror can assess the health of someone looking into it by analyzing facial expressions, fatty tissue, and how flush or pale the person is. New Scientist From ACM TechNews | July 31, 2015
Shortly after the U.S. Supreme Court's blockbuster decision on marriage equality, a short YouTube video made the rounds online.New Scientist From ACM News | July 27, 2015
Thanks to the latest advances in computer vision, we now have machines that can pick you out of a line-up. But what if your face is hidden from view?New Scientist From ACM News | June 23, 2015
"If you are walking down the street, a public street, should a company be able to identify you without your permission?"New Scientist From ACM News | June 22, 2015