In the late 1980s, Joseph W. Lechleider came up with a clever solution to a puzzling technical problem, making it possible to bring high-speed Internet service...The New York Times From ACM News | May 4, 2015
Which outfielders take the most efficient routes to a fly ball? Which pitcher's curveball has the highest spin rate? Which batter has the fastest speed to first...The New York Times From ACM News | April 23, 2015
An imposingly realistic vision of the old 1 World Trade Center, the ultimately doomed north tower, will begin appearing next month in a most unlikely place: the...The New York Times From ACM News | April 21, 2015
The bookshelves in Natasha Dow Schüll’s office at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology are punctuated here and there with kitchen timers: a windup orange plastic...The New York Times From ACM News | April 21, 2015
Shariq Hashme squints at his laptop screen as he scrolls through hundreds of lines of computer code.The New York Times From ACM Careers | April 6, 2015
Susan Mueller, a flutist and the chairwoman of the Nevada-Las Vegas music department, examined the referee's whistle in her hand.The New York Times From ACM News | March 19, 2015
Few technologies have generated more attention than virtual reality, which promises to immerse people in 3-D games and video.The New York Times From ACM News | March 6, 2015
Google's research arm, Google X, is called the company's Moonshot Factory. One reason the company picked the word "Moonshot" was to remind people to tackle big...The New York Times From ACM Careers | February 17, 2015
Charles H. Townes, a visionary physicist whose research led to the development of the laser, making it possible to play CDs, scan prices at the supermarket, measure...The New York Times From ACM Careers | January 29, 2015
Having tried 3-D films, earsplitting sound systems and even alcohol sales in pursuit of younger moviegoers, some theater chains are now installing undulating seats...The New York Times From ACM News | December 2, 2014
When a major Chinese-American Internet conference convenes in Washington on Tuesday, a middle-aged Communist Party propaganda chief will be seated amid a room full...The New York Times From ACM Careers | December 1, 2014
The artist who created the enigmatic Kryptos, a puzzle-in-a-sculpture that has driven code breakers to distraction since it was installed 24 years ago in a courtyard...The New York Times From ACM News | November 21, 2014
It's one of the most important policy disputes that will determine the future of the Internet, and now President Obama has formally weighed in in favor of so-called ...The New York Times From ACM News | November 11, 2014
Many of the people who read this article will do so because Greg Marra, 26, a Facebook engineer, calculated that it was the kind of thing they might enjoy.The New York Times From ACM News | October 28, 2014
Just how bad a mother am I? I wondered, as I watched my 13-year-old son deep in conversation with Siri.The New York Times From ACM Opinion | October 20, 2014
Virtual reality is virtually here—although its first incarnation will come with short battery life, images that do not quite track eye movements and a tendency...The New York Times From ACM News | September 23, 2014
Nearly all the hype around virtual reality—much of it fanned by Facebook’s $2 billion acquisition of Oculus VR, the headset maker—is about how the technology can...The New York Times From ACM News | August 25, 2014
Genevieve Bell grew up among Aboriginal people in Australia, taught anthropology at Stanford and for the past 16 years has worked for Intel.The New York Times From ACM Opinion | August 4, 2014
The seemingly endless prairie that blankets this part of the United States would seem to be an unlikely place for one of the largest makers of sports video displays...The New York Times From ACM News | July 22, 2014