Google has developed Noop, a new programming language that runs on the Java Virtual Machine (JVM). Google describes Noop as "a new language that attempts to blend...eWeek From ACM TechNews | September 17, 2009
ReCAPTCHA Inc., a spin-off of Carnegie Mellon University's Computer Science Department, has been acquired by Google Inc. The Pittsburgh company developed online...Carnegie Mellon niversity From ACM News | September 17, 2009
Florida Atlantic University's College of Engineering and Computer Science has received a five-year grant from the U.S. National Science Foundation to create a...Florida Atlantic niversity From ACM News | September 17, 2009
Heath care technology researchers are taking advantage of faster wireless networks and developing new "telehealth" sensors and devices as part of a booming new...Network World From ACM TechNews | September 16, 2009
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This desperate-sounding utterance from a patient would grab the attention of nurses and caregivers on any hospital floor or in any ER...niversity of South Carolina From ACM News | September 15, 2009
University of Washington (UW) researchers are developing a contact lens with a wirelessly powered light-emitting diode (LED) in the hope that the device can be...Wired News From ACM TechNews | September 14, 2009
Approximately 11,000 researchers, scientists, engineers, and computing experts from around the world are expected to attend SCO9 high-performance computing (HPC)...Business Wire From ACM TechNews | September 14, 2009
A European research project works out how to keep car-to-car data transmissions private and secure from malicious hackers. From ICT Results | September 14, 2009
Mayo Clinic researchers say that "teachable software" designed to mimic the human brain may help them diagnose cardiac infections without an invasive exam. The...Mayo Clinic From ACM News | September 10, 2009
Williams College will conduct research into managing distributed applications on mobile computing platforms that make use of cell phones, vehicles, and embedded...Williams College From ACM TechNews | September 11, 2009
University of Bristol computer scientists have won the Morpho Challenge, an international science competition financed by the European Union through its PASCAL...niversity of Bristol News From ACM TechNews | September 11, 2009
Indiana University (IU) researchers will lead a four-year, $15 million National Science Foundation project to develop software to connect future supercomputers...Indiana niversity From ACM TechNews | September 11, 2009
New York University researchers have proposed Epothecary, a system that uses cell phones to authenticate and track drugs distributed in the developing world. The...Technology Review From ACM TechNews | September 10, 2009
Can a computer fool expert gamers into believing it's one of them? That was the question posed at the second annual BotPrize, a three-month contest that concluded...Ethiopian Review From ACM News | September 10, 2009
Biologist Leroy Hood will be the plenary speaker for the 22nd annual SCO9 conference, which takes place Nov. 14-20, in Portland, Ore. Hood, president and co-founder...Business Wire From ACM TechNews | September 9, 2009
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) has completed implementation of the final phase of a nine year, $180 million contract by installing the...National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration From ACM News | September 8, 2009
Professor G. Anthony Gorry of Rice University's Center for Technology in Teaching and Learning is concerned that our empathy toward other people — and our ability...The Chronicle of Higher Education From ACM TechNews | September 8, 2009
University of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA) researchers have received a five-year, $5 million National Science Foundation grant to establish the Simulation, Visualization...niversity of Texas at San Antonio From ACM TechNews | September 3, 2009
Tel Aviv University professor Eran Halperin and researchers from the University of California, Berkeley have developed a mathematical formula that can be used to...American Friends of Tel Aviv niversity From ACM TechNews | September 2, 2009
A team of engineers at Johns Hopkins University have devised innovative computer software that can sift through hundreds of genetic mutations and highlight the...Johns Hopkins niversity From ACM News | September 2, 2009