Photos taken of snowfall and posted online could help fill holes in satellite weather data caused by cloud cover, says Indiana University Ph.D. student Haipeng...New Scientist From ACM TechNews | May 22, 2012
Researchers at the St. Andrews and Calgary universities have developed FatFonts, a font that offers a way to write numbers so that their areas equal their numerical...New Scientist From ACM TechNews | May 16, 2012
University of Maryland, College Park computer scientist William Gasarch has re-run his poll on the biggest problem in computer science.New Scientist From ACM TechNews | March 16, 2012
Gone are the days when video gaming was a private pursuit. Gaming services such as Microsoft's Xbox Live not only connect players in living rooms the world over...New Scientist From ACM News | August 24, 2010
When Danny Hillis spent a day watching a top surgeon perform keyhole cancer surgery, he was left both exhilarated and depressed. The clinical precision with which...New Scientist From ACM News | July 13, 2010
Years of neglect have left many NASA labs that might be used for breakthrough technology research in rough shape, says a report from the U.S. National Academies...New Scientist From ACM News | May 11, 2010
Researchers from Carnegie Mellon University and Microsoft have developed Skinput, a skin-based interface that turns the human body into a touchscreen. New Scientist From ACM TechNews | March 5, 2010
We may all like to consider ourselves free spirits. But a study of the traces left by 50,000 cellphone users over three months has conclusively proved otherwise...New Scientist From ACM News | February 19, 2010
Unknown hackers have taken out U.S. cellphone networks in an ongoing cyber-attack that will soon knock out parts of the nation's electricity grid – say the officials...New Scientist From ACM News | February 16, 2010
A SWARM of "smart dust" spacecraft, positioned at a sweet spot between the Earth and the sun, could alert us to the approach of dangerous space storms well before...New Scientist From ACM News | February 9, 2010
Researchers from the International Computer Science Institute and the University of California, San Diego have developed a method for blocking the most common type...New Scientist From ACM TechNews | January 27, 2010
For all the advances in table-top and tablet computing, some design professionals will always prefer the feel of pen on paper to stylus on glass. A new device could...New Scientist From ACM News | January 22, 2010
A man lies comatose on an operating table. The enormous spider that hangs above him has plunged four appendages into his belly. The spider, made of white steel,...New Scientist From ACM News | November 23, 2009
Although the iPhone can superimpose navigation routes or reviews on top of real-time images, augmented reality (AR) still has a long way to go. The iPhone's application...New Scientist From ACM TechNews | October 2, 2009
Fears over energy security and climate change have led to record investment in renewable energy. But a major problem threatens to stall progress towards a more...New Scientist From ACM News | June 11, 2009