AgencyGlass is a wearable device that produces "virtual eyes" to give the wearer a semblance of friendliness and approachability. IEEE Spectrum From ACM TechNews | April 16, 2014
Researchers recently demonstrated their new Look and Link wireless technology, which could improve device-to-device communications. IEEE Spectrum From ACM TechNews | February 3, 2014
When teams participating in the DARPA Robotics Challenge (DRC) were announced last year, almost all of them provided reasonably detailed renderings that gave us...IEEE Spectrum From ACM News | December 11, 2013
Bitcoin, the leading online alternative currency, has attracted high-minded entrepreneurs and crooks alike.IEEE Spectrum From ACM News | November 7, 2013
As computer chips grow denser, it becomes increasingly difficult to measure the progression of Moore's Law. Exacerbating this situation is the mutability of the...IEEE Spectrum From ACM TechNews | November 4, 2013
Computer scientists have developed a "mathematical obfuscation" scheme to prevent hackers from reverse-engineering software. IEEE Spectrum From ACM TechNews | October 4, 2013
Researchers are attempting to create an artificial intelligence (AI) program capable of passing school entrance exams. IEEE Spectrum From ACM TechNews | August 26, 2013
Graph Search could help Facebook grow from a tool for entertainment and communication into a search tool that could challenge Google's search dominance. IEEE Spectrum From ACM TechNews | August 14, 2013
The new Ascend chip could protect data in the cloud by concealing the way in which central processing units request information in cloud servers. IEEE Spectrum From ACM TechNews | August 12, 2013
Cellphone metadata offers real-time information in emergency situations that could help first responders and protect the public.IEEE Spectrum From ACM TechNews | July 29, 2013
Researchers have developed an air-hockey robot that can change its strategy in response to the playing style of its human opponent. IEEE Spectrum From ACM TechNews | June 19, 2013
IBM has given Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute an open-ended three-year charter to improve the intelligence of IBM's Watson software. IEEE Spectrum From ACM TechNews | May 24, 2013
Researchers say the Cheetah-Cub robotic quadruped proves that gait primitives from the motion capture of an animal can be adapted to a robot. IEEE Spectrum From ACM TechNews | May 6, 2013
With each passing day we are becoming more intertwined into the Internet of Things, where each and every object in the world—your clothes closet and every article...IEEE Spectrum From ACM News | February 13, 2013
Rice University professor Moshe Vardi predicts that by 2045 artificial intelligence machines will be able to perform a significant percentage of human work. "We...IEEE Spectrum From ACM TechNews | January 28, 2013
In an interview, Google Glass project leader Babak Parviz discusses where the wearable device is heading in the near future. IEEE Spectrum From ACM TechNews | January 7, 2013