The ongoing conflict between the U.S. and China over semiconductor chip production is expected to ramp up as the U.S. seeks a competitive edge in advanced packaging...Bloomberg From ACM TechNews | November 29, 2023
Researchers found drones with automated external defibrillators arrived at the scene of a suspected cardiac arrest more than 3 minutes before ambulances in 67%...Interesting Engineering From ACM TechNews | November 29, 2023
Northeastern University researchers said over-the-air spectroscopy could enable next-generation 6G networks to monitor climate change and air pollution.
IEEE Spectrum From ACM TechNews | November 28, 2023
Quantum computers are prone to errors due to the sensitivity of qubits to environmental noise. Can cat qubits help build fault-tolerant quantum computers?
Interesting Engineering From ACM News | November 17, 2023
Emulating the behavior of exotic quantum states may give quantum computing a better way of squeezing out troublesome noise and errors.
Chris Edwards From Communications of the ACM | December 1, 2023
Meta's goal is to get more people to use more of its apps and to monetize those people to the greatest extent possible.
New York Magazine From ACM News | November 16, 2023
Colleges are starting the process of educating future engineers in topics such as how quantum computing hardware components work and how to write quantum computing...Nature From ACM TechNews | November 15, 2023
University of Pennsylvania researchers have developed a centimeter-scale quadruped robot inspired by origami.
Penn Today From ACM TechNews | November 14, 2023
A solid-state thermal transistor enables precision control of heat movement in semiconductor devices using the on-off switching of an electric field.
UCLA Samueli School of Engineering From ACM TechNews | November 14, 2023
Combining data about the human body with patients’ personal data to create digital twins of their organs could lead to personalized treatments and help avoid medical...The Guardian (U.K.) From ACM TechNews | November 13, 2023
Carnegie Mellon University researchers have developed a new approach to robotics that uses insights from extinct organisms to create soft robots.
Interesting Engineering From ACM TechNews | November 10, 2023
The Feature Fields for Robotic Manipulation method helps robots identify nearby objects by forming three-dimensional scenes from two-dimensional images and vision...MIT News From ACM TechNews | November 9, 2023
Singapore-based Weston Robot is supplying uncrewed surface vessels to clean Singapore's rivers by collecting garbage and monitoring water quality.
Interesting Engineering From ACM TechNews | November 8, 2023
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration's approval of artificial intelligence tools has raised doubts among doctors about their ability to improve patient care.
The New York Times From ACM TechNews | November 8, 2023
Far from being threatened by artificial intelligence, many creative practitioners are already embracing it—with some novel and unexpected results.
Karen Emslie From ACM News | November 7, 2023