The Codon compiler, from a team led by researchers from MIT CSAIL, allows developers to create new domain-specific languages
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It's definitely not a bird. Nor is it a plane. The garish orange piece of plastic, small enough to hold in the palm of a hand, could pass for a missing limb of...BBC News From ACM News | June 19, 2013
Experimental subjects have powered a remote-controlled helicopter through an obstacle course with their thoughts. BBC News From ACM TechNews | June 7, 2013
U.S. spy chief James Clapper has strongly defended government surveillance programmes after revelations of phone records being collected and internet servers being...BBC News From ACM News | June 7, 2013
Researchers say they have found a way to detect and recognize human gestures based on how they affect Wi-Fi signals.BBC News From ACM News | June 5, 2013
The idea is to use airborne infra-red cameras to collect evidence, which could then be used to prosecute vandals who deface property at night.BBC News From ACM News | May 28, 2013
Why do most smartphones make a clicking noise, like a camera shutter closing, when you take a picture with them? Why do the virtual pages of a book on a tablet...BBC News From ACM Opinion | May 9, 2013
Imagine cruising down a three-lane highway and rounding a bend to find four trucks rolling along in single-file. They are all traveling close together—perhaps too...BBC News From ACM News | April 11, 2013
Wander through the historic streets of the Roman city of Bath in the U.K., and you might sense that they are smarter than average. And you would be right.BBC News From ACM News | March 21, 2013
It’s been 30 years since the first message was sent over initial nodes of the Arpanet, the Pentagon-sponsored precursor to the internet. But this month, researchers...BBC News From ACM News | March 14, 2013
With "immersive media" taking content well beyond the TV screen, new technology is attempting to move virtual reality towards something even closer to real life...BBC News From ACM News | March 11, 2013
For a man that made his career out of helping millions of people find their way around, Lars Rasmussen is frank about his own navigational shortcomings.BBC News From ACM Opinion | March 8, 2013
Oxford University researchers have developed a self-driving car that uses lasers and small cameras, rather than GPS, to direct the vehicle along regular routes. ...BBC News From ACM TechNews | February 15, 2013
Five years ago mobile phones were at the forefront of technology, by 2010 the focus was on tablet computers and now billions of yen, dollars and pounds are being...BBC News From ACM News | February 12, 2013