The computational expense of creating three-dimensional images that can be viewed by all is just one factor holding them back…
From ACM NewsSandrine Ceurstemont Commissioned by CACM Staff| June 1, 2023
An edited collection of advanced computing news from Communications of the ACM, ACM TechNews, other ACM resources, and news sites around the Web.
Olympic timekeepers Omega are unveiling the latest technology that will be used at the London 2012 Games. It can monitor athletes' performance to the nearest one...BBC News From ACM News | May 3, 2012
How might the blitzkrieg of the future arrive? By air strike? An invading army? In a terrorist's suitcase? In fact it could be coming down the line to a computer...BBC News From ACM News | April 30, 2012
Karen Sandler has a big heart. And that's not just because she is head of the Gnome Foundation—a non-profit community group dedicated to making and giving away...BBC News From ACM News | April 19, 2012
To create machines that can always tell when someone is lying, we need to know much more about what goes on in our brains.BBC News From ACM News | April 10, 2012
A pair of rare Enigma machines used in the Spanish Civil War have been given to the head of GCHQ, Britain's communications intelligence agency.BBC News From ACM News | March 23, 2012
The Internet has gained a reputation as somewhere you can say and do anything with impunity, primarily because it is easy to disguise your identity.BBC News From ACM News | March 12, 2012
Robots everywhere, driverless cars, new eco-solutions, screens that "read" feelings, and smart museums and stadiums—just some of the "City of the Future" technologies...BBC News From ACM News | March 9, 2012
Twitter has admitted copying entire address books from smartphones and storing the data on its servers, often without customers' knowledge.BBC News From ACM News | February 16, 2012
After logging in to the bank's real site, account holders are being tricked by the offer of training in a new "upgraded security system."BBC News From ACM News | February 8, 2012
Astronomers have created the world's largest virtual optical telescope linking four telescopes in Chile, so that they operate as a single device.BBC News From ACM News | February 3, 2012
A self-guiding bullet that can steer itself towards its target is being developed for use by the U.S. military.BBC News From ACM News | February 2, 2012
The year is 2015, and in a government-owned data centre somewhere in southern England thousands of servers are humming away, hard at work keeping the country running...BBC News From ACM News | January 25, 2012
The intellectual rights relate to a method to switch a vehicle from a human-controlled mode into the state where it takes charge of the wheel.BBC News From ACM News | December 20, 2011
An American surveillance drone has been captured and filmed in Iran, where experts are apparently examining it.BBC News From ACM News | December 14, 2011
"If popular culture has taught us anything, it is that someday mankind must face and destroy the growing robot menace." Author and robotic engineer Daniel H Wilson's...BBC News From ACM News | November 22, 2011
Censorship is the biggest threat to the development of the Internet, according to Wikipedia's founder Jimmy Wales.BBC News From ACM News | November 7, 2011