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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.
Scientists are creating earthworm-inspired soft robots, envisioning their flexibility as an advantage for penetrating hard-to-reach areas.
BBC News From ACM TechNews | April 18, 2023
The Norwegian container ship Yara Birkeland eventually will be a crewless vessel that navigates via radar and cameras, feeding sensor data to artificial intelligence...BBC News From ACM TechNews | March 27, 2023
Ever-shrinking microchips are elevating the risk of computer glitches caused by cosmic rays bombarding the Earth from outer space.
BBC News From ACM TechNews | October 17, 2022
Prosthesis is the world's largest four-legged exoskeleton, described as 'a cross between an excavator, a dune buggy, and a dinosaur.'
BBC News From ACM TechNews | August 16, 2022
This year's World Cup soccer tournament in Qatar will employ autonomous radar-guided interceptor drones for stadium security.
BBC News From ACM TechNews | July 26, 2022
The U.K. Ministry of Defence has acquired that government's first quantum computer from London-based Orca Computing.
BBC News From ACM TechNews | June 15, 2022
Iris, a tiny wheeled robot built by students at Carnegie Mellon University, is expected to be the first uncrewed rover from the U.S. to explore the Moon.
BBC News From ACM TechNews | February 7, 2022
Scientists at the Georgia Institute of Technology's Georgia Tech Research Institute claim they can improve DNA data storage 100-fold with a new processor they developed...BBC News From ACM TechNews | December 3, 2021
Researchers at Seoul National University in South Korea have developed a soft robot with skin that can change color to match its background.
BBC News From ACM TechNews | August 19, 2021
U.K. grocery chain Tesco next month will start trialing a drone delivery service in Ireland's County Galway, using unmanned aerial vehicles from Manna to deliver...BBC News From ACM TechNews | September 22, 2020
Microsoft has retrieved an underwater datacenter that it sunk off the coast of Orkney in Scotland two years ago, and is analyzing its performance data.
BBC News From ACM TechNews | September 16, 2020
A robotics engineer with no prior experience developed and posted online plans for a ventilator made from a Raspberry Pi computer and easy-to-source parts.
BBC News From ACM TechNews | April 20, 2020
A robotic system uses eight UV-C ultraviolet-light-emitting bulbs to destroy bacteria, viruses, and other harmful microbes.
BBC News From ACM TechNews | April 2, 2020