Data standards will be needed to facilitate traffic flow in the future, and government officials, engineers, and automakers are considering how to implement the...Computerworld From ACM TechNews | June 18, 2014
A Labrador Retriever named Diesel has become a canine that functions as a Cyber-Physical Search and Rescue Dog through a high-tech vest. Computerworld From ACM TechNews | June 17, 2014
Researchers have created nanowires 1/1,000th the width of the microscopic wires used today to connect transistors in integrated computer chips. Computerworld From ACM TechNews | May 5, 2014
The Rabbit Proto is an open source three-dimensional printer attachment that enables the device to make functioning electronic prototypes. Computerworld From ACM TechNews | April 30, 2014
Researchers have broken a record by transmitting enough power wirelessly over a distance of about 16 feet to simultaneously charge up to 40 smartphones. Computerworld From ACM TechNews | April 25, 2014
The field of artificial intelligence is making real progress after a long period of sporadic advances that failed to pan out. Computerworld From ACM TechNews | April 16, 2014
A survey examining why people do not adequately protect their home computers found that about 80 percent of respondents said they were too lazy. Computerworld New Zealand From ACM TechNews | April 15, 2014
Dell Research is conducting experiments to detect a person's mood, for use in computers involved with education and communications. Computerworld From ACM TechNews | March 31, 2014
The Internet Bug Bounty program recently paid $10,000 each to a pair of security researchers for vulnerabilities they found in Flash. Computerworld From ACM TechNews | March 26, 2014
Quantum computers are rewriting the rules of how computing works, but even the people developing them say they cannot explain how they work. Computerworld From ACM TechNews | March 25, 2014
The U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration's third global codeathon offers four climate-themed challenges. Computerworld From ACM TechNews | March 24, 2014
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute professor Selmer Bringsjord says understanding morality is increasingly important as robots become smarter and more autonomous. ...Computerworld From ACM TechNews | March 14, 2014
Aviation experts have cited multiple possible reasons for the problems in the multi-country effort to locate the Malaysia Airlines jetliner that dropped off the...Computerworld From ACM News | March 12, 2014
Former U.S. Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta said a large-scale cyberattack against U.S. infrastructure is "the most serious threat in the 21st century." Computerworld From ACM TechNews | March 12, 2014
The Linux Foundation recently created the AllSeen Alliance, which combines the AllJoyn Framework with its open source network. Computerworld From ACM TechNews | March 7, 2014
Bats are the inspiration for an initiative at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University to develop small flying robots. Computerworld From ACM TechNews | February 25, 2014
Nearly half of Americans want to live in a city where all vehicles are driverless, and a third think that might happen in the next 10 years, according to an Intel...Computerworld From ACM TechNews | February 19, 2014