In the 1966 film Fantastic Voyage, scientists at a U.S. laboratory shrink a submarine called Proteus and its human crew to microscopic size and then inject the...IEEE Spectrum From ACM News | June 2, 2015
Mitsubishi Electric says its new noise suppression technology can improve the quality of hands-free phone communication in cars. IEEE Spectrum From ACM TechNews | March 19, 2015
Eben Upton, the inventor of the Raspberry Pi computer, got his start coding games in BASIC on a BBC Micro when he was 10. IEEE Spectrum From ACM TechNews | March 9, 2015
We've always known that the ATLAS DRC humanoid robot was due for some serious upgrades before the DARPA Robotics Challenge Finals, because having a robot that's...IEEE Spectrum From ACM News | January 21, 2015
Intelligentsia of AI will gather to come up with a battery of alternatives to the traditional Turing test.IEEE Spectrum From ACM News | January 20, 2015
University of California, Berkeley professor Michael I. Jordan says rhetoric about machine learning and other computer science fields goes too far. IEEE Spectrum From ACM TechNews | October 29, 2014
The overeager adoption of big data is likely to result in catastrophes of analysis comparable to a national epidemic of collapsing bridges.IEEE Spectrum From ACM Opinion | October 23, 2014
Microsoft says its upcoming Skype Translator app will translate multilingual conversations in real time. IEEE Spectrum From ACM TechNews | August 27, 2014
The TOP500 semi-annual ranking of the world's most powerful supercomputers, announced yesterday, revealed that China's Tianhe-2 has kept its first-place position...IEEE Spectrum From ACM News | June 24, 2014
Graphics specialists are close to developing interactive, photorealistically lifelike digital humans that will transform acting, entertainment, and computer games...IEEE Spectrum From ACM TechNews | June 2, 2014
AgencyGlass is a wearable device that produces "virtual eyes" to give the wearer a semblance of friendliness and approachability. IEEE Spectrum From ACM TechNews | April 16, 2014
Bitcoin, the leading online alternative currency, has attracted high-minded entrepreneurs and crooks alike.IEEE Spectrum From ACM News | November 7, 2013
Graph Search could help Facebook grow from a tool for entertainment and communication into a search tool that could challenge Google's search dominance. IEEE Spectrum From ACM TechNews | August 14, 2013
The new Ascend chip could protect data in the cloud by concealing the way in which central processing units request information in cloud servers. IEEE Spectrum From ACM TechNews | August 12, 2013
Cellphone metadata offers real-time information in emergency situations that could help first responders and protect the public.IEEE Spectrum From ACM TechNews | July 29, 2013
With each passing day we are becoming more intertwined into the Internet of Things, where each and every object in the world—your clothes closet and every article...IEEE Spectrum From ACM News | February 13, 2013
Rice University professor Moshe Vardi predicts that by 2045 artificial intelligence machines will be able to perform a significant percentage of human work. "We...IEEE Spectrum From ACM TechNews | January 28, 2013