This week, NASA is set to reach a milestone on one of its most ambitious projects. If all goes to plan, workers will finish assembling the huge mirror of the ...NPR From ACM News | January 28, 2016
It was early 1954 when computer scientists, for the first time, publicly revealed a machine that could translate between human languages. It became known as the...NPR From ACM News | December 28, 2015
After testing all the pieces of a tiny pill-size device, Albert Swiston sent it on a unique journey: through the guts of six live Yorkshire pigs.NPR From ACM News | November 23, 2015
Wearing a green Dartmouth College jersey, the newest player on the school's football team readies for action during a preseason practice.NPR From ACM Careers | August 31, 2015
From Rosie, the Jetsons' robot maid, to Arnold Schwarzenegger's cyborg in The Terminator, popular culture has frequently conceived of robots as having a human-like...NPR From ACM Opinion | August 24, 2015
"I have a hard time saying this with a straight face, but I will: You can teleport a single atom from one place to another," says Chris Monroe, a biophysicist at...NPR From ACM News | July 30, 2015
From the self-checkout aisle of the grocery store to the sports section of the newspaper, robots and computer software are increasingly taking the place of humans...NPR From ACM Opinion | May 19, 2015
The past 30 years have seen payments shift from cash and checks to debit cards and websites, and most recently to mobile phone apps, including Apple Pay and ...NPR From ACM News | January 7, 2015
The NBA ushered in the new season this past week, and fans at the Staples Center for the Los Angeles Clippers' opening game had access to some new toys.NPR From ACM Careers | November 3, 2014
A year after Edward Snowden's digital heist, the NSA's chief technology officer says steps have been taken to stop future incidents. But he says there's no way...NPR From ACM Opinion | July 14, 2014
You know when you dial a number, and a man reads you the exact time at the tone? That precise timekeeping starts at the Naval Observatory in Washington, D.C.NPR From ACM Careers | July 7, 2014
A growing number of companies are under pressure to protect sensitive data—and not just from hackers lurking outside the digital walls.NPR From ACM Careers | June 18, 2014
Whether or not you caught wind of the excited announcement that "Eugene Goostman," a computer program ("chatbot") devised by Vladimir Veselov, Eugene Demchenko,...NPR From ACM Opinion | June 16, 2014
The U.S. government has long complained about Chinese hacking and cyberattacks, but new documents show that the National Security Agency managed to penetrate the...NPR From ACM Opinion | April 3, 2014