Many computer science researchers are trying to create an AI system that offers video game players a more tailored experience. New Scientist From ACM TechNews | June 11, 2012
University of Wisconsin-Madison researchers have developed a robotic teacher that monitors students' attention levels and mimics the techniques human teachers use...New Scientist From ACM TechNews | May 30, 2012
Researchers at the St. Andrews and Calgary universities have developed FatFonts, a font that offers a way to write numbers so that their areas equal their numerical...New Scientist From ACM TechNews | May 16, 2012
Chinese researchers recently used a process called adiabatic computing to find the prime factors of the number 143, beating the previous record for a quantum computer...New Scientist From ACM TechNews | April 17, 2012
Driverless cars are moving closer to becoming a reality, as politicians in several U.S. states rush to get such cars on the roads.New Scientist From ACM TechNews | April 9, 2012
The alarm rings. You glance at the clock. The time is 6.30 am. You haven't even got out of bed, and already at least six mathematical equations have influenced...New Scientist From ACM News | February 22, 2012
Astonishing conductivity helped the discoverers of graphene win the Nobel prize in physicsin 2010. Now a way to switch off the easy flow of electrons in this wonder...New Scientist From ACM News | February 7, 2012
Organizations could use a new top-level domain, .data, to share data in a standard form, writes Stephen Wolfram, creator of the computational knowledge engine Wolfram...New Scientist From ACM TechNews | January 12, 2012
A body-tracking camera system built into Microsoft's Kinect gaming sensor could be used to monitor the weight of astronauts in space, says Eurecom computer scientist...New Scientist From ACM TechNews | January 3, 2012
AI programs did not fare well in convincing judges at the 2011 Loebner prize competition that they were people. New Scientist From ACM TechNews | December 30, 2011
As the world awaits news of the possible discovery of the Higgs boson, there remains a lot of confusion about what it is, why we have had to work hard to find...New Scientist From ACM News | December 13, 2011
Norwegian University of Science and Technology researcher Vadim Makarov has developed a quantum cryptography method to defend against attacks of quantum key distribution...New Scientist From ACM TechNews | October 27, 2011
University of Utah researchers have found that wireless signals can indicate if people in the area are breathing. The researchers surrounded a volunteer with...New Scientist From ACM TechNews | September 30, 2011
Researchers are studying how quantum logic can be used to give robots multiple personalities to make them act more like humans. New Scientist From ACM TechNews | September 9, 2011
Researchers are studying how quantum logic can be used to give robots multiple personalities to make them act more like humans. New Scientist From ACM TechNews | September 9, 2011
University of California, Santa Barbara researchers have developed a quantum computer design based on superconducting electrical circuits that adds a more sustainable...New Scientist From ACM TechNews | September 7, 2011
Cornell University researchers are teaching robots to understand the context of their surroundings so that they can pick out individual objects in a room. New Scientist From ACM TechNews | July 22, 2011
An ambitious experiment to make a glass sphere exist in two places at once could provide the most sensitive test of quantum theory yet.New Scientist From ACM News | July 19, 2011