Imagine entering your living room and sliding your foot purposefully over a particular stretch of floor. Your hi-fi system springs to life, pumping out the sounds...New Scientist From ACM News | April 13, 2010
Challenges don't get much bigger than trying to create artificial consciousness. Some doubt if it can be done--or if it ever should. Bolder researchers are notAntonio...New Scientist From ACM News | April 7, 2010
Even in an era of global networks and cheap travel, international communication still faces one great barrier: we don't all speak the same language. But that gap...New Scientist From ACM News | March 18, 2010
Researchers are developing software that can make conversing with a computer more productive. Existing automatic speech recognition technology is unreliable. New Scientist From ACM TechNews | February 19, 2010
We may all like to consider ourselves free spirits. But a study of the traces left by 50,000 cellphone users over three months has conclusively proved otherwise...New Scientist From ACM News | February 19, 2010
Google may be earning $500 million a year via companies and individuals who register deceptive Web site addresses. The claim centers on a controversial scheme known...New Scientist From ACM News | February 18, 2010
Unknown hackers have taken out U.S. cellphone networks in an ongoing cyber-attack that will soon knock out parts of the nation's electricity grid – say the officials...New Scientist From ACM News | February 16, 2010
A SWARM of "smart dust" spacecraft, positioned at a sweet spot between the Earth and the sun, could alert us to the approach of dangerous space storms well before...New Scientist From ACM News | February 9, 2010
LET'S face it: power cables are unsightly dust-traps. PCs, TVs and music players are becoming slicker every year, but the nest of vipers in the corner of everyAn...New Scientist From ACM News | February 8, 2010
For all the advances in table-top and tablet computing, some design professionals will always prefer the feel of pen on paper to stylus on glass. A new device could...New Scientist From ACM News | January 22, 2010
A LONG-lived videogaming skill could be on the way out this year as Microsoft hones an add-on to its Xbox 360 console aimed at making button-studded games controllers...New Scientist From ACM News | January 7, 2010
Technical University of Delft researchers have developed a smartphone program that learns users' behavior patterns to provide better cell phone service. The program...New Scientist From ACM TechNews | December 14, 2009
An international team of computer scientists at Queen Mary, University of London are developing intelligent video-surveillance software designed to spot suspicious...New Scientist From ACM TechNews | December 11, 2009
Johns Hopkins University security researcher Josh Mason says hackers could potentially evade most existing antivirus programs by hiding malicious code within ordinary...New Scientist From ACM TechNews | November 30, 2009
A man lies comatose on an operating table. The enormous spider that hangs above him has plunged four appendages into his belly. The spider, made of white steel,...New Scientist From ACM News | November 23, 2009
At the second annual ACM SIGGRAPH Asia conference, which takes place December 16-19 in Yokohama, Japan, computer graphics professionals and researchers will demonstrate...New Scientist From ACM TechNews | November 9, 2009
The clatter of a dropped trash can and the crash of a cymbal – both easily recognisable sounds.
That's why computer games or CGI movies that feature such noises...New Scientist From ACM News | November 5, 2009
Ben Reis at Children's Hospital Boston and Harvard Medical School led a research team that developed software that could spot warning signs of domestic abuse. New Scientist From ACM TechNews | October 6, 2009
Wesleyan University and Trinity College students have developed Collabbit, software that acts as a virtual emergency response center. Collabbit serves as a central...New Scientist From ACM TechNews | October 5, 2009
A team at the University of Oxford has built a computer model of the wing motion of a locust, and says the surface structures of the wings are key to generating...New Scientist From ACM TechNews | October 1, 2009