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From ACM NewsSamuel Greengard| December 7, 2023
An edited collection of advanced computing news from Communications of the ACM, ACM TechNews, other ACM resources, and news sites around the Web.
Northwestern University researchers used artificial intelligence to assess pain levels in patients with sickle cell disease, based on their vital signs.
New Scientist From ACM TechNews | March 23, 2021
U.K. researchers found that automation pushed up all wages on average, but widened the gender pay gap.
New Scientist From ACM TechNews | March 19, 2021
Researchers at U.K. startup Kagenova have developed a system that can reduce nausea or cybersickness induced by virtual reality.
New Scientist From ACM TechNews | March 18, 2021
Researchers have built a mobile wildfire simulation application that provides personalized evacuation routes to anyone in the path of a fire.
New Scientist From ACM TechNews | March 17, 2021
Researchers at Austria's University of Vienna have accelerated machine learning using a quantum trick involving photons.
New Scientist From ACM TechNews | March 16, 2021
Researchers in China were inspired by a golden eagle to build a robotic bird with flapping wings covered in actual feathers.
New Scientist From ACM TechNews | March 11, 2021
A short-term technology may help clear a path toward next-generation computer hard disks by utilizing microwaves with existing platter material.
New Scientist From ACM TechNews | March 10, 2021
A silicone rubber submersible robot engineered by researchers at China's Zhejiang University successfully withstood the immense pressures in the Mariana trench....New Scientist From ACM TechNews | March 5, 2021
Artificial intelligence has achieved record high scores on videogames played on classic Atari consoles, by recalling previous successes.
New Scientist From ACM TechNews | March 4, 2021
A submarine fiber-optic cable owned by Google was used by researchers to detect earthquakes and ocean waves generated by storms.
New Scientist From ACM TechNews | March 1, 2021
Researchers have developed a computer model that could reduce wait times for charging electric cars by using information about each vehicle’s planned journey.
New Scientist From ACM TechNews | February 22, 2021
A prototype soft robot developed by researchers at Cornell University is imbued with sensory perception.
New Scientist From ACM TechNews | February 9, 2021
Stanford University researchers have developed an artificial intelligence-based art critic that can predict emotional reactions to famous paintings, and even provide...New Scientist From ACM TechNews | February 3, 2021
A prototype artificial intelligence developed by Colorado State University researchers could train dogs while their owners are out.
New Scientist From ACM TechNews | January 21, 2021
Two types of autonomous robot foresters developed by Estonia's University of Tartu and robot manufacturer Milrem are planting trees from Milrem's driverless ground...New Scientist From ACM TechNews | January 11, 2021
Amazon researcher Aleksander Kubica won the world's first quantum chess tournament during the virtual Practical Quantum Computing (Q2B) conference.
New Scientist From ACM TechNews | December 30, 2020
An artificially intelligent pilot can keep huge stratospheric balloons aloft in a fixed position for hundreds of days to operate as floating cell towers for remote...New Scientist From ACM TechNews | December 7, 2020
A machine learning system can be used with voice assistants to detect typing on touchscreens nearby, using artificial intelligence (AI) tools to determine what...New Scientist From ACM TechNews | December 4, 2020
University of Michigan researchers have developed a model that simplifies robots' ability to follow commands by allowing them to understand what people are saying...New Scientist From ACM TechNews | November 9, 2020