Daniel A. Spielman and colleague Shang-hua Teng solved the mystery of the Simplex Method using a technique called smoothed analysis…
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Sam Wilson, a Ph.D. student at Imperial College London, and supervisor Ravi Vaidyanathan are designing new ways for the human body to control prostheses. New Scientist From ACM TechNews | December 7, 2015
Recent experiments sought to determine the scope of the uncanny valley--the point at which a lifelike robot stops attracting people and instead repels them.New Scientist From ACM TechNews | November 6, 2015
Blind people have long relied on sound as a substitution for sight, and some even use echolocation to navigate around objects. But it turns out that sound can be...New Scientist From ACM News | October 30, 2015
The United Kingdom kicked off an initiative in 2013 that could result in the development of the world's most powerful quantum computer by 2020. New Scientist From ACM TechNews | October 19, 2015
Where you go, what you buy, who you know, how many points are on your driving licence, how your pupils rate you.New Scientist From ACM News | October 13, 2015
Researchers at the University of Twente in the Netherlands have found a loosely organized clump of gold nanoparticles can be made to do calculations.New Scientist From ACM TechNews | September 24, 2015
Last Saturday I took part in a battle of wits at Bletchley Park, the stately home that housed the U.K.’s codebreakers during the second world war.New Scientist From ACM News | September 22, 2015
An autonomous helicopter gunship is flying over a military base in Arizona. Suddenly, officers on the ground lose radio contact: hackers have taken control of an...New Scientist From ACM News | September 18, 2015
Feeling cold? Your home already knows, and turns up the heat. Sick of the TV show you are watching? Your home changes the channel.New Scientist From ACM News | September 17, 2015
Shortly after the U.S. Supreme Court's blockbuster decision on marriage equality, a short YouTube video made the rounds online.New Scientist From ACM News | July 27, 2015
Thanks to the latest advances in computer vision, we now have machines that can pick you out of a line-up. But what if your face is hidden from view?New Scientist From ACM News | June 23, 2015
"If you are walking down the street, a public street, should a company be able to identify you without your permission?"New Scientist From ACM News | June 22, 2015
When a newly renovated apartment in San Francisco went on the market earlier this year for roughly $8.5 million, its asking price included a somewhat unexpected...New Scientist From ACM News | June 9, 2015
A multi-university team of researchers has developed a system that can power electrical devices with just a wireless router's signal.New Scientist From ACM TechNews | June 3, 2015