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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.
Washington University researchers converted grasshoppers into bomb-sniffing tools by implanting electrodes in the insects' antenna lobes to tap into the capabilities...New Scientist From ACM TechNews | February 21, 2020
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign researchers have developed a robot that can follow mental instructions from its operator to weld metal.
New Scientist From ACM TechNews | February 8, 2019
Many large companies around the world use artificial intelligence-based software to manage millions of call-center conversations.
New Scientist From ACM TechNews | December 13, 2018
Police in the UK want to predict serious violent crime using artificial intelligence, New Scientist can reveal. The idea is that individuals flagged by the system...New Scientist From ACM News | November 28, 2018
Each of our brain cells could work like a mini-computer, according to the first recording of electrical activity in human cells at a super-fine level of detail....New Scientist From ACM News | October 24, 2018
What are the best two legs for running an obstacle course? One leg that crawls at the knee joint, and one massive leg dragged behind for stability like a kangaroo's...New Scientist From ACM News | October 12, 2018
MobiLimb is a realistic-looking mechanical finger that plugs into the USB port of a mobile device as an additional way to interact with a smartphone or tablet. ...New Scientist From ACM TechNews | October 5, 2018
A palm-sized bipedal robot can carry out a medical inspection of a patient when a doctor is unavailable.
New Scientist From ACM TechNews | October 4, 2018
Research from Johns Hopkins University suggests new ways to prevent artificial intelligence from being visually deceived.
New Scientist From ACM TechNews | September 28, 2018
Improbotics is an artificial intelligence-based comedy theater that includes a human, a puppet, and a cyborg.
New Scientist From ACM TechNews | September 20, 2018
Researchers found insights into ant cooperation could be incorporated into the development of large swarms of robots.
New Scientist From ACM TechNews | August 22, 2018
Many computer users incorrectly believe private browsing protects them against computer viruses, targeted ads, geolocation, and tracking by employers and governments...New Scientist From ACM TechNews | July 18, 2018
Four geotagged posts are sufficient to identify an anonymous account from a telephone company's database of customers.
New Scientist From ACM TechNews | June 25, 2018
Harvey Mudd College researchers have developed a novel autonomous underwater vehicle that can explore the sea floor looking for signs of wrecked ships.
New Scientist From ACM TechNews | June 19, 2018
IBM researchers have developed a system that translates offensive comments on social media into more polite language, while keeping the content intact.
New Scientist From ACM TechNews | June 15, 2018
A new algorithm plays Atari games and advances within them either by baiting an enemy to kill itself, or by exploiting bugs that allow the algorithm to cheat.
New Scientist From ACM TechNews | March 12, 2018
Researchers have been developing a tool that can take a single image of a face and create an animated version that puts on either a happy, sad, or angry expression...New Scientist From ACM TechNews | November 10, 2017
The missing links between galaxies have finally been found. This is the first detection of the roughly half of the normal matter in our universe—protons, neutrons...New Scientist From ACM News | October 11, 2017
You won't read about a smaller robot than this one any time soon. It consists of just a single strand of DNA, and moves by taking tiny 6-nanometre steps—around...New Scientist From ACM News | September 15, 2017