University of Massachusetts Amherst researchers have developed AutoMan, an automated artificial intelligence-based system that can delegate tasks to human workers...New Scientist From ACM TechNews | December 10, 2012
It's not easy to give over 1.3 billion people access to the internet—especially if that population is spread across a vast area that ranges from hinterland to sprawling...New Scientist From ACM News | September 18, 2012
It is more than a year since Watson, IBM's famous supercomputer, opened a new frontier for artificial intelligence by beating human champions of the quiz show Jeopardy...New Scientist From ACM News | August 23, 2012
Small, cheap smart-tag devices that are printed as digital circuits in rolls like newspapers could help kickstart the wireless payment industry. The devices, known...New Scientist From ACM News | August 14, 2012
The controller for the next Xbox might be able to take biometric readings of your hand, according to a recent Microsoft patent.New Scientist From ACM News | May 14, 2012
As protests against financial power sweep the world, science may have confirmed the protesters' worst fears. An analysis of the relationships between 43,000 transnational...New Scientist From ACM News | October 25, 2011
Every microsecond counts in stock trading. The New York Stock Exchange handles a third of the world's stock trading—around 22 billion messages a day. But NYSE Euronext...New Scientist From ACM News | October 17, 2011
Every microsecond counts in stock trading. The New York Stock Exchange handles a third of the world's stock trading—around 22 billion messages a day. But NYSE...New Scientist From ACM News | October 6, 2011
Openness is the Internet's great strength—and weakness. With powerful forces carving it up, is its golden age coming to an end?New Scientist From ACM News | July 21, 2011
You might imagine that vast patent royalties flow into the organisation that invented the touchscreen and the World Wide Web. But the atom-smashing outfit CERN...New Scientist From ACM News | September 7, 2010
A trick used in theme-park animatronics could help people act more naturally during videoconferences. Shader lamps is a technique that projects an animated face...New Scientist From ACM TechNews | November 10, 2009
Aircraft manufacturers eager to reduce the weight of planes are looking into the replacement of copper wiring with wireless networks. Imbuing fly-by-wireless networks...New Scientist From ACM TechNews | September 15, 2009
The explosive growth of the Wikipedia online encyclopedia is petering out, while a less welcoming attitude toward new contributors could negatively affect the archive's...New Scientist From ACM TechNews | August 10, 2009
Fears over energy security and climate change have led to record investment in renewable energy. But a major problem threatens to stall progress towards a more...New Scientist From ACM News | June 11, 2009
Sentiment analysis agents are designed to teach computers to comprehend the emotions expressed in text just as well as people do, and early adopters include big...New Scientist From ACM TechNews | May 19, 2009
A new book by Yale University ethicist Wendell Wallach and Indiana University professor Colin Allen, titled "Moral Machines: Teaching Robots Right From Wrong,"...New Scientist From ACM TechNews | December 3, 2008