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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.
Several companies have started marketing "live-captioning glasses" to help hearing-impaired users communicate by overlaying real-time transcribed speech on the...Scientific American From ACM TechNews | October 13, 2023
Computer scientists claim to have created the first algorithm for seamlessly concealing messages in realistic text, images, or audio.
Scientific American From ACM TechNews | September 7, 2023
Scientists are investigating whether virtual reality can offer some of the health benefits of being in nature.
Scientific American From ACM TechNews | July 20, 2023
A computational model of a house cat's nose aims to explain the complexity of a cat's sense of smell.
Scientific American From ACM TechNews | July 6, 2023
The first successful delivery of a human donor lung by aerial drone in Toronto, Canada, has implications for the future of transplant science.
Scientific American From ACM TechNews | March 15, 2023
It's not that they aren't interested; it's the culture of these fields and how they exclude women and girls.
Scientific American From ACM News | August 2, 2022
Geographic areas with populations at high risk of micronutrient deficiencies can be identified using publicly available satellite data and artificial intelligence...Scientific American From ACM TechNews | May 27, 2022
Rresearchers have developed a jumping robot that can reach heights of more than 30 meters, or about the height of a 10-story building, after being launched at about...Scientific American From ACM TechNews | May 3, 2022
Two University of California, Davis researchers have proposed a computational method for dissipating a small fraction of the heat generated by conventional computer...Scientific American From ACM TechNews | March 30, 2022
An international team of scientists developed a deep learning algorithm to more deeply explore permanently shadowed regions of the Moon.
Scientific American From ACM TechNews | January 19, 2022
Firefighting robots can enter buildings that human firefighters cannot. Researchers are working to develop firefighting robots that can make decisions autonomously...Scientific American From ACM TechNews | November 3, 2021
This year's Olympic Games in Tokyo use an advanced three-dimensional tracking system that captures athletes' performances in fine detail.
Scientific American From ACM TechNews | July 28, 2021
One expert warns that the field is overpromising, while another says his firm is on the verge of building "useful" machines.
Scientific American From ACM News | April 22, 2021
Researchers have simulated the way each leg of a spider functions as a semi-independent "computer," with sensors that trigger movements based on environmental readings...Scientific American From ACM TechNews | January 14, 2021
The footprint-identification technique uses software to track black rhinoceros' movements via smartphone-recorded footprints, in order to protect the animals from...Scientific American From ACM TechNews | December 16, 2020
A Georgia Institute of Technology music technologist modified an improvisational musical robot called Shimon to create lyrics and perform rap in real time.
Scientific American From ACM TechNews | December 11, 2020
Researchers at Tsinghua University in China developed a micro robot that could take advantage of three-dimensional printing technology to lay down new tissues directly...Scientific American From ACM TechNews | September 29, 2020