Google's Project Tango prototype Android smartphone could make it easier, faster, and less expensive to scan and map the world in 3D. Technology Review From ACM TechNews | May 29, 2014
"In the early morning hours of June 1, 2009, Air France Flight AF 447, with 228 passengers and crew aboard, disappeared during stormy weather over the Atlantic...Technology Review From ACM News | May 28, 2014
Earlier this week the U.S. Department of Justice indicted five Chinese military officers for industrial espionage, accusing them of leading attacks on the computers...Technology Review From ACM Opinion | May 23, 2014
Artificial intelligence is guided by the far-off goal of having software match humans at important tasks.Technology Review From ACM Opinion | May 21, 2014
Researchers say they have developed a better way to control smart watches by enabling users to physically tilt, click, and twist the watch's bezel. Technology Review From ACM TechNews | May 16, 2014
In 1942, the science fiction author Isaac Asimov published a short story called Runaround in which he introduced three laws that governed the behaviour of robots...Technology Review From ACM News | May 16, 2014
Researchers say they have developed a method to camouflage messages in a way that is mathematically guaranteed.Technology Review From ACM TechNews | May 13, 2014
Computer security experts have discovered a method of uniquely identifying a computer by the way it accesses Wi-Fi resources. Technology Review From ACM TechNews | May 9, 2014
A startup called Ultrahaptics aims to make gesture control and virtual reality more engaging by using ultrasound waves to let you feel like you’re touching virtual...Technology Review From ACM News | April 30, 2014
Most industrial robots are far less friendly than the Roomba robot vacuum cleaner, which is safe enough to be a surprisingly popular means of feline transportation...MIT Technology Review From ACM News | April 28, 2014
Microsoft's forthcoming mobile operating system upgrade will include Cortana, a virtual personal assistant designed to become more intelligent as people use it. ...Technology Review From ACM TechNews | April 28, 2014
Among the most exciting destinations in the Solar System are Jupiter's icy moons Europa, Ganymede, and Callisto.MIT Technology Review From ACM News | April 22, 2014
Someone glancing through the door of Annjoe Wong-Foy's lab at SRI International might think his equipment is infested by ants.Technology Review From ACM News | April 17, 2014
In less than 60 days, Brazil will begin hosting soccer's 2014 World Cup, even though workers are still hurrying to pour concrete at three unfinished stadiums.MIT Technology Review From ACM News | April 16, 2014
SRI International is rethinking the design of Boston Dynamics' Atlas robot to try to help the machine retain its capabilities while trimming its power consumption...Technology Review From ACM TechNews | April 15, 2014
The Moscow-based computer security firm Kaspersky Lab has analyzed major new kinds of malware, including Stuxnet, which four years ago was revealed to have damaged...Technology Review From ACM Opinion | April 11, 2014
Researchers are tapping data from location-based social media network Foursquare to learn what makes people more likely to attend one event rather than another.Technology Review From ACM TechNews | April 7, 2014
The Atlas humanoid robot, unveiled last year by Boston Dynamics, a company later acquired by Google, is a marvel.Technology Review From ACM News | April 7, 2014