Joseph Schlesinger, an engineer living near Boston, thinks robotic toys are too expensive, the result of extravagant designs, expensive components and a poor understanding...The New York Times From ACM News | December 19, 2012
After the explosion, Cpl. Sebastian Gallegos awoke to see the October sun glinting through the water, an image so lovely he thought he was dreaming.The New York Times From ACM News | December 12, 2012
Deep-learning technology, an artificial intelligence technique inspired by theories about how the brain recognizes patterns, has grown in speed and accuracy. Deep...The New York Times From ACM TechNews | November 26, 2012
If you grab the hand of a two-armed robot named Baxter, it will turn its head and a pair of cartoon eyes—displayed on a tablet-size computer-screen "face"—will...The New York Times From ACM News | September 19, 2012
At the Philips Electronics factory on the coast of China, hundreds of workers use their hands and specialized tools to assemble electric shavers. That is the old...The New York Times From ACM News | August 20, 2012
Holloman Air Force Base, at the eastern edge of New Mexico's White Sands Missile Range, 200 miles south of Albuquerque, was once famous for the daredevil maneuvers...The New York Times From ACM News | July 12, 2012
The video is called "Seven Minutes of Terror," and describes, with the suspense and cinematography of a movie preview, what will happen next month when a one-ton...The New York Times From ACM News | July 11, 2012
Some budding entrepreneurs and computer whizzes based here in the Pacific Northwest are starting to turn heads down in Silicon Valley.The New York Times From ACM News | July 10, 2012
Inside Google’s secretive X laboratory, known for inventing self-driving cars and augmented reality glasses, a small group of researchers began working several...The New York Times From ACM News | June 26, 2012
When the Kinect was introduced in November 2010 as a $150 motion-control add-on to Microsoft's Xbox consoles, it drew attention from more than just video-gamers...The New York Times From ACM News | June 4, 2012
In the event of another disaster at a nuclear power plant, the first responders may not be humans but robots.The New York Times From ACM News | April 10, 2012
One of the many myths about Apple is that the company's name is a reference to the half-eaten apple reportedly found beside the corpse of the British computer scientist...The New York Times From ACM News | March 26, 2012
Even as Google tests its small fleet of self-driving vehicles on California highways, legal scholars and government officials are warning that society has only...The New York Times From ACM News | January 24, 2012
There was a time not so long ago that buying a car was one of the worst shopping experiences. As you drove off the dealer's lot, you couldn't escape the feeling...The New York Times From ACM News | December 9, 2011
The stealth C.I.A. drone that crashed deep inside Iranian territory last week was part of a stepped-up surveillance program that has frequently sent the United...The New York Times From ACM News | December 8, 2011
Ever since the early days of modern computing in the 1940s, the biological metaphor has been irresistible.The New York Times From ACM News | December 7, 2011