The U.S. military blocked Internet access to an infamous Russian entity seeking to sow discord among Americans during the 2018 midterms, several U.S. officials...The Washington Post From ACM News | February 26, 2019
Children's National Health System in Washington, D.C., is the first pediatric hospital to deploy a remote-monitoring virtual liaison robot in its cardiac intensive...The Washington Post From ACM TechNews | February 20, 2019
Both human and machine have 10 seconds per plant. They must find the ripe strawberries in the leaves, gently twist them off the stems and tuck them into a plastic...The Washington Post From ACM News | February 19, 2019
New predictive analytics technologies are helping researchers protect turtles, albatrosses, whales, and other endangered species from fishermen.
The Washington Post From ACM TechNews | February 8, 2019
Slowly and silently, they glide across the floor wearing bright yellow dresses that look as though they were plucked from a haunted 1920s boarding school.
The Washington Post From ACM News | February 8, 2019
Researchers have created a three-dimensional printer that can generate whole objects at once, instead of printing them layer by layer.
The Washington Post From ACM TechNews | February 6, 2019
A prototype self-driving air taxi from Boeing's research and development unit completed its first flight in Manassas, VA, last week.
The Washington Post From ACM TechNews | January 28, 2019
George Mason University students will soon have a fleet of 25 autonomous wheeled robots delivering meals to them across campus.
The Washington Post From ACM TechNews | January 25, 2019
Giant Food Stores will install autonomous assistive robots in 172 stores across Pennsylvania, Maryland, Virginia, and West Virginia.
The Washington Post From ACM TechNews | January 17, 2019
An autonomous, bread-making robotic oven made by Wilkinson Baking of Walla Walla, WA, can produce 235 loaves daily.
The Washington Post From ACM TechNews | January 14, 2019
The U-boat seems to loom out of the blackness, careening to starboard, as if to avoid a collision.
The Washington Post From ACM News | December 27, 2018
China is deploying drones to scan portions of the Great Wall reportedly too hazardous to cross, compiling information to support its rehabilitation.
The Washington Post From ACM TechNews | November 27, 2018
Three former executives at Google, Tesla and Uber who once raced to be the first to develop self-driving cars have adopted a new strategy: Slow down. And shut up...The Washington Post From ACM Careers | October 19, 2018
A new mobile application accesses a smartphone's sensors to determine if the phone's owner has been in an auto accident, and can alert 911 emergency services if...The Washington Post From ACM TechNews | October 5, 2018
Microsoft is calling for government regulation on facial-recognition software, one of its key technologies, saying such artificial intelligence is too important...The Washington Post From ACM News | July 13, 2018
An artificially intelligent robot was launched to the International Space Station last week to assist with scientific experiments.
The Washington Post From ACM TechNews | July 9, 2018
Google's artificial-intelligence assistant sounds almost exactly like a human when it calls the salon to book a woman's hair appointment.
The Washington Post From ACM News | May 10, 2018