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From ACM NewsEsther Shein Commissioned by CACM Staff| June 8, 2023
An edited collection of advanced computing news from Communications of the ACM, ACM TechNews, other ACM resources, and news sites around the Web.
Purdue University researchers have developed an algorithm to improve the speed and accuracy of medical diagnoses using smartphone sensors.
Purdue University From ACM TechNews | June 9, 2023
In San Francisco, autonomous vehicles from Cruise and Waymo undergoing "rigorous" training on local roadways are raising safety concerns among residents.
SF Gate From ACM TechNews | June 9, 2023
Israel has begun test flights of autonomous aircraft for heavy cargo, and eventually passenger transport, as part of a two-year, government-led project to manage...The Times of Israel From ACM TechNews | June 9, 2023
North Carolina State University researchers have developed a way to three-dimensionally (3D)-print carbon dioxide capture filters.
NC State University News From ACM TechNews | June 8, 2023
Telecommunication companies in Singapore plan to overhaul existing fiber networks to protect themselves, and their customers, from future quantum computer attacks...The Straits Times (Singapore) From ACM TechNews | June 7, 2023
Service robot company Serve Robotics said Uber Eats will deploy up to 2,000 of its food-delivery robots to deliver food in cities in the U.S. and Canada by next...New Atlas From ACM TechNews | June 7, 2023
Stanford University Professor Kunle Olukotun made computer processors more efficient and developed pivotal technologies for machine learning.
ACM From ACM News | June 7, 2023
Engineers have created a centipede-like walking robot that can navigate through dynamic instability.
Research at Osaka University (Japan) From ACM TechNews | June 6, 2023
Japan would risk the future of its semiconductor sector if it cut off the huge China market, Chinese ambassador Wu Jianghao says.
South China Morning Post (Hong Kong) From ACM News | June 6, 2023
Elliot Hui and colleagues at the University of California, Irvine, built a computer from glass and silicone that encodes data using pneumatic pressure instead of...New Scientist From ACM TechNews | June 5, 2023
Researchers have developed an interface-type memristive device that could be used to create artificial synapses for next-generation neuromorphic computing.
Los Alamos National Laboratory From ACM TechNews | June 5, 2023
The RobotSweater machine-knitted textile "skin" can sense contact and pressure to make a robot "smarter during its interaction with humans."
Carnegie Mellon University School of Computer Science From ACM TechNews | June 2, 2023
A new robotic bee can fly in all directions with stability and achieve the six degrees of free movement exhibited by most flying insects.
WSU Insider From ACM TechNews | June 1, 2023
The computational expense of creating three-dimensional images that can be viewed by all is just one factor holding them back.
Sandrine Ceurstemont Commissioned by CACM Staff From ACM News | June 1, 2023
Researchers deployed an underwater robot to listen for endangered North Atlantic right whales swimming near the Georgia port of Savannah.
90.1 FM WABE From ACM TechNews | May 26, 2023