Researchers incorporated a pair of infrared cameras into prototype goggles to help blind and visually impaired people navigate their environment intuitively.
New Scientist From ACM TechNews | February 4, 2022
Using ultrathin materials to reduce the size of superconducting qubits may pave the way for personal-sized quantum devices.
SciTechDaily From ACM News | February 3, 2022
The agencies also announced U.S. plans to participate in World Quantum Day, an international event to be held on April 14.
Quantum Computing Report From ACM News | February 3, 2022
Factories and other industrial users ordered 28% more robots last year than in 2020, according to data compiled by the Association for Advancing Automation.
From ACM News | February 2, 2022
Tally includes broken vases, dislocated shoulders, injured girlfriends; "Why don't you go to the gym like a normal person?"
The Wall Street Journal From ACM News | February 2, 2022
Physicists have proposed a new scalable quantum computing architecture using trapped ions.
University of Amsterdam (Netherlands) From ACM TechNews | February 2, 2022
A multi-institutional team of researchers has demonstrated that phonons contribute to superconductivity in copper-based materials.
SciTechDaily From ACM TechNews | January 31, 2022
A smartphone application and laboratory kit can diagnose COVID-19, COVID variants, and flu virus infections.
The Current (University of California, Santa Barbara) From ACM TechNews | January 31, 2022
Researchers at Johns Hopkins University programmed a robot to perform minimally invasive keyhole surgery on pigs.
New Scientist From ACM TechNews | January 28, 2022
Chip designer Arm has released a prototype development board based on the Capability Hardware Enhanced RISC Instructions (CHERI) architecture.
ZDNet From ACM TechNews | January 28, 2022
Researchers developed a technique that creates a "fingerprint" of noise on a quantum computer, as seen by a simulation running on the machine.
University of Chicago News From ACM TechNews | January 27, 2022
A war game and study by a think tank illustrate how dependent the world is on Taiwan's semiconductor foundries.
The New York Times From ACM News | January 27, 2022
IBM researchers doubled the size of quantum simulations while halving the number of quantum bits required, via a method called entanglement forging.
Silicon Republic From ACM TechNews | January 25, 2022
Twist is an MIT-developed programming language that can describe and verify which pieces of data are entangled to prevent bugs in a quantum program.
MIT News From ACM News | January 25, 2022
Robotic assistants could be used in nursing and retirement homes to help seniors care for themselves and assist with chores.
Nature From ACM TechNews | January 24, 2022
Wearable technology is being used by an increasing number of athletes to record their physical performance and push themselves to achieve more.
CNN From ACM TechNews | January 24, 2022
Advancements in AI, machine learning, and next-gen technologies are transforming the fight against world hunger.
Logan Kugler From Communications of the ACM | February 1, 2022