The computational expense of creating three-dimensional images that can be viewed by all is just one factor holding them back…
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An edited collection of advanced computing news from Communications of the ACM, ACM TechNews, other ACM resources, and news sites around the Web.
Controlling applications with hand gestures is a more natural way to communicate with computers, according to a team of engineering students at Northeastern University...Information Week From ACM TechNews | May 11, 2009
Yale University researchers Eugenio Culurciello and Andreas Savvides are developing smart camera technology to help monitor older adults who live alone. "Approximately...Yale University From ACM TechNews | May 11, 2009
Throughout the U.S. military there is heightened awareness that the threat of a computer attack is just as urgent as a physical attack, and that military units...The New York Times From ACM TechNews | May 11, 2009
The MUSIC Consortium has released a preliminary version of a language tool and middleware environment for developing next-generation mobile applications and services...European Media Laboratory From ACM TechNews | May 11, 2009
The European Commission is proposing that the European Union's consumer protections for physical products also cover software. Commissioners Viviane Reding and...ZDNet UK From ACM TechNews | May 11, 2009
A new approach electronic-paper developed by Philips offers fresh hope for color e-paper displays that are so bright and clear that even traditional liquid crystal...Technology Review From ACM News | May 11, 2009
The University of California, Berkeley, began notifying students, alumni and others on Friday (May 8) that their personal information may have been stolen after...niversity of California, Berkeley From ACM News | May 11, 2009
Stanford University's 100-year tradition of entrepreneurialism, which has spawned such tech giants as Hewlett-Packard, Cisco, Google, Sun, and Yahoo!, has been...San Jose Mercury News From ACM News | May 11, 2009
Cloud computing is a hot topic in the technology world these days, called by television and business magazines the way of the future. While it's difficult to predict...National Science Foundation From ACM News | May 11, 2009
Inderscience PublishersSocial Design Group's Yoshiharu Maeno and University of Tokyo professor Yukio Ohsawa have developed a new approach to analyzing social networks...ScienceDaily From ACM TechNews | May 8, 2009
A team from the Interactive Robots and Media Lab at the United Arab Emirates University has created a robot with its own Facebook page in an effort to enable the...Technology Review From ACM TechNews | May 8, 2009
An international collaboration that includes the University of Cincinnati has announced the development of Electrofluidic Display Technology (EFD), which they say...The niversity of Cincinnati From ACM TechNews | May 8, 2009
Teams of computer scientists, conservationists, and scholars are rushing to digitally save and preserve the world's literary treasures. Advanced technology is...The Wall Street Journal From ACM TechNews | May 8, 2009
Researchers in the European Union-funded Presenccia project are conducting experiments to understand why humans interpret and respond to virtual stimuli and to...ICT Results From ACM TechNews | May 8, 2009
The New York Times graphics director Steve Duenes, a leader in transforming complex data into understandable graphic journalism, will be the keynote speaker for...Business Wire From ACM TechNews | May 8, 2009
A panel of women developers at the recent RailsConf 2009 conference in Las Vegas held a session entitled "Women in Rails" to discuss the issues that cause software...InfoWorld From ACM TechNews | May 8, 2009
Researchers have completed a three-year project to create the first comprehensive, three-dimensional (3D) image of the Catacombs in Rome. The project used laser...BBC News From ACM TechNews | May 8, 2009
Scientists and engineers from the University of Florida, Stanford University, and the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory have created a basic type of semiconductor...niversity of Florida News From ACM TechNews | May 8, 2009
University of California-Santa Barbara (UCSB) researchers temporarily commandeered an infamous botnet known for stealing financial data and found that the threat...Dark Reading From ACM TechNews | May 8, 2009
With the new movie "Star Trek" opening in theaters across the nation, one thing moviegoers will undoubtedly see is the Starship Enterprise racing across the galaxy...Newswise From ACM News | May 8, 2009