University of Michigan researchers have developed the Energy-Minimizing Idle Listening system, which features a subconscious mode for smartphones and other Wi-Fi...niversity of Michigan News Service From ACM TechNews | September 19, 2011
Sandia National Laboratory researchers have found that one way to reduce noise in a quantum system is to use silicon. PhysOrg.com From ACM TechNews | September 20, 2011
University of Oklahoma professor Dean Hougen is studying whether robots can learn to care for one another, and possibly humans. Oklahoma Daily From ACM TechNews | September 20, 2011
Imagine being able to "print" an entire house. Or a four-course dinner. Or a complete mechanical device such as a cuckoo clock, fully assembled and ready to run...MIT News Office From ACM News | September 20, 2011
A new video from NASA's Dawn spacecraft takes us on a flyover journey above the surface of the giant asteroid Vesta.Jet Propulsion Laboratory From ACM News | September 16, 2011
Researchers are studying how quantum logic can be used to give robots multiple personalities to make them act more like humans. New Scientist From ACM TechNews | September 9, 2011
Researchers are studying how quantum logic can be used to give robots multiple personalities to make them act more like humans. New Scientist From ACM TechNews | September 9, 2011
U.S. National Institute for Standards and Technology researchers have achieved the lowest error rate to date for quantum information processing in an experiment...InformationWeek From ACM TechNews | September 8, 2011
Researchers at ETH Zurich and MIT have developed a diagnostic biological computer in human cells that can recognize certain cancer cells using logic combinations...ETH Life From ACM TechNews | September 7, 2011
University of California, Santa Barbara researchers have developed a quantum computer design based on superconducting electrical circuits that adds a more sustainable...New Scientist From ACM TechNews | September 7, 2011
A team from Cornell University's Personal Robotics Laboratory is teaching a robot to find its way around new environments and manipulate objects, and machine learning...Cornell Chronicle From ACM TechNews | September 7, 2011
Cornell University students have used a Web-based chatbot called Cleverbot to set up an online chat between two robots, one male and one female.Cornell Chronicle From ACM TechNews | September 6, 2011
Are airline pilots forgetting how to fly? As planes become ever more reliant on automation to navigate crowded skies, safety officials worry there will be more...Associated Press From ACM News | September 6, 2011
The yardstick used to identify the world’s best-performing supercomputers–the Linpack Benchmark–no longer reflects "real-world usage" and ought to be replaced with...Paul Hyman From ACM News | September 6, 2011
Researchers at MIT and Princeton University have developed SignalGuru, a system that uses a network of smartphones mounted on a car dashboard to collect information...MIT News From ACM TechNews | August 30, 2011
University of California, Berkeley's TRUST is developing a cybersecurity "science base"– a principled approach to developing trustworthy systems in which security...Paul Hyman From ACM News | August 23, 2011
A recent U.S. Department of Energy workshop concentrating on exascale challenges and current gaps in research and ideology offered insight for those seeking a disruptive...HPC Wire From ACM TechNews | August 22, 2011
Google was willing on Monday to pay $12.5 billion for Motorola Mobility in no small part because of its stockpile of 17,000 patents. The patent portfolio, some...The New York Times From ACM News | August 19, 2011
A microchip with about as much brain power as a garden worm might not seem very impressive, compared with the blindingly fast chips in modern personal computers...Technology Review From ACM News | August 19, 2011