University of California, Merced researchers have created a part-human, part-machine device that features a nano-sized transistor embedded in a cell-like membrane...Discovery News From ACM TechNews | June 7, 2010
Researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology's McGovern Institute of Brain Research have devised a computational model describing how the primate brain...MIT News From ACM TechNews | June 7, 2010
Improved integration between the human body and electronic devices should usher in the age of the organic user interface, whose potential implementations include...Futurist From ACM TechNews | June 7, 2010
No. 1 in Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan and Belarus. It might not be a slogan to attract an avalanche of American Internet users, but the Norwegian company that makes the...San Jose Mercury News From ACM News | June 7, 2010
Zoe Graystone is a girl with two brains. Only one of them is human: the other is an exact digital copy that has become conscious in its own right. When the human...New Scientist From ACM News | June 7, 2010
When one of the most important e-mail messages of his life landed in his in-box a few years ago, Kord Campbell overlooked it. Not just for a day or two, but 12...The New York Times From ACM News | June 7, 2010
The ability to access the code of open-source applications may give attackers an edge in developing exploits for the software, according to a paper analyzing two...Technology Review From ACM News | June 7, 2010
The 2004 Boxing Day tsunami killed 230,000 people. The next time a tsunami threatens Indian Ocean nations, a lifesaving early warning system spearheaded by the... From ICT Results | June 7, 2010
Gilles Brassard, a Universite de Montreal computer science professor, was awarded Canada's most prestigious award for scientists, the Herzberg Gold Medal. National Post From ACM News | June 7, 2010
They are coming from cities across China, including Beijing and Shanghai. Students are leaving mainland China for the opportunity to study in Hong Kong instead.CNN From ACM News | June 4, 2010
Hebrew University of Jerusalem researchers have developed DNA-based logic gates that could carry out calculations inside the body and may lead to injectable biocomputers...New Scientist From ACM TechNews | June 4, 2010
Demand for technology professionals is rising and is expected to remain strong through the end of the year. Companies continue to hire entry-level positions, but...eWeek From ACM TechNews | June 4, 2010
To an unenlightened observer, Ron Haidenger's demonstration of playing a video game by tilting a piece of cardboard back and forth looks more than a little bit...CNET From ACM News | June 4, 2010
Stanford University's Literature Lab attempts to probe the evolution of literary style by using computer algorithms to sort, interrogate, and interpret some 1,000...The Chronicle of Higher Education From ACM TechNews | June 4, 2010
Amid the recent public backlash to the way some of the titans of the Internet handle users' personal data, a slate of ambitious online startups are aiming to squeeze...San Francisco Chronicle From ACM News | June 4, 2010
Experts in touch technologies recently gathered at the Society for Information Display conference to explore the future of touch and interactivity for computer...EE Times From ACM TechNews | June 4, 2010
Doctors around the world will soon have a powerful new tool at their disposal in the fight against infectious diseases: a virtual laboratory that will help them... From ICT Results | June 4, 2010
A group from Peking University has introduced a new memory virtualization technique called Dynamic Memory Paravirtualization that can dynamically patch binary...Science in China Press From ACM News | June 4, 2010
A six-man international crew entered an isolation chamber in Moscow on Thursday (June 3) for a simulated 520-day mission to Mars. National Space Biomedical Research Institute From ACM News | June 4, 2010