Universidad Politecnica de Madrid researchers have developed a model for three-dimensional virtual learning environments using an autonomous virtual tutor that...Universidad Politecnica de Madrid (Spain) From ACM TechNews | May 10, 2010
A new system that analyzes behavioral data to identify potential Internet threats, which may also have application in areas such as health-care monitoring, is under...UT Dallas News From ACM TechNews | May 10, 2010
IBM and Singapore's Nanyang Technological University (NTU) announced a joint effort to research and develop a platform for the convergence of cloud computing and...Nanyang Technological University (Singapore) From ACM TechNews | May 10, 2010
New object recognition systems that deconstruct images into ever smaller elements, using methods developed at MIT and UCLA, should be much more efficient than previous...MIT News From ACM TechNews | May 10, 2010
Researchers have developed a way to use water to transfer layers from one surface to another by exploiting the fact that different materials have different hydrophilicity...New Scientist From ACM TechNews | May 10, 2010
D.E. Shaw Research will house Anton, its new 512-node supercomputer, at the Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center beginning next fall. Pittsburgh Post-Gazette From ACM TechNews | May 10, 2010
Having trouble encouraging your child to follow you into the sciences? You're not alone. A new survey finds that 53 percent of parents of school-aged children...Boehringer-Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals Inc. From ACM News | May 10, 2010
Max Palevsky, the computer industry pioneer and early investor in Intel who died at age 85 last week, had, ironically, a fairly well-documented skepticism of...CNet From ACM News | May 10, 2010
University of Utah scientists Jens Krueger and Tom Fogal have developed ImageVis3D, a 3-D imaging program that converts complex data into colorful pictures that...KSL.com (T) From ACM TechNews | May 7, 2010
Computer science students from Dubai's University of Wollongong took fourth place at the Microsoft Gulf Imagine Cup for developing Ear It, software that turns a...Khaleej Times From ACM TechNews | May 7, 2010
The Microsoft Research Lab in Cambridge, England, has developed BarrelFish, an operating system designed to overcome the latency problem in multi-core computers...ITPro From ACM TechNews | May 7, 2010
To encourage the commercialization of new technology, the U.S. Department of Commerce's i6 Challenge gives innovative thinkers the chance to win up to $1 million...Information Week From ACM TechNews | May 7, 2010
Astro-Technology SOHLA, a small cooperative of companies in Osaka, Japan, wants to put an autonomous humanoid robot on the moon. New Scientist From ACM TechNews | May 7, 2010
With nearly 600 hours of testing completed, Boeing’s new 787 Dreamliner is in the thick of its nearly year long flight test program. Delays in the program have...Wired From ACM News | May 7, 2010
In the aftermath of the attempted car bombing in Times Square, the debate surrounding the increasing use of surveillance cameras has once again moved to center...ABC News From ACM News | May 7, 2010
Every day 268 million people use Google to search for something. The query goes in, the company's software delivers back the most relevant links. The interaction...BusinessWeek From ACM News | May 7, 2010
Researchers have developed a new measure that identifies "bridging individuals" in social networks who act as critical connectors, facilitating the flow of information...niversity of Southern California From ACM News | May 7, 2010
We know more about the cosmos than we do about the human brain, but work by European researchers is allowing scientists to probe further into the mysteries of... From ICT Results | May 7, 2010
Children and adults with acute and chronic pain receive some analgesic benefit when they become immersed in video game action, and virtual reality is proving to...American Pain Society From ACM News | May 7, 2010
The FCC proposed an approach to regulating broadband Internet service on Thursday (May 6) that would reclassify the transmission component as a basic utility...The New York Times From ACM News | May 6, 2010