The latest multi-core processors and smart software are enabling physicists and engineers to simulate the real world with unprecedented accuracy to create more...New Scientist From ACM TechNews | July 2, 2009
The replacement of an important piece of collision-prevention equipment five days before last week's fatal train crash on the Washington, D.C., Metro's Red Line...The Washington Post From ACM TechNews | July 2, 2009
Drexel University will deploy a smart grid system to provide real-time measurements of the University's power usage and allow excess power to be sold back to the...Drexel University From ACM News | July 2, 2009
A tiny grid pattern has led materials scientists at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and the Institute of Solid State Physics in Russia... National Institute of Standards and Technology From ACM News | July 2, 2009
When the organizers of the Netflix Prize contest announced late last week that one team had met the requirement for the $1 million Grand Prize, Yehuda Koren, a15th...Marina Krakovsky From ACM News | July 2, 2009
Simon Fraser University (SFU) doctorate student Cheng-Hsin Hsu, along with SFU graduate students Yi Liu and Cong Ly, and their supervisor Mohamed Hefeeda, has designed...CTV British Columbia From ACM TechNews | July 1, 2009
The University of California, Davis' Visualization and Interface Design Innovation lab, run by professor Kwan-Liu Ma, seeks to render massive data sets into insightful...CITRIS Newsletter From ACM TechNews | July 1, 2009
Experts are concerned that not enough teachers who can arouse passion for science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) in public school students are...The Baltimore Sun From ACM TechNews | July 1, 2009
Yale University researchers have led a research effort to develop the first rudimentary solid-state quantum processor, a major step toward the creation of a quantum...Yale niversity From ACM TechNews | July 1, 2009
Researchers at the University of Technology, Sydney, (UTS) Australia, have developed software that uses new imaging technology to enable moving police cars to automatically...Computerworld Australia From ACM TechNews | July 1, 2009
The Anita Borg Institute (ABI) for Women and Technology recently announced that the Motorola Foundation has awarded the institute a $30,560 Innovation Generation...Business Wire From ACM TechNews | July 1, 2009
Researchers in Germany believe organic computing has the potential to solve the problems of urban traffic systems, which rely on sensors and controllers. Using...Inderscience Publishers From ACM TechNews | July 1, 2009
The American and European chambers of commerce in China have welcomed a decision by Beijing to delay an order that new computers sold in the country be equipped...Agence France-Presse From ACM News | July 1, 2009
Imagine the research possibilities of being able to view three-dimensional scans of museum objects, write dance moves electronically or study ancient documents...Times Higher Education (K) From ACM News | July 1, 2009
The electronic revolution of the past century has been a tangled affair. Remember when phones were always wired into the wall? When the Internet required one more...Singularity Hub From ACM News | July 1, 2009
The National Science Foundation has awarded a $99,865 grant to The Droid Works Inc., the stealthy robotics firm headed by Helen Grenier, co-founding director at...Mass High Tech From ACM News | July 1, 2009
European researchers have developed a groundbreaking middleware platform that could lead to thousands of new applications in a range of industries. Beginning with... From ICT Results | July 1, 2009
A new study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences indicates that implicit stereotypes, thoughts that people are unwilling to express...VA Today From ACM TechNews | June 30, 2009
When a cell phone or credit-card bill arrives, each call or purchase is itemized, making it possible to track trends in calling or spending. Within the next few...Technology Review From ACM News | June 30, 2009
Rod Beckstrom, the former director of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security's National Cybersecurity Center, has been chosen to replace Paul Twomey as the CEO...The Associated Press From ACM TechNews | June 30, 2009