University of Pennsylvania researchers have demonstrated "lumped" optical circuit elements, which they say represents a milestone in the field of metatronics. Penn News From ACM TechNews | March 1, 2012
Researchers at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology and the FZI Research Center for Information Technology will present technology innovations designed to augment...Karlsruhe Institute of Technology From ACM TechNews | March 1, 2012
There’s a growing threat to the U.S. military, according to the Pentagon's premier research wing. No, it's not Iran’s nukes or China's missiles. It's the iPads,...Wired From ACM News | March 1, 2012
Microelectromechanical systems, or MEMS, are small devices with huge potential. Typically made of components less than 100 microns in size—the diameter of a human...MIT News Office From ACM News | February 29, 2012
Before our Global Positioning System navigation devices can tell us where we are, the satellites that make up the GPS need to know exactly where they are.Jet Propulsion Laboratory / NASA From ACM News | February 28, 2012
In the pantheon of seemingly obsolete technologies, automobile navigation devices might seem ready to join laser discs and pagers.Bloomberg Businessweek From ACM News | February 28, 2012
The International Center for Radio Astronomy Research is working with the Canadian Astronomical Data Center to develop systems that will work with the Square Kilometer...Network World From ACM TechNews | February 28, 2012
Drexel University recently celebrated National Engineers Week by presenting seven adult-sized humanoid robots made by the HUBO Lab. Drexel Now From ACM TechNews | February 28, 2012
The elusive hacker movement known as Anonymous has carried out Internet attacks on well-known organizations like Sony and PBS. In August, the group went after its...The New York Times From ACM News | February 28, 2012
Unlike Google, Facebook believes the wimps have a future in the data center. As variousacademics and free-thinking startups seek to reinvent the server using ultra...Wired From ACM News | February 27, 2012
The latest smart phones and tablets at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas last month came with an emphasis on faster processors and compatibility with faster...Technology Review From ACM News | February 27, 2012
The performance of smartphones could be improved by using chips that are designed for computational sprinting, say researchers at Pennsylvania and Michigan universities...PhysOrg.com From ACM TechNews | February 27, 2012
Smartphone owners can surf the Web, pay bills, watch videos, enjoy music, and send email. But while their gadgets have been designed to handle increasing amounts...San Jose Mercury News From ACM News | February 27, 2012
These days, it’s hard to find a superlative that adequately describes Apple. But maybe simplest is best: biggest.The New York Times From ACM News | February 24, 2012
The Stockton Tunnel, excavated in 1914, lets San Francisco drivers get between downtown and Fisherman’s Wharf without having to ascend the scarily steep grades...Wired From ACM News | February 24, 2012
Intel is working to extend its experimental solar-powered processor technology to hardware such as graphics processors, memory, and floating point units.IDG News Service From ACM TechNews | February 23, 2012
Large sections of the transportation and military infrastructure, some modern businesses, and computer programmers still use technology that has not been updated...PC World From ACM TechNews | February 23, 2012
It is something of a fluke that copyright law has become so intertwined with our online lives. For most people, the first things that were easy to create and distribute...Slate From ACM News | February 24, 2012