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
Professor Ken Livingston and his team at Vassar College's Undergraduate Research Summer Institute explored ways to optimize a robot's processing speed and allow...The Miscellany News From ACM TechNews | September 16, 2011
Reading my RSS and Twitter feeds Tuesday night, I turned to a tech writer friend and said, "the Wintel Era just ended, and half of these people are fighting over...Wired From ACM News | September 16, 2011
Chip-level advances, including new processors and circuits, could be the building blocks that lead to a new generation of computing products and devices. Computerworld From ACM TechNews | September 16, 2011
The U.S. military has evolved so fast in the post-September 11th era that much of its technology would be nearly unrecognizable to commanders, soldiers, airmen...Scientific American From ACM News | September 15, 2011
Linkoping University's Lars Herlogsson has developed a fully functional, fast switching, and printable transistor made of inexpensive plastic. The transistor is...Linkoping University From ACM TechNews | September 15, 2011
An airplane’s digital flight-data recorder, or "black box," holds massive amounts of data, documenting the performance of engines, cockpit controls, hydraulic...MIT News Office From ACM News | September 14, 2011
During a "hackathon" last year, GroupMe co-founders Steve Martocci and Jared Hecht built a group text-messaging service in one 24-hour stretch. In August, the...The Wall Street Journal From ACM News | September 14, 2011
The precedent is novel. More precisely, the precedent is a novel. In a series of rulings on the use of satellites and cellphones to track criminal suspects, judges...The New York Times From ACM News | September 13, 2011
Purdue University researchers have created a type of graphene inverter, a key building block of digital transistors. Purdue University News From ACM TechNews | September 13, 2011
An international research team has developed a chip that promises to reduce the carbon footprint of the Internet's core telecommunications and computing technology...ScienceAlert (Australia) From ACM TechNews | September 13, 2011
IBM is developing super-fast, super-dense storage media that could be available within 10 years. IDG News Service From ACM TechNews | September 12, 2011
They're not quite psychic yet, but machines are getting better at reading your mind. Researchers have invented a new, noninvasive method for recording patterns...Science From ACM News | September 12, 2011
From building-blocking bollards to millimeter-wave scanners, the September 11 terrorist attacks have led to significant changes in security techniques and technology...Scientific American From ACM News | September 9, 2011
The QWERTY keyboard has dominated computer typing for more than 40 years, but a new breakthrough that translates human thought into digital text may spell the...MSNBC From ACM News | September 9, 2011
The buzz starts low and quickly gets louder as a toy quadricopter flies in low over the buildings. It might look like flight enthusiasts having fun, but it could...Technology Review From ACM News | September 9, 2011
The terror attacks on New York and Washington on Sept. 11, 2001, changed the lives of all Americans—few more so than the millions who have participated in the...Wired From ACM News | September 8, 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
He was the resident wizard at 1 Infinite Loop, the guy sporting minimalist attire, closely cropped hair and a mischievous smile as he pulled one delightful new...San Jose Mercury News From ACM Careers | September 8, 2011
Can you get a text output of your thoughts? Princeton scientists show that it is possible to generate text about the mental content reflected in brain images.Science Debate From ACM News | September 8, 2011