The U.S. National Energy Research Scientific Computing Center, a division of the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, recently accepted Edison, a new flagship...National Energy Research Scientific Computing Center From ACM TechNews | February 7, 2014
A Dutch man who lost his left hand in a fireworks accident nine years ago is now able to feel different kinds of pressure on three fingers of a prosthetic, robotic...Technology Review From ACM News | February 6, 2014
As a graduate student at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1996, Amit Sahai was fascinated by the strange notion of a "zero-knowledge" proof, a type...Quanta Magazine From ACM News | February 5, 2014
A kinder, gentler approach to one of the most dreaded exams in medicine is on the way: U.S. regulators have cleared a bite-size camera to help screen patients who...The Associated Press From ACM News | February 5, 2014
Somewhere, in a glass building several miles outside of San Francisco, a computer is imagining what a cow looks like.The Wall Street Journal From ACM News | February 5, 2014
The U.S. Department of Transportation’s National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) has announced that it's finally ready to consider regulations that...Ars Technica From ACM News | February 4, 2014
Back in 2011, the aerospace giant Lockheed Martin paid a cool $10 million for the world's first commercial quantum computer from a Canadian start up called D-Wave...Medium From ACM News | February 4, 2014
Researchers supported by NASA's Astrobiology Science and Technology Instrument Development (ASTID) program are designing algorithms and instruments that could help...Astrobiology Magazine From ACM News | February 3, 2014
The football players strutted down a 40-yard strip of synthetic turf, yelling, jumping and flailing their arms to whip the fans into a frenzy.The New York Times From ACM Careers | February 3, 2014
Researchers in Germany have discovered what they say is a way to get computers to do more than execute all the steps of a problem-solving calculation as fast as...Slashdot From ACM News | January 31, 2014
Ari Juels, an independent researcher who was previously chief scientist at computer security company RSA, thinks something important is missing from the cryptography...Technology Review From ACM News | January 31, 2014
The team operating NASA's Mars rover Curiosity is considering a path across a small sand dune to reach a favorable route to science destinations.Jet Propulsion Laboratory/NASA From ACM News | January 30, 2014
Tens of thousands of years ago along the balmy Mediterranean coast, or in some desert oasis in the Middle East, a hunky Neandertal male lusted after a modern human...Science From ACM News | January 30, 2014
If you're sick of wading through a clogged email inbox or scrolling through endless Twitter timelines, Jörg Müller has a more fun way of sifting through your messages...New Scientist From ACM News | January 30, 2014