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From ACM NewsSamuel Greengard| December 7, 2023
An edited collection of advanced computing news from Communications of the ACM, ACM TechNews, other ACM resources, and news sites around the Web.
A team led by researchers at Johns Hopkins University developed a way to produce clear images of anyone's internal anatomy, no matter their skin tone.
Johns Hopkins University Hub From ACM TechNews | October 16, 2023
Several companies have started marketing "live-captioning glasses" to help hearing-impaired users communicate by overlaying real-time transcribed speech on the...Scientific American From ACM TechNews | October 13, 2023
A team led by researchers at China's Huazhong University of Science and Technology developed a self-configuring optical chip for applications requiring optical...Optica From ACM TechNews | October 13, 2023
A team of Disney Research scientists last week unveiled a bipedal robotic character combining a child-size frame with stubby legs, wiggling antennae, and an expressive...IEEE Spectrum From ACM TechNews | October 13, 2023
A proof-of-concept sensor for millimeter wave radars can detect vibrations 1,000 times smaller and target-position changes 100 times smaller than a strand of human...UC Davis News Center From ACM TechNews | October 12, 2023
Paper says JiuZhang 3 is a million times faster than its predecessor and light years ahead of the world's fastest supercomputer
South China Morning Post (Hong Kong) From ACM News | October 11, 2023
The U.A.E. city of Dubai will launch its first wave of robotaxis this month in a bid to reduce congestion and accidents.
CNN From ACM TechNews | October 10, 2023
Scientists at the U.K.'s University of Oxford three-dimensionally (3D)-printed human neural cells to emulate the cerebral cortex's architecture.
University of Oxford (U.K.) From ACM TechNews | October 6, 2023
The European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN) in Switzerland has exceeded the 1-exabyte threshold, amassing 1 million terabytes (TB) of disk space.
CERN (Switzerland) From ACM TechNews | October 6, 2023
Researchers found that one hour of training is sufficient to make working with supernumerary robotic arms as effective as working with a partner.
Queen Mary University of London (U.K.) From ACM TechNews | October 5, 2023
Rice University scientists have characterized the three-dimensional structure of one of the smallest known CRISPR-Cas13 systems for shredding or altering RNA.
Rice University News From ACM TechNews | October 5, 2023
Robots increasingly are being used by security services firms to address a shortage of labor and high turnover rates.
Financial Times From ACM TechNews | October 5, 2023
A new post office in Bengaluru, India, is the first in the world to be built using a three-dimensional (3D) printer.
New Atlas From ACM TechNews | October 5, 2023
Researchers from the universities of Texas and Tennessee used Raspberry Pi computers to track unseen drones with sound.
Tom's Hardware From ACM TechNews | October 4, 2023