Google is predicting a generation of screenless computing devices that rely on voice recognition, a senior engineer has said, emphasising that the company encrypts...The Guardian From ACM Opinion | December 10, 2013
NASA's Curiosity rover is providing vital insight about Mars' past and current environments that will aid plans for future robotic and human missions.Jet Propulsion Laboratory/NASA From ACM News | December 10, 2013
Scientists have been trying to develop room-temperature superconductors—materials that conduct electrons with zero resistance, and do so without cumbersome, energy...Scientific American From ACM News | December 9, 2013
The Supreme Court agreed last Friday to rule on the divisive issue of what kinds of software are eligible for patent protection in a case being closely watched...Reuters From ACM News | December 9, 2013
NASA's Curiosity Mars rover has passed the milestone of 100,000 shots fired by its laser. It uses the laser as one way to check which chemical elements are in rocks...Jet Propulsion Laboratory/NASA From ACM News | December 9, 2013
Eight former pro football players learned this year that they have signs of a degenerative brain disorder called chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE), a condition...Technology Review From ACM News | December 6, 2013
At a wine bar in San Francisco on Wednesday, Broadcom Chairman and CTO Henry Samueli delivered some sobering news: Moore's Law isn't making chips cheaper anymore...Computerworld From ACM Opinion | December 6, 2013
There have been remarkable mechanical advances in prosthetic limbs in recent years, including rewiring nerve fibers to control sophisticated mechanical arms (see...Technology Review From ACM News | December 5, 2013
Lidar rangefinders, which are common tools in surveying and in autonomous-vehicle control, among other applications, gauge depth by emitting short bursts of laser...MIT News Office From ACM News | December 5, 2013
At some point in 2014, your friends are totally going to be into this Dutch DJ named Martin Garrix.San Francisco Chronicle From ACM Careers | December 5, 2013
Computer scientists have developed a malware prototype that uses inaudible audio signals to communicate, a capability that allows the malware to covertly transmit...ArsTechnica From ACM News | December 4, 2013
The new Tongue Drive System is a wearable system that enables paralyzed people to control wheelchairs with flicks of their pierced tongues. Christian Science Monitor From ACM TechNews | December 4, 2013
It's going to be a ball when NASA's Dawn spacecraft finally arrives at the dwarf planet Ceres, and mission managers have now inked in the schedule on Dawn's dance...Jet Propulsion Laboratory/NASA From ACM News | December 4, 2013
Pilots are becoming so reliant on the computer systems that do most of the flying in today's airliners that on the rare occasions when something goes wrong, they're...The Associated Press From ACM News | December 2, 2013
Back in August, NASA formally threw in the towel on attempts to get its Kepler planet-hunting probe working again.ArsTechnica From ACM News | December 2, 2013