Communications of the ACM
An edited collection of advanced computing news from Communications of the ACM, ACM TechNews, other ACM resources, and news sites around the Web.
From Communications of the ACM
Degrees, Distance, and Dollars
The Internet is making higher education accessible to a whole new class of students—but not necessarily at a lower cost.
From Communications of the ACM
Cycling Through Data
Sensor-equipped bicycles are providing valuable data to cyclists, city planners, and computer scientists.
From Communications of the ACM
Brains and Bytes
Computational neuroscientists are learning that the brain is like a computer, except when it isn't.
From ACM News
Hi-Tech Rechargeable Batteries Developed For Military
MIT scientists reported progress in using a common virus to develop improved materials for high-performance, rechargeable lithium-ion batteries that could be...
From ICT Results
Robots Learning From Experience
Software that enables robots to move objects about a room, building up ever-more knowledge about their environment, is an important step forward in artificial intelligence...
From ACM News
Scientists Help Explain Graphene Mystery
Nanoscale simulations and theoretical research performed at the U.S. Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory are bringing scientists closer to realizing...
From ACM TechNews
The Future of the Web Is a Matter of Semantics
Researchers at Athens Information Technology and the National Technical University of Athens say there are three main issues to overcome before the semantic Web...
From ACM TechNews
Ho-Hum to High Performance: Boring Material Could Lead to Electronics Revolution
Cornell University researchers have found that when the oxide compound europium titanate is sliced nanometers thin and stretched on a specially designed template...
From ACM TechNews
Researcher Cracks Recaptcha
Independent researcher Chad Houck recently released algorithms that can crack Google's reCAPTCHA program, even after the company's recent improvements to the security...
From ACM TechNews
Cool! Researchers Find Way to se Hvac Ducts For Wireless Monitoring Technology
North Carolina State University researchers have developed a system based on RFID tags that uses a building's heating, ventilating, and air conditioning ducts for...
From ACM TechNews
Toshiba Claims Data Storage Breakthrough
Toshiba says it has achieved a breakthrough in data storage technology that could lead to hard drives with much higher capacities than are currently available.
From ACM News
Extreme and Green: What Science Needs from Computing
Four participants in the upcoming Kavli Futures Symposium discuss what science needs from computing, how current computing advances are impacting research, and...
From ACM News
A Surfboard Gets an Onboard Computer
Computers are everywhere these days—even on surfboards. University of California, San Diego mechanical engineering undergraduates outfitted a surfboard with a...
From ACM TechNews
Clothing to Power Personal Computers
Researchers at the University of Southampton's School of Electronics and Computer Science are developing technology that would enable individuals to power electronic...
From ACM TechNews
Safe Travels
University of Texas at San Antonio researchers have developed SMall Aircraft Risk Technology (SMART), software that can run thousands of simulations on a given...
From ACM News
How Much Smaller Can Chips Go?
Seven of the finest minds Intel can muster are lined up on stage, ready to take questions from a pack of visibly intimidated European journalists.
From ACM News
Researchers Develop Ultrahigh Energy Density Supercapacitors
A team of researchers from the United States and France have developed micro-supercapacitors with the potential to power nomad electronics, wireless sensor networks...
From ACM TechNews
Innovation Could Bring Super-Accurate Sensors, Crime Forensics
Purdue researchers have developed technology that enables microelectromechanical systems to self-calibrate, which they say could lead to super-accurate sensors...
From ACM News
New System Tests and Evaluates High-Energy Laser Weapons
A system developed by the Georgia Tech Research Institute that can measure the power and spatial energy distribution of high-energy lasers will help accelerate...
From ACM News