Every time you use the flash on your smartphone or camera, you should give silent praise to Harold Eugene Edgerton.BBC News From ACM News | July 23, 2014
Computer-controlled robotic surgical systems and tumor-targeting radiation systems provide a greater level of precision in treatment than doctors alone can provide...Keith Kirkpatrick From Communications of the ACM | August 1, 2014
Obfuscation protects code by making it so impenetrable that access to it won't help a hacker understand how it works.Chris Edwards From Communications of the ACM | August 1, 2014
Robonaut 2, a humanoid robot that has been working on the International Space Station since 2011, is getting a series of upgrades.Computerworld From ACM TechNews | July 23, 2014
Researchers have developed a successful way of identifying bird sounds from large audio collections. Queen Mary, University of London From ACM TechNews | July 23, 2014
A replacement for the ordinary transistor may make it to market by the end of this decade, an event that will herald a radical redesign of traditional computer...Scientific American From ACM News | July 23, 2014
A new method of stabilizing microwave signals in the gigahertz range uses a pair of laser beams as the reference instead of a crystal. California Institute of Technology From ACM TechNews | July 22, 2014
Researchers have developed an online platform for crowd-sourcing the veracity of information posted to social media. niversity of Southampton (nited Kingdom) From ACM TechNews | July 21, 2014
The seemingly endless prairie that blankets this part of the United States would seem to be an unlikely place for one of the largest makers of sports video displays...The New York Times From ACM News | July 22, 2014
Researchers are examining how people with high-status job assignments assess security and privacy, and how impulsive or patient they are in making decisions. Penn State News From ACM TechNews | July 21, 2014
Scientists will be able to use software called the Virtual Finger to navigate three-dimensional images of biological structures on computer screens. The Engineer (United Kingdom) From ACM TechNews | July 21, 2014
Researchers have brought functional quantum computing another step forward by developing a method for real-time tracking of quantum errors. Yale News From ACM TechNews | July 21, 2014
Pro-Russian separatists may have shot down Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 over eastern Ukraine on Thursday because they mistook the civilian plane for something else...Technology Review From ACM News | July 21, 2014
After making it across 8.5 kilometres on Mars, NASA's Curiosity rover is now facing some of the most dangerous terrain it has ever encountered.Nature From ACM News | July 17, 2014
Researchers have refined their silicon oxide technology for high-density, next-generation computer memory.Rice University From ACM TechNews | July 17, 2014
In October 2010, a Federal Bureau of Investigation system monitoring U.S. Internet traffic picked up an alert.Bloomberg Businessweek From ACM News | July 17, 2014