In a viral YouTube video from October 2011 a one-year-old girl sweeps her fingers across an iPad's touchscreen, shuffling groups of icons.Scientific American From ACM News | April 26, 2013
After hacking the Pentagon, NASA and Britain's Royal Navy for fun, TinKode got a real job as a computer security expert for a Romanian cyber safety consultancy.Reuters From ACM Careers | April 26, 2013
Google has always been an artificial intelligence company, so it really shouldn't have been a surprise that Ray Kurzweil, one of the leading scientists in the field...Wired From ACM Opinion | April 26, 2013
Electromagnetic interference can screw up cell phone and radio reception. But it may also be the key to cheaply transforming regular LCD screens into touch- and...Technology Review From ACM Careers | April 25, 2013
Researchers previously have shown that a depth camera system, such as Kinect, can be combined with a projector to turn almost any surface into a touchscreen. But...Carnegie Mellon niversity From ACM Careers | April 25, 2013
Wearable displays post information in users' field of view, but the text will need to stand out from the constantly changing background. New Scientist From ACM TechNews | April 24, 2013
There once were two planets, new to the galaxy and inexperienced in life. Like fraternal twins, they were born at the same time, about four and a half billion years...The New Yorker From ACM News | April 24, 2013
Drone pilots escape the physical demands and dangers of a traditional cockpit. There's no g-force pinning them to their seats, no uncomfortable pressure suit to...NBC News From ACM Careers | April 24, 2013
Researchers are making headway with one of quantum computing's major theoretical problems: multi-prover interactive proofs.Alex Wright From Communications of the ACM | May 1, 2013
Engineers are reinventing electronics by building safe devices that dissolve in the body or within the environment. The technology could redefine everything from...Samuel Greengard From Communications of the ACM | May 1, 2013
The organization at the heart of international soccer’s technological advancement is located in a generic two-story building just off the A4 highway here, a few...The New York Times From ACM News | April 22, 2013
Since the bombs went off in Boston's Copley Square on Monday, the FBI and Boston Police Department have been enlisting the public's help with what may be the world's...NBC News From ACM News | April 19, 2013
NASA's Kepler mission has discovered two new planetary systems that include three super-Earth-size planets in the "habitable zone," the range of distance from a...Jet Propulsion Laboratory/NASA From ACM News | April 19, 2013
The touted arrival this year of wearable gadgets such as computer displays strapped to wrists and in wrap-around glasses is just a step towards a bigger revolution...Reuters From ACM News | April 19, 2013
On Thursday afternoon, the FBI released photos and video of two persons of interest in the Boston Marathon bombing.Slate From ACM Opinion | April 19, 2013
Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel has decided to scrap the controversial Distinguished Warfare Medal that was intended to honor drone pilots and other high-tech troops...Army Times From ACM News | April 18, 2013
Wireless operators have access to an unprecedented volume of information about users' real-world activities, but for years these massive data troves were put to...Technology Review From ACM News | April 18, 2013