The Flyfire project at MIT's SENSEable City Laboratory is creating tiny LED-equipped helicopters that will move in concert to create dramatic, free-form displays...By Don Monroe From ACM News | March 25, 2010
A research team at the University of Waterloo has built DeltaBot, a robot that uses cables for arms instead of rigid components and has a cylinder in the middle...TheRecord.com (Canada) From ACM TechNews | March 25, 2010
University of Illinois researchers have taken several small steps toward developing new parallel programming models to tap the many-core processors of the future...EE Times From ACM TechNews | March 24, 2010
The smaller a silicon transistor becomes, the more electrons it leaks. That can mean unreliable, battery-draining chips. Researchers at Intel have come up with...Technology Review From ACM News | March 23, 2010
Tiny generators developed at the University of Michigan could produce enough electricity from random, ambient vibrations to power a wristwatch, pacemaker or wireless...University of Michigan From ACM News | March 23, 2010
Carleton University professor Robert Biddle is one of 12 scientists working on the Digital Surface Software Application Network project, which is developing next...Montreal Gazette (Canada) From ACM TechNews | March 19, 2010
Promising faster, more efficient and cheaper computer networking, transparent networks are the paradigm of the future. But thanks to European researchers, they... From ICT Results | March 19, 2010
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor Assistant Professor Wei Lu is leading a research effort to make brain-like computers using memristors. New Scientist From ACM TechNews | March 18, 2010
Intel is developing the Light Peak fiber-optic link, cable technology that will transmit 10 gigabits of data per second bidirectionally, and is expected to scale...The New York Times From ACM TechNews | March 18, 2010
The AMARSi project aims to build humanoid robots that can autonomously learn and develop motor skills in open-ended environments just as humans do.Wired.co.uk From ACM TechNews | March 17, 2010
University of Waikato researchers have developed working prototypes of a supercapacitor that could enable mobile phones and laptop computers to run longer between...niversity of Waikato From ACM TechNews | March 15, 2010
A group of computer scientists have found a way to tame multiprocessor computers, which behave in wildly unpredictable ways even as they become widespread in the...University of Washington From ACM News | March 11, 2010
Scientists have leaped over a major hurdle in efforts to begin commercial production of graphene, a form of carbon that could rival silicon in its potential for...Zimbio Inc. From ACM News | March 11, 2010
Tokyo University researchers have created Kojiro, a humanoid robot that is learning to mimic how people walk. London Daily Mail From ACM TechNews | March 10, 2010
University of Illinois researcher John Rogers has collaborated with a team at Tufts University to develop silicon-on-silk electronics, which could one day function...niversity of Illinois at rbana-Champaign From ACM TechNews | March 9, 2010
An international team of scientists has developed a new type of semiconductor that could lead to faster and more efficient computers.The new research centers on...CBC News From ACM News | March 9, 2010
The European Union 3Plast research consortium plans to develop sensors that can be printed onto plastic film and attached to everyday objects. The sensors are...Engineer Live From ACM TechNews | March 8, 2010
Purdue University researchers have developed a device that uses micro-ring resonators to convert laser pulses into bursts of pulsating radio-frequency signals that...Purdue niversity News From ACM TechNews | March 8, 2010
China's fastest super computer "Tianhe-1," is to be equipped this year with China-made central processing unit (CPU) chips, replacing the only part of the computer...Xinhua News Agency From ACM News | March 8, 2010
The country’s swift deployment of smart-grid technology has security professionals concerned that utilities and smart-meter vendors are repeating the mistakes made...Wired From ACM News | March 5, 2010