Technology has created new opportunities to connect and interact. Yet, researchers are increasingly concerned that heavy technology usage is changing people's behavior...Samuel Greengard From Communications of the ACM | October 1, 2011
Researchers are demonstrating advances in restorative BCI systems that are giving paralyzed individuals more effective ways to communicate, move, and interact with...Kirk L. Kroeker From Communications of the ACM | October 1, 2011
NASA has selected two game-changing space technology projects for development. The selections are part of the agency's efforts to pursue revolutionary technology...Jet Propulsion Laboratory From ACM News | September 21, 2011
One afternoon last fall at Fort Benning, GA, two model-size planes took off, climbed to 800 and 1,000 feet, and began criss-crossing the military base in search...The Washington Post From ACM News | September 20, 2011
Researchers at the University of Michigan and Microsoft Research found that wireless operators may unknowingly be degrading performance on their networks as the...CNet From ACM TechNews | September 19, 2011
Reading my RSS and Twitter feeds Tuesday night, I turned to a tech writer friend and said, "the Wintel Era just ended, and half of these people are fighting over...Wired From ACM News | September 16, 2011
An international research team has developed a chip that promises to reduce the carbon footprint of the Internet's core telecommunications and computing technology...ScienceAlert (Australia) From ACM TechNews | September 13, 2011
When Robin Murphy saw the World Trade Center towers fall on September 11, she knew of an unexpected group that could help respond: robots.CNN From ACM News | September 7, 2011
A team from Wake Forest University, working with interdisciplinary collaborators from Stanford University, Imperial College London, the University of Kentucky,...Wake Forest University From ACM TechNews | September 6, 2011
University of Delaware professor Xiaoming Li is working to improve computer optimization, with the main performance issue now being to help a multitude of threads...University of Delaware From ACM TechNews | September 6, 2011
Although testing and static code analysis are used to detect and remove bugs in a system during development, problems can still occur once a software system is...AlphaGalileo From ACM TechNews | August 31, 2011
Steve Jobs's departure as chief executive officer this week leaves Apple Inc. without the full- time attention of its technology visionary, putting pressure on...Businessweek From ACM News | August 26, 2011
A one-atom-thick layer of carbon may one day help International Business Machines Corp. and the U.S. military build more precise radar and computers that operate...Businessweek From ACM News | August 24, 2011
A recent U.S. Department of Energy workshop concentrating on exascale challenges and current gaps in research and ideology offered insight for those seeking a disruptive...HPC Wire From ACM TechNews | August 22, 2011
Developing an IT ecosystem for health could improve — and transform — the practice of medicine.Neil Savage From Communications of the ACM | September 1, 2011
The market model pioneered by Apple and others is transforming the software world — and has profound implications for software companies and their customers.Gary Anthes From Communications of the ACM | September 1, 2011
A recent Georgia Tech University study of Internet service providers (ISPs) concluded that ISPs should provide easy-to-understand information about service-limiting...Georgia Tech News From ACM TechNews | August 5, 2011
Chipmaker Marvell, whose top management is based in Santa Clara, has been tapped to help China achieve the goal of creating its own mobile technology standards...San Jose Mercury News From ACM News | August 4, 2011
On the deck of an aircraft carrier, where up to 60 aircraft are crammed into 4.5 acres (1.8 hectares), real estate is at a premium. While aircraft directors wave...MIT News Office From ACM News | August 3, 2011