The fatal collision of two trains on Washington, D.C., Metro's Red Line may come to symbolize the core problem of automation, which is the relationship between...The Washington Post From ACM TechNews | June 29, 2009
IBM has announced a multiyear effort to increase the performance of rechargeable batteries 10-fold, with the goal of designing batteries that enable electric vehicles...Business Week From ACM TechNews | June 29, 2009
Computer technology has enhanced lives in countless ways, but some experts believe it might be affecting people's ability to think deeply.Samuel Greengard From Communications of the ACM | July 1, 2009
The Computing Innovation Fellows (CIFellows) Project has received 526 applications for CIFellowships from 145 distinct colleges and universities. The applications...Computing Community Consortium From ACM TechNews | June 29, 2009
A $1.5 million study from the Carnegie Corp. of New York focuses on weaknesses in U.S. math and science education. The report calls for more comprehensive math...Science From ACM TechNews | June 29, 2009
New York University professor Bruce Bueno de Mesquita has developed a computer model that can forecast the outcomes of international conflicts, and the U.S. Defense...Computerworld From ACM TechNews | June 29, 2009
Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute at Florida Atlantic University has received $2 million from the U.S. Department of Defense, Office of Naval Research, to continue...Florida Atlantic niversity From ACM News | June 29, 2009
Shoplifting in retail outlets is an increasing problem that creates an estimated annual retail deficit of more than $30 billion, but RFID technology can help to...Southeastern Louisiana niversity From ACM News | June 29, 2009
Experimental devices that read brain signals have helped paralyzed people use computers and may let amputees control bionic limbs. But existing devices use tiny...niversity of tah From ACM News | June 29, 2009
Toyota Motor Corp. says it has developed a way of steering a wheelchair by just detecting brain waves, without the person having to move a muscle or shout a command...The Associated Press From ACM News | June 29, 2009
Tattoo patterns are regularly cataloged by law enforcement agencies when booking suspects. Unfortunately, matching tattoos is a time-consuming, subjective process...SPIE From ACM TechNews | June 26, 2009
Studies indicate that although U.S. women have achieved parity or near-parity with men on science and math achievement tests, the top levels of many such fields...Education Week From ACM TechNews | June 26, 2009
Some Iranian protestors dissatisfied with their government's response to the disputed election are using The Onion Router (TOR), an Internet encryption program...The Washington Times From ACM TechNews | June 26, 2009
The ACM Special Interest Group on Computer Architecture (SIGARCH) presented its 2009 Maurice Wilkes Award to Shubu Mukherjee of Intel Corp. for his contributions... From ACM News | June 26, 2009
Some experts project that the Obama administration's cybersecurity push will expand two-year colleges' role in supplying cybersecurity workers to government agencies...The Chronicle of Higher Education From ACM TechNews | June 26, 2009
From solar panels to electric circuitry, the next big thing may be really tiny. Global leaders in nanotechnology — the science of the very, very small — spent two...Nanotechwire.com From ACM News | June 26, 2009
Britain is hiring former computer hackers to join a new security unit aimed at protecting cyberspace from foreign spies, thieves and terrorists, the country's terrorism...The Associated Press From ACM News | June 26, 2009
The Centre for Safety-Critical Software Certification, a new global research center based at McMaster University, will be dedicated to eliminating the possibility...McMaster niversity (Canada) From ACM TechNews | June 25, 2009
From searching for cures for disease to monitoring the Earth's atmosphere, grid computing has become essential to data-intensive research. But accessing limited... From ICT Results | June 26, 2009
The secret questions some Web sites ask new users to answer for verification purposes in case a password is forgotten are actually far less secure and far easier...New Scientist From ACM TechNews | June 25, 2009