Dutch researcher Laurens van der Maaten has developed an analytical technique that enables computers to better interpret and recognize the content of photos, images...Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research From ACM TechNews | July 7, 2009
The latest multi-core processors and smart software are enabling physicists and engineers to simulate the real world with unprecedented accuracy to create more...New Scientist From ACM TechNews | July 2, 2009
When the organizers of the Netflix Prize contest announced late last week that one team had met the requirement for the $1 million Grand Prize, Yehuda Koren, a15th...Marina Krakovsky From ACM News | July 2, 2009
Imagine the research possibilities of being able to view three-dimensional scans of museum objects, write dance moves electronically or study ancient documents...Times Higher Education (K) From ACM News | July 1, 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 Netflix Prize, a computing challenge that's been compared to scaling Mount Everest and flummoxed programmers for more than three years, has been summited. Two...Wired.com From ACM News | June 29, 2009
Scientists at Tokyo's Waseda University recently demonstrated KOBIAN, a robot that is able to express emotion with its entire face and body. KOBIAN can use its...CBS13.com From ACM TechNews | June 25, 2009
Researchers in the Georgia Tech Research Institute (GTRI) and the Georgia Tech School of Electrical and Computer Engineering are developing programming tools to...Georgia Institute of Technology From ACM News | June 25, 2009
Brown University professor Chad Jenkins and his team have developed a robot capable of holding a conversation, gesturing, and following a human's movement without...Futurity.org From ACM TechNews | June 24, 2009
Technology that allows gamers to control game functions with only their eyes is helping to open virtual worlds such as "Second Life" and "World of Warcraft" toCOGAIN... From ICT Results | June 24, 2009
University of California, San Diego (UCSD) computer scientists Amin Vahdat and Geoffrey Voelker are two of the 60 professors that will receive awards as part of...CSD News From ACM TechNews | June 23, 2009
Social problems like bullying and stereotyping involve thoughts, feelings and reactions that resist change. New research shows that when students play active roles...ICT Results From ICT Results | June 22, 2009
Imperial College London professor of cognitive robotics Murray Shanahan is using graphics processing technology originally developed for the gaming industry to...The Engineer (United Kingdom) From ACM TechNews | June 19, 2009
The day will come when everyone will wear glasses with a computer overlay capable of processing the faces of passersby and tell wearers if they have met someone...Financial Times Digital Business From ACM TechNews | June 19, 2009
University of Melbourne researcher Florian Mueller was awarded this year's Fulbright Postgraduate Scholarship in Technology for his research into video games that...WA Today From ACM TechNews | June 19, 2009
Most people's experience with 3D involves wearing tinted glasses in a cinema. But a new technology, which does not require glasses and may enable 3DTV, is being...ICT Results From ICT Results | June 10, 2009
Vast quantities of data are transferred in real time from telescopes around the world to a supercomputer in The Netherlands, where European researchers combine... From ICT Results | June 8, 2009
Researchers at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute have developed a new method for using computer graphics to simulate and render an accurate visualization of a lunar...Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute From ACM News | June 9, 2009
University of Granada (UGR) researchers have developed Inmamusys, software that is capable of creating original music in response to emotions felt by the listener...Plataforma SINC From ACM TechNews | June 5, 2009