Researchers at the University of Tokyo and Hitachi recently demonstrated TransCAIP, a three-dimensional (3D) TV system that captures a live scene in real time and...PhysOrg.com From ACM TechNews | March 25, 2009
Researchers at Duke University and the University of New Mexico (UNM) have developed a system for controlling moving robots capable of autonomously detecting and...Duke Today From ACM TechNews | March 24, 2009
Researchers at the Fraunhofer Institute for Digital Media Technology in Ilmenau have created a mood player that finds images to suit the rhythm of music. The approach...Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft From ACM TechNews | March 24, 2009
The University of California, San Diego (UCSD) has announced the launch of the Center for Next-Generation Digital Media, a new campus center dedicated to inventing...California Institute for Telecommunications and Information Technology From ACM TechNews | March 23, 2009
Thanks to European research, today's portals can take you to fascinating virtual destinations — both ancient and new — and all just a click away. The work allows...ICT Results From ACM News | March 19, 2009
The Logistic Regression Markov Chain (LRMC), a computer-ranking system designed by Georgia Institute of Technology professors, predicts that the basketball teams...Georgia Institute of Technology From ACM TechNews | March 18, 2009
While that perv in the back is busy shooting HRP-4C's buttocks, the rest of us can marvel at the fact that Japan has produced a walking, talking fashion robot....Engadget From ACM News | March 18, 2009
Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) engineers Priya Narasimhan and Rajeev Gandhi have led the development of YinzCam, a large-scale mobile wireless video service designed...Carnegie Mellon News From ACM TechNews | March 16, 2009
Brookings Institution fellow P.W. Singer says in an interview that the military's funding of robotics will have ramifications in areas that people are as yet unaware...CNet From ACM TechNews | March 16, 2009
Computer programs that play the game of Go have advanced to the point where they can beat professional human players, as demonstrated by recent victories at the...Wired News From ACM TechNews | March 13, 2009
Sonic Visualiser, developed at the Centre for Digital Music at Queen Mary, University of London, is a free program that produces a visual representation of music...Engineering & Physical Sciences Research Council From ACM TechNews | March 10, 2009
Thomas Larsson, a researcher at Sweden's Malardalen University, has developed a new approach for calculating collisions involving animated objects in computer games...Malardalen University (Sweden) From ACM TechNews | March 9, 2009
The future Internet promises to link electronics, clothing, cars and pretty much everything in between. The upshot will be a network that can accompany and support...ICT Results From ICT Results | March 9, 2009
Gamers caught a very early glimpse of the future of serious games aimed at the health sector during the PlayMancer project’s demos at the latest Vienna Science...ICT Results From ICT Results | March 6, 2009
Frederic Kaplan at the Swiss Federal Institutes in Lausanne has designed and built the QB1 computer, a PC-based robot that plays music and games and is operated...New Scientist From ACM News | March 3, 2009
The Armament Research, Development and Engineering Center in Picatinny, N.J., and the Communications-Electronics Research, Development and Engineering Center at...DailyRecord.com From ACM News | March 3, 2009
Researchers at the Carlos III University in Madrid (UC3M) have programmed clones that imitate the actions of humans playing soccer on a computer using behavioral...Physorg.com From ACM TechNews | February 27, 2009
The Board of Governors of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has honored ACM Fellow Ed Catmull for his lifetime of technical contributions and leadership... From ACM TechNews | February 25, 2009
On the 40th anniversary of Douglas C. Engelbart's "The Mother of All Demos," computer scientists discuss the event's influence — and imagine what could have been...Karen A. Frenkel From Communications of the ACM | March 1, 2009
Researchers are turning to computers to help us take advantage of our own cognitive abilities and of the wisdom of crowds.Leah Hoffmann From Communications of the ACM | March 1, 2009