Researchers continue to work to make robots safer to be around humans, but some robot experts say the key is to stop making robots that lack ethics. "If you build...Wired News From ACM TechNews | July 22, 2009
Researchers from the University of Geneva in Switzerland and Corning Inc. have set a new distance record for quantum key distribution (QKD) using a new prototype...PhysOrg.com From ACM TechNews | July 23, 2009
Ellen Zegura, chair of the Computing Community Consortium's (CCC) Network Science & Engineering (NetSE) Council, released a report during the GENI Engineering Conference...Computing Community Consortium From ACM TechNews | July 23, 2009
A discovery-based, three-day workshop at Arizona State University (ASU) for junior high school students aims to get young adults interested in science, technology...Arizona State niversity From ACM TechNews | July 23, 2009
Engineers in the United Kingdom and China are working to find alternative ways of creating the microelectronic components of the future. Surrey University physicists...The Engineer Online From ACM TechNews | July 23, 2009
Much attention has been given to the approaching scientific limit to chip miniaturization and the continuation of Moore's Law, but an economic limit is nearingView...The Financial Times From ACM TechNews | July 22, 2009
Japan's Institute of Physical and Chemical Research (RIKEN) and Fujitsu will deploy a new system configuration with a scalar processing architecture in its next...HPC Wire From ACM TechNews | July 22, 2009
The United States must capitalize on emerging opportunities in order to regain the top spot in innovation, federal chief technology officer Aneesh Chopra said in...Information Week From ACM TechNews | July 22, 2009
Yale University professor Daniel J. Abadi has led the development of HadoopDB, an open source parallel database management system (DBMS) that combines the data-processing...Computerworld From ACM TechNews | July 22, 2009
A hearing of the U.S. House Committee on Science and Technology's Subcommittee on Research and Science Education concluded that while the scientific and engineering...Inside Higher Ed From ACM TechNews | July 22, 2009
The University of Washington has developed a system, called Vanish, that puts an expiration date on electronic data. After a set time period, electronic communications...The niversity of Washington From ACM News | July 22, 2009
The race is on for a successor to the popular flash memory used in portable devices. European researchers think they have found a candidate in novel materials combined... From ICT Results | July 22, 2009
Those who learn by repetition rely on "muscle memory," a sense that practice trains muscles to perform specific actions without thought. But does muscle memory...Tom Geller From ACM News | July 21, 2009
New software designed by a telecommunications engineer at the University of Malaga in Spain has the potential to reduce auto accidents by providing drivers with...Andaluc From ACM TechNews | July 21, 2009
New York University researchers have developed a camera that uses ultraviolet (UV) and infrared (IR) light to take photos in the dark without the use of a traditional...New Scientist From ACM TechNews | July 21, 2009
The National Science Foundation has awarded Wayne State University professor Song Jiang with a Faculty Early Career Development Program award to develop a method...Wayne State niversity (MI) From ACM TechNews | July 21, 2009
The recent First Rim Mathematical Association (PRIMA) conference in Sydney featured a demonstration of how the flocking technique could be used to control cars....niversity of the South Pacific From ACM TechNews | July 20, 2009
The National ICT Australia (NICTA) research organization has launched the OpenNICTA portal, which will allow people to view and download software developed and...Computerworld Australia From ACM TechNews | July 20, 2009
Rescue robots could be more useful in snowy conditions thanks to an adjustable wheel that has been developed by researchers in Japan. A team led by Taro Iwamoto...New Scientist From ACM TechNews | July 20, 2009
At a ceremony marking the 20th anniversary of the Web, its creator, Sir Tim Berners-Lee, said the Internet should not be controlled, censored, or intercepted by...ITPro From ACM TechNews | July 20, 2009