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From ACM NewsSamuel Greengard| December 7, 2023
An edited collection of advanced computing news from Communications of the ACM, ACM TechNews, other ACM resources, and news sites around the Web.
A robotic eel designed by researchers at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne can swim through water and receive sensory data while in motion.
IEEE Spectrum From ACM TechNews | August 16, 2021
Engineers at the University of Minnesota have designed a prototype smart bicycle which they say can protect itself from collisions.
IEEE Spectrum From ACM TechNews | June 7, 2021
Researchers at the University of Chicago (UChicago) have developed a wireless, nose-worn device that can enable directional smell using tiny electrical impulses...IEEE Spectrum From ACM TechNews | May 21, 2021
A professional social network surveyed users at technology firms in five U.S. cities to determine which cities they think treat tech workers best.
IEEE Spectrum From ACM TechNews | April 26, 2021
Ohio State University scientists demonstrated a method of using physically unclonable functions to thwart hackers.
IEEE Spectrum From ACM TechNews | April 21, 2021
Adidas is merging three-dimensional printing and robotic automation to produce mass-market footwear through its Futurecraft.Strung project.
IEEE Spectrum From ACM TechNews | April 13, 2021
A new smart bandage could reduce the number of in-person doctor's visits required for patients with open wounds.
IEEE Spectrum From ACM TechNews | April 2, 2021
Massachusetts Institute of Technology researchers have developed a new algorithm that enables artificial intelligence models to account for uncertain data.
IEEE Spectrum From ACM TechNews | April 1, 2021
Researchers at China's Nanjing Agricultural University discovered unique cybersecurity issues stemming from agricultural Internet of Things applications.
IEEE Spectrum From ACM TechNews | March 17, 2021
The Search-And-Rescue DrOne platform integrates aerial drones, artificial intelligence, and smartphones to find survivors of disasters using signals from their...IEEE Spectrum From ACM TechNews | February 24, 2021
Researchers have developed a machine learning algorithm that can identify which people in a crowd most likely are asymptomatic carriers of Covid-19.
IEEE Spectrum From ACM TechNews | February 5, 2021
Finnish and Danish researchers have developed an algorithm that boosts diversity of exposure on social networks, while still ensuring widely shared content.
IEEE Spectrum From ACM TechNews | January 25, 2021
The MuZero artificial intelligence developed by Alphabet subsidiary DeepMind can master games without learning their rules beforehand.
IEEE Spectrum From ACM TechNews | December 28, 2020
Emotion artificial intelligence applications in healthcare are rare, with many scientists skeptical of the technology's utility.
IEEE Spectrum From ACM TechNews | December 3, 2020