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From ACM NewsSandrine Ceurstemont Commissioned by CACM Staff| June 1, 2023
An edited collection of advanced computing news from Communications of the ACM, ACM TechNews, other ACM resources, and news sites around the Web.
U.S. universities are training next-generation semiconductor engineers and technicians to fill the jobs needed for the CHIPS Act, signed by President Biden in August...IEEE Spectrum From ACM TechNews | May 15, 2023
Researchers at Japan's University of Tokyo have developed a robotic manipulator based on the muscles and tendons in an ostrich's neck.
IEEE Spectrum From ACM TechNews | May 4, 2023
The costs of hardware required for brain-computer interfaces, particularly electrodes and amplifiers, have made it difficult for researchers outside big tech companies...IEEE Spectrum From ACM TechNews | April 26, 2023
Researchers have proposed using brain organoids—spherical masses cultured from neural tissue—as computational systems.
IEEE Spectrum From ACM TechNews | April 24, 2023
Scientists in the U.S. and China have adopted a vertical framework to produce high-performance organic electrochemical transistors.
IEEE Spectrum From ACM TechNews | January 27, 2023
University of Chicago researchers reduced the rate of catastrophic quantum computing errors attributable to cosmic rays from about once every 10 seconds to once...IEEE Spectrum From ACM TechNews | December 9, 2022
Researchers in China have invented a contactless electrocardiogram system that infers electrical signals through artificial intelligence and millimeter-wave radar...IEEE Spectrum From ACM TechNews | December 6, 2022
The Mini Cheetah robotic goalie developed by scientists in the University of California, Berkeley's Hybrid Robotics Lab can save 87.5% of shots taken on goal.
IEEE Spectrum From ACM TechNews | October 19, 2022
The University of Chicago's Aashish Clerk and colleagues found a seemingly unwanted quantum effect may help improve the sensitivity of quantum sensors by up to...IEEE Spectrum From ACM TechNews | September 20, 2022
Researchers at the U.K.'s University of Strathclyde created a simulated ear to study the hearing system of the lesser wax moth, Achroia grisella.
IEEE Spectrum From ACM TechNews | September 13, 2022
The James Webb Space Telescope's data-collecting operations present a number of challenges, including dependence on a reliable communications subsystem.
IEEE Spectrum From ACM TechNews | July 15, 2022