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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.
Big data programming languages are gaining in importance because they enable the mining of massive datasets.IEEE Spectrum From ACM TechNews | August 1, 2016
David Zarrouk of Israel's Ben Gurion University of the Negev has developed a robot that can move forward and backward by producing a continuously advancing wave...IEEE Spectrum From ACM TechNews | July 28, 2016
The 2015 International Technology Roadmap for Semiconductors predicts the transistor could stop shrinking in only five years. IEEE Spectrum From ACM TechNews | July 27, 2016
Rutgers University researchers have put four silicone-based wheels with air-powered motors inside of them on a robot that is as soft as a Crocs shoe. IEEE Spectrum From ACM TechNews | July 21, 2016
Yale University researchers are developing small haptic peripherals to help drivers navigate using just their sense of touch. IEEE Spectrum From ACM TechNews | June 10, 2016
With robots expected to play an increasingly critical role in making judgment calls where human lives are at stake, it is imperative to model moral reasoning in...IEEE Spectrum From ACM TechNews | June 3, 2016
Alphabet executive chairman Eric Schmidt says the next major trend in the technology industry will be artificial intelligence. IEEE Spectrum From ACM TechNews | June 2, 2016
Researchers say they have developed a new kind of jumping mechanism for robots that has the potential to scale from tiny hops to a catapult launch. IEEE Spectrum From ACM TechNews | June 1, 2016
Researchers are developing an "artificial robot nervous system to teach robots how to feel pain" and quickly react in order to avoid potential damage. IEEE Spectrum From ACM TechNews | May 25, 2016
The Watch-bot robot can independently learn a user's household activity patterns to provide helpful reminders. IEEE Spectrum From ACM TechNews | May 24, 2016
Researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology are developing control algorithms that enable small-scale autonomous cars to race around dirt tracks at high...IEEE Spectrum From ACM TechNews | May 23, 2016
Despite changes to the law, the U.S. National Security Agency can still request metadata from tens of thousands of private phones if they are indirectly connected...IEEE Spectrum From ACM News | May 17, 2016
The HoloFlex is a flexible smartphone with a holographic lightfield display that can simultaneously project glasses-free three-dimensional images to multiple users...IEEE Spectrum From ACM TechNews | May 11, 2016
Swiss researchers have developed a graphene filter for microchips that could lead to wireless transmission rates 10 times as fast as what chips deliver today. IEEE Spectrum From ACM TechNews | April 12, 2016
Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania's GRASP Laboratory have designed a robot called Picobug that can fly and walk, and soon will be able to grab things...IEEE Spectrum From ACM TechNews | March 31, 2016