Zoe Graystone is a girl with two brains. Only one of them is human: the other is an exact digital copy that has become conscious in its own right. When the human...New Scientist From ACM News | June 7, 2010
Hebrew University of Jerusalem researchers have developed DNA-based logic gates that could carry out calculations inside the body and may lead to injectable biocomputers...New Scientist From ACM TechNews | June 4, 2010
Chinese University of Hong Kong computer scientists have developed software that depicts physically impossible images in three-dimensional virtual environments. ...New Scientist From ACM TechNews | June 2, 2010
Wireless technology is often credited with making us more productive. Now it looks like it could also improve the inner workings of our computers. Wireless transmission...New Scientist From ACM News | May 28, 2010
People are more likely to adapt to and use robots if they behave more like humans, even if that means they operate less efficiently. New Scientist From ACM TechNews | May 19, 2010
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory researchers have developed a transistor, which they say could be a step toward making prosthetic devices that can be wired...New Scientist From ACM TechNews | May 17, 2010
University of Southampton professor Nigel Shadbolt, speaking at a recent conference on the emerging discipline of Web science, says the Internet has become such...New Scientist From ACM TechNews | May 12, 2010
Years of neglect have left many NASA labs that might be used for breakthrough technology research in rough shape, says a report from the U.S. National Academies...New Scientist From ACM News | May 11, 2010
Blasting zombies may seem to have little to do with serious research, but video game hardware is helping scientists in a variety of ways including helping them...New Scientist From ACM News | May 10, 2010
Researchers have developed a way to use water to transfer layers from one surface to another by exploiting the fact that different materials have different hydrophilicity...New Scientist From ACM TechNews | May 10, 2010
Astro-Technology SOHLA, a small cooperative of companies in Osaka, Japan, wants to put an autonomous humanoid robot on the moon. New Scientist From ACM TechNews | May 7, 2010
If you have a smartphone, you probably have a slice of Steve Furber's brain in your pocket. By the time you read this, his 1-billion-neuron silicon brain will be...New Scientist From ACM News | May 4, 2010
Your eyes tell you that your hand is locked in a vice-like mechanical device, but your fingertips tell you you're stroking fur. Welcome to the world of haptics,...New Scientist From ACM News | April 27, 2010
MIT researcher Scott Aaronson has brought quantum money a step closer to reality by outlining a computationally secure quantum money scheme founded on the type...New Scientist From ACM TechNews | April 23, 2010
A team at the Italian Institute of Technology (IIT) in May will circulate to various labs the first components of a touch-sensitive skin for their iCub humanoid...New Scientist From ACM TechNews | April 21, 2010
Five U.K. academic institutions have collaborated to create the Tales of Things, a Web site based on the concept of the Internet of things that enables users to...New Scientist From ACM TechNews | April 20, 2010
With the phrase "web 2.0" falling out of vogue, the most exciting new uses of the internet are now all about the cloud, a term for servers invisibly doing smart...New Scientist From ACM News | April 19, 2010
A prototype of a handheld projector created virtual characters that interacted with the real world at the recent Virtual Reality 2010 meeting in Waltham, MA.New Scientist From ACM TechNews | April 19, 2010
Pure randomness is surprisingly difficult to create, even if you draw on the inherent randomness of quantum mechanics. Now, though, a "true" random number generator...New Scientist From ACM News | April 15, 2010
Imagine entering your living room and sliding your foot purposefully over a particular stretch of floor. Your hi-fi system springs to life, pumping out the sounds...New Scientist From ACM News | April 13, 2010