It's not that they aren't interested; it's the culture of these fields and how they exclude women and girls.
Scientific American From ACM News | August 2, 2022
Two University of California, Davis researchers have proposed a computational method for dissipating a small fraction of the heat generated by conventional computer...Scientific American From ACM TechNews | March 30, 2022
Firefighting robots can enter buildings that human firefighters cannot. Researchers are working to develop firefighting robots that can make decisions autonomously...Scientific American From ACM TechNews | November 3, 2021
This year's Olympic Games in Tokyo use an advanced three-dimensional tracking system that captures athletes' performances in fine detail.
Scientific American From ACM TechNews | July 28, 2021
A Georgia Institute of Technology music technologist modified an improvisational musical robot called Shimon to create lyrics and perform rap in real time.
Scientific American From ACM TechNews | December 11, 2020
Researchers at Tsinghua University in China developed a micro robot that could take advantage of three-dimensional printing technology to lay down new tissues directly...Scientific American From ACM TechNews | September 29, 2020
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign researchers have proposed an alternative to custom-synthesizing DNA for high-capacity data storage.
Scientific American From ACM TechNews | April 10, 2020
Sometimes a technology that's been simmering in the laboratory or the clinic for decades makes the leap to mainstream consumption almost overnight.
Scientific American From ACM News | April 5, 2019
Technology solutions increasingly are being employed to enable more efficient and intelligent agriculture.
Scientific American From ACM TechNews | March 29, 2019
A new algorithm can distinguish between unresponsive wakefulness syndrome and a minimally conscious state through the use of electroencephalographic brainwave...Scientific American From ACM TechNews | December 19, 2018
DeepMind's self-learning AlphaZero algorithm has demonstrated superhuman success at complex board games including chess, shogi, and go.
Scientific American From ACM TechNews | December 12, 2018
Imagine standing in an elevator as the doors begin to close and suddenly seeing a couple at the end of the corridor running toward you.
Scientific American From ACM News | August 20, 2018
Researchers in the U.S. and China are studying a "misinformation network" related to the 2016 U.S. presidential election.
Scientific American From ACM TechNews | March 28, 2018
Researchers are using deep-learning convolutional neural networks to analyze retinal photos to predict a person's blood pressure, age, and smoking status.
Scientific American From ACM TechNews | January 8, 2018
Brain-controlled prosthetic devices have the potential to dramatically improve the lives of people with limited mobility resulting from injury or disease.
Scientific American From ACM News | December 28, 2017
To participate in today's global economy, ordinary people must accept an asymmetrical bargain: their lives are transparent to states, banks and corporations, whereas...Scientific American From ACM News | December 15, 2017
A macaque monkey sat in front of a computer. A yellow square—the target—appeared in the periphery on the left side of the screen. After a few seconds delay, a second...Scientific American From ACM News | December 1, 2017