Microsoft researchers have developed Manual Deskterity, a computer interface that combines touch input with the precision of a pen. Technology Review From ACM TechNews | April 14, 2010
The U.S. National Institute of Standards and Technology's George Arnold recently detailed his vision for what a smart electric grid would look like in 2020. Inside Science From ACM TechNews | April 14, 2010
Under the helm of director Regina Dugan, the U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency's roster of concerns includes cybersecurity, advanced manufacturing,...The New York Times From ACM TechNews | April 14, 2010
The technology for instruments used to see through fog also could be used for optical steganography, according to a team of researchers at Princeton University. ...Network World From ACM TechNews | April 14, 2010
The Russian government is using Silicon Valley as a template for a new scientific city in order to cultivate a U.S.-like spirit of entrepreneurship through the...The New York Times From ACM TechNews | April 14, 2010
EXPO21xx's online exhibition for the robotics industry features projects from more than 100 university robotics labs from around the world. PhysOrg.com From ACM TechNews | April 14, 2010
Intel is developing software that uses brain scans to determine what items people are thinking about. The software analyzes magnetic resonance imaging scans to...The Associated Press From ACM TechNews | April 14, 2010
Researchers have devised and demonstrated the first random-number generator in which the numbers are certified random by the laws of quantum mechanics.Joint Quantum Institute, niversity of Maryland From ACM News | April 13, 2010
Even as China's technology infrastructure advances, computer teachers in Shanghai readily acknowledge the shortcomings of tech education in their classrooms.GlobalPost From ACM News | April 14, 2010
A new study on how people in India use mobile computing devices suggests that entertainment may be viewed as a necessity, not merely a desire, by the media-consuming...Georgia Institute of Technology From ACM News | April 14, 2010
Responding to concerns about an increasingly electronic stock exchange, Terrence Hendershott studied algorithmic trading and found that computer-driven trading...University of California, Berkeley Haas School of Business From ACM News | April 14, 2010
The use of mathematics in cinematic special effects is described in the article "Crashing Waves, Awesome Explosions, Turbulent Smoke, and Beyond," which will appear...American Mathematical Society From ACM News | April 12, 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
From the moment people are born, they learn to make associations and to understand words depending on the context of a sentence.
This learning continues throughout...BBC News From ACM News | April 13, 2010
Researchers at Vanderbilt University have created an algorithm designed to protect the privacy of patients while maintaining researchers' ability to analyze vast...Technology Review From ACM News | April 13, 2010
A shortfall of cybersecurity professionals is on the horizon, with Boeing's Alan Greenberg warning that the U.S. public and private sectors will collectively need...Business Week From ACM TechNews | April 13, 2010
Google is breathing new life into its effort to bring hardware-accelerated three-dimensional graphics to the Internet. CNet From ACM TechNews | April 13, 2010
New findings out of the RFID Research Center at the University of Arkansas confirm that radio-frequency identification tags on individual retail items can significantly...niversity of Arkansas, Fayetteville From ACM News | April 13, 2010
Many people's first encounter with a foreign country is in the cinema. Using a combination of location-based services and augmented reality, European researchers... From ICT Results | April 13, 2010
No one doubts that social media--all the stuff on Facebook, Twitter and other online forums--provides a rich lode of user sentiment that companies ought to be able...The New York Times From ACM News | April 12, 2010