John Rogers was in his lab at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign six years ago, testing new ways to make electronic circuits, when one of his team...Bloomberg Businessweek From ACM News | October 26, 2011
Future microchips may have only one type of component, capable of rewiring itself to do different jobs. Researchers from Northwestern University in the U.S. have...BBC News From ACM News | October 26, 2011
Northwestern University researchers have developed a camera that can see more than one color in the dark using a semiconducting material known as type-II superlattices...Northwestern University Newscenter From ACM TechNews | October 25, 2011
Full disclosure: Steve Jobs was my white whale, the interview I wanted more than any other and the day he died I fashioned a black band across the Apple logo...ABC News From ACM News | October 24, 2011
Microsoft Research Cambridge has developed Holodesk, a prototype virtual display that enables users to interact with virtual objects using their hands.PhysOrg.com From ACM TechNews | October 24, 2011
Carnivorous plants have long fascinated humans with their blood-sucking capabilities. The Venus flytrap is even smart enough to pause before snapping shut, ensuring...DiscoveryNews From ACM News | October 24, 2011
In addition to unveiling its Cortex A7 processor last Wednesday, the press event was also a sort of second debut for the Cortex A15. The A15 will go into ARM...Wired From ACM News | October 24, 2011
Written off by some critics as a doomed dinosaur, stuck in the tar pit of a stalling personal computer market, Intel is headed for a colossal clash as it scrambles...San Jose Mercury News From ACM News | October 24, 2011
A pioneering research institute that introduced the computer world to the mouse, hypertext, and networks is now setting its sights a bit lower.Scientific American From ACM News | October 21, 2011
Advances in microchip technology may someday enable clinicians to perform tests for hundreds of diseases—sifting out specific molecules, such as early stage cancer...MIT News Office From ACM News | October 21, 2011
What is Duqu? Duqu (pronounced dyu kyu) is primarily a remote-access Trojan targeted at a limited number of organizations in Europe, Africa, and the Middle East...Network World From ACM News | October 21, 2011
Once a secret project, Google's autonomous vehicles are now out in the open, quite literally, with the company test-driving them on public roads and, on one occasion...IEEE Spectrum From ACM News | October 20, 2011
A prototype device from Microsoft potentially could enable people to interact with a touchscreen smartphone without removing it from its case, a pocket, or bag. ...PC World From ACM TechNews | October 20, 2011
Kansas State University researchers are using a $700,000 U.S. National Science Foundation grant to upgrade its Beocat supercomputer, a cluster of servers that provides...Kansas State University News From ACM TechNews | October 20, 2011
It's a pattern that no doubt repeats itself daily in hundreds of millions of offices around the world: People sit down, turn on their computers, set their mobile...Georgia Tech From ACM News | October 20, 2011
Robots are already taking away jobs at factories. Now, it appears, they're ready to rule the table tennis court, too. Two pingpong-playing humanoid robots named...MSNBC From ACM News | October 20, 2011
Imagine: You're paralyzed from the neck down, a full-on quadriplegic with what doctors refer to as a "high level spinal cord injury." How do you get around?Time From ACM News | October 19, 2011
"I'll be back" said Arnold Schwarzenegger as cyborg-assassin the Terminator, back from the year 2029 to carry out a murder in 1984. But it seems that, when it...BBC News From ACM News | October 19, 2011
Imperial College London researchers say they have developed a method for building logic gates out of bacteria and DNA, which makes them the most advanced biological...Imperial College London From ACM TechNews | October 19, 2011