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From ACM NewsSandrine Ceurstemont Commissioned by CACM Staff| June 1, 2023
An edited collection of advanced computing news from Communications of the ACM, ACM TechNews, other ACM resources, and news sites around the Web.
Elliot Hui and colleagues at the University of California, Irvine, built a computer from glass and silicone that encodes data using pneumatic pressure instead of...New Scientist From ACM TechNews | June 5, 2023
Researchers have developed an interface-type memristive device that could be used to create artificial synapses for next-generation neuromorphic computing.
Los Alamos National Laboratory From ACM TechNews | June 5, 2023
The RobotSweater machine-knitted textile "skin" can sense contact and pressure to make a robot "smarter during its interaction with humans."
Carnegie Mellon University School of Computer Science From ACM TechNews | June 2, 2023
A new robotic bee can fly in all directions with stability and achieve the six degrees of free movement exhibited by most flying insects.
WSU Insider From ACM TechNews | June 1, 2023
An inexpensive plastic fingertip clip and custom smartphone app works with a smartphone's camera and flash to measure the user's blood pressure.
UC San Diego Today From ACM TechNews | May 31, 2023
An update rolled out by the Ethereum cryptocurrency reduced the energy needed to produce it, and also fixed a security flaw.
New Scientist From ACM TechNews | May 26, 2023
Researchers deployed an underwater robot to listen for endangered North Atlantic right whales swimming near the Georgia port of Savannah.
90.1 FM WABE From ACM TechNews | May 26, 2023
Researchers at Austria's University of Innsbruck transmitted quantum information with a quantum repeater node operating at telecommunication networks' standard...Universitat Innsbruck (Austria) From ACM TechNews | May 26, 2023
University of Arizona researchers demonstrated that trapping sound in a simple mechanical device can imitate certain properties of quantum computers.
New Scientist From ACM TechNews | May 25, 2023
Australian startup Ripe Robotics spent four years developing its autonomous fruit-picking robot Eve, which is processing apples in orchards owned amid a labor shortage...ABC News (Australia) From ACM TechNews | May 25, 2023
Exascale computing power helps researchers understand bubble behavior that can handicap reactor technology designed to capture carbon dioxide emissions.
ASCR Discovery From ACM News | May 25, 2023
Bob Metcalfe, recipient of the 2022 ACM A.M. Turing Award for his role in the development of Ethernet, briefly considered a career in tennis.
Neil Savage From Communications of the ACM | June 1, 2023
Existing security standards do not always offer sufficient protection to secure the Internet of Things.
Logan Kugler From Communications of the ACM | June 1, 2023
Scientists compared leading quantum computers using the Quantum Computing User Program at the U.S. Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory.
Oak Ridge National Laboratory From ACM TechNews | May 23, 2023
An overreliance on technology startups could have been a major factor in its demise.
Mark Broderick Commissioned by CACM Staff From ACM News | May 23, 2023
Applied Materials is betting technical talent at nearby universities and the local companies that design chips will spur innovation quickly, making up for cost...The Spokesman-Review From ACM News | May 23, 2023
More than a dozen companies have popped up to offer services aimed at identifying whether photos, text, and videos are made by humans or machines.
The New York Times From ACM News | May 22, 2023
New guidelines aim to measure, and ultimately reduce, the digital impact of the enterprise on the environment.
Cari Shane Commissioned by CACM Staff From ACM News | May 19, 2023
Digital imaging by deepwater seabed mapping company Magellan for U.K. TV production company Atlantic Productions has yielded a "digital twin" of the RMS Titanic...The New York Times From ACM TechNews | May 19, 2023
Quantum computing research has been given a boost at the University of Chicago and Japan's University of Tokyo with a $150-million investment from IBM and Google...The Wall Street Journal From ACM TechNews | May 19, 2023