Communications of the ACM
A Healthy Dose of AI
Building artificial intelligence into medical devices can speed diagnoses and potentially improve treatments and outcomes.
From ACM NewsAn edited collection of advanced computing news from Communications of the ACM, ACM TechNews, other ACM resources, and news sites around the Web.
From ACM News
Research in India Suggests Google Search Results Can Influence an Election
Google long ago went from being a mere directory of the Internet to a shaper of online reality, helping determine what we see and how.
From ACM News
.s. Fda Approves 'star Wars' Robotic Arm For Amputees
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved a robotic arm for amputees that is named for the "Star Wars" character Luke Skywalker and can perform multiple...
From ACM News
Cheap Gadget Lets You Steer a Wheelchair with Your Eyes
Put some "crap" technology with some smart software and you get one life-changing solution.
From ACM Opinion
The Not-So-Distant Future When We Can All pgrade Our Brains
In a decade, cognitive enhancement may have gone mainstream.
From ACM TechNews
Reading, Writing, Arithmetic, and Lately, Coding
A national education movement with an emphasis on computer science is growing quickly in the U.S.
From ACM TechNews
Tau Researchers Develop a Smarter Smartphone Camera
Researchers say they have developed a smartphone camera that bridges the gap between the cellphone camera and the digital still camera.
From ACM TechNews
Problem at the Polls: Tech Stuck in Past
Election officials are facing a growing imperative to replace outdated voting technology to prepare for elections over the next decade.
From ACM TechNews
The Virtual Keyboard Can Soon Be a Reality
Malardalen University researchers are developing virtual technology that could serve as an accessory for Google Glass.
From ACM TechNews
Janusz Holyst—how Technology Can Influence People's Emotions
In an interview, Cyberemotions project coordinator Janusz Holyst discusses the potential implications of using emotions on the Internet.
From ACM News
A Synthetic Biology Conference Lures an Intriguing Audience
When does a scientific conference warrant the attention of the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the Department of Homeland Security?
From ACM News
Your Digital Trail Follows You to the Border
Information, money and jobs flow easily around the world, yet it’s getting tougher for travelers to cross some borders.
From ACM News
The Military Thinks Bitcoin Could Pose a Threat to National Security
Does Bitcoin risk endangering the nation's safety? The Pentagon thinks it might.
From ACM TechNews
Math Makes Mobile Maps Meaningful
Researchers say a new method will ensure mathematically optimal adaptation of the labeling to the perspective and driving direction on digital maps.
From ACM TechNews
How Anybody Can Measure Your Computer's Wi-Fi Fingerprint
Computer security experts have discovered a method of uniquely identifying a computer by the way it accesses Wi-Fi resources.
From ACM TechNews
Dogs, Technology, and the Future of Disaster Response
The Smart Emergency Response System aims to use cyber-physical systems to share information and coordinate emergency and disaster response and recovery.
From ACM TechNews
Tim Berners-Lee: World Wide Web Magna Carta By 2015
World Wide Web founder and inventor Sir Tim Berners-Lee has again called for a Magna Carta for the Internet.
From ACM Opinion
Cassini Revisited
When its handlers finally steer it into a collision course with Saturn in 2017, the spacecraft Cassini will have been in space for two decades, 13 of those years...
From ACM TechNews
Molecular, Neural and Bacterial Networks Provide Insights For Computer Network Security, Carnegie Mellon Researchers Find
The robust defenses yeast cells have evolved to protect themselves from environmental threats can be used to design computer networks.
From ACM News
Disney Invents Robots That Swarm Into Colorful Animations
Walt Disney pioneered the art of animation and pushed the boundaries of robotics with his audio-animatronic presidents, but now the research lab that bears hisETH...
From ACM News