acm-header
Sign In

Communications of the ACM

News


bg-corner

An edited collection of advanced computing news from Communications of the ACM, ACM TechNews, other ACM resources, and news sites around the Web.


Optical Fibers Getting Full
From Communications of the ACM

Optical Fibers Getting Full

Exploring ways to push more data through a fiber one-tenth the thickness of the average human hair.

Cheap Lidar: The Key to Makingself-Driving Cars Affordable
From ACM News

Cheap Lidar: The Key to Makingself-Driving Cars Affordable

Chances are you've never seen a fully autonomous self-driving car out on the street.

73% of Coding Bootcamp Graduates Employed Full-Time, Earn Salary Lift
From ACM TechNews

73% of Coding Bootcamp Graduates Employed Full-Time, Earn Salary Lift

Coding bootcamps have surged in popularity because they are accelerated programs that attract technology-minded students looking to learn a range of skills.

Send Secret Messages Hidden in the Dna of Bacterial Spores
From ACM News

Send Secret Messages Hidden in the Dna of Bacterial Spores

Humble bacterial spores are taking us closer to an age of DNA information storage, thanks to new ways of protecting archived data from corruption as well as from...

A Tight Squeeze For Electrons--Quantum Effects Observed in 'one-Dimensional' Wires
From ACM TechNews

A Tight Squeeze For Electrons--Quantum Effects Observed in 'one-Dimensional' Wires

Researchers observed quantum effects in electrons by squeezing them into one-dimensional "quantum wires" and monitoring the interactions.  

Quantum Teleportation Was Just Achieved Over More Than 7 Km of City Fibre
From ACM News

Quantum Teleportation Was Just Achieved Over More Than 7 Km of City Fibre

Quantum teleportation just moved out of the lab and into the real world, with two independent teams of scientists successfully sending quantum information across...

Geneticists Attempt to Heal Rifts with Aboriginal Communities
From ACM News

Geneticists Attempt to Heal Rifts with Aboriginal Communities

In 1938, anthropologists Norman Tindale and Joseph Birdsell set off on an 18-month, 29,000-kilometre expedition to survey Australia's indigenous groups.

Federal Officials Plan Aggressive Approach to Driverless Cars
From ACM TechNews

Federal Officials Plan Aggressive Approach to Driverless Cars

U.S. Department of Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx on Monday announced plans to aggressively influence the launch of driverless car technology.  

An Autonomous Fleet For Amsterdam
From ACM TechNews

An Autonomous Fleet For Amsterdam

The Massachusetts Institute of Technology has partnered with the Amsterdam Institute for Advanced Metropolitan Solutions to test a fleet of autonomous boats.

Inside Google's Internet Justice League and Its AI-Powered War on Trolls
From ACM TechNews

Inside Google's Internet Justice League and Its AI-Powered War on Trolls

Online forums and social media platforms are havens for trolls and bullies who launch campaigns of harassment can lead to the self-censorship of the people they...

In Backing Autonomous Cars, ­.s. Tells Automakers to Figure It Out
From ACM News

In Backing Autonomous Cars, ­.s. Tells Automakers to Figure It Out

The Obama administration's approach to hands-free driving is remarkably hands-off.

Obama's Science Advisors: Much Forensic Work Has No Scientific Foundation
From ACM News

Obama's Science Advisors: Much Forensic Work Has No Scientific Foundation

Last year, the US Department of Justice released a report that involved some painful self-examination.

Artificial Intelligence Software Is Booming. But Why Now?
From ACM News

Artificial Intelligence Software Is Booming. But Why Now?

This is the year artificial intelligence came into its own for mainstream businesses, at least as a marketing feature.

Remote Repairs, Healthy Crops, Police Surveillance: The Future of Drones, Ar, and Vr
From ACM News

Remote Repairs, Healthy Crops, Police Surveillance: The Future of Drones, Ar, and Vr

The future, according to the world's largest vendor of networking gear, is all part of the Internet of Things.

Hubble Telescope Snaps Best-Ever Views of a Comet's Disintegration
From ACM News

Hubble Telescope Snaps Best-Ever Views of a Comet's Disintegration

Building-size chunks of rock were photographed by the Hubble Space Telescope in January as they broke free from a disintegrating comet zooming around the sun.

Ornl Helps Develop Hybrid Computational Strategy For Efficient Sequencing of Massive Genome Datasets
From ACM TechNews

Ornl Helps Develop Hybrid Computational Strategy For Efficient Sequencing of Massive Genome Datasets

Oak Ridge National Laboratory researchers say they have developed a novel hybrid computational strategy to efficiently discover genetic variants.

Google's Go Language Ventures Into Machine Learning
From ACM TechNews

Google's Go Language Ventures Into Machine Learning

There is a growing interest in having Go toolkits that take advantage of the language's conveniences.

Lightweight, Wearable Tech Efficiently Converts Body Heat to Electricity
From ACM TechNews

Lightweight, Wearable Tech Efficiently Converts Body Heat to Electricity

North Carolina State University researchers have developed a new design for harvesting body heat and converting it into electricity for use in wearable electronics...

Human Brain Map Gets a Bold New Update
From ACM News

Human Brain Map Gets a Bold New Update

Most of us think little of hopping on Google Maps to look at everything from a bird's-eye view of an entire continent to an on-the-ground view of a specific street...

A Lesson of Tesla Crashes? Computer Vision Can't Do It All Yet
From ACM News

A Lesson of Tesla Crashes? Computer Vision Can't Do It All Yet

Jitendra Malik, a researcher in computer vision for three decades, doesn't own a Tesla, but he has advice for people who do.
Sign In for Full Access
» Forgot Password? » Create an ACM Web Account