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 TechNews
Smile-to-Pay: Chinese Shoppers Turn to Facial Payment Technology
China is embracing facial payment technology, which allows consumers to purchase goods simply by posing in front of point-of-sale machines equipped with cameras...
From ACM TechNews
Computing 'Boot Camp' is Showing that 'Anyone Can Be a Coder'
School of Code is a U.K.-based startup that offers 15 weeks of free training at a "boot camp" for computer programming.
From ACM TechNews
Popular Mobile Games Can Detect Cognitive Decline
Researchers have found that popular mobile phone games can be used as a tool to help doctors identify early signs of cognitive decline.
From ACM TechNews
A Smart Artificial Hand for Amputees Merges User, Robotic Control
Researchers in Switzerland are developing new approaches for control of robotic hands for amputees that combine individual finger control and automation for improved...
From ACM News
Körber Prize 2019 for Bernhard Schölkopf
This year, the scientific distinction with the highest prize money in Germany goes to the pioneer of artificial intelligence.
From ACM TechNews
How State Election Officials Are Contributing to Weak Security in 2020
A study by cybersecurity company NormShield found U.S. state election offices are failing to implement digital safeguards, increasing the 2020 elections' susceptibility...
From ACM TechNews
Artificial Leg with Sensors Helps People Feel Every Step
A new artificial leg is equipped with sensors that allow users to feel when the leg flexes and lands on the ground.
From ACM TechNews
AI Technology Could Identify Those at Risk of Fatal Heart Attacks, Research Claims
New artificial intelligence technology can help gauge a person's risk for suffering a deadly heart attack, years ahead of time.
From ACM TechNews
Research Team Introduces 'Phyjama,' a Physiological Sensing Pajama
University of Massachusetts, Amherst researchers have unveiled physiological-sensing textiles that can be woven or stitched into sleep apparel.
From ACM TechNews
Optical Lace Gives Robots Heightened Sensory Ability
Researchers have developed a stretchable optical lace that could give soft robots a soft touch.
From ACM TechNews
Cloud-Based Tool Provides Clear Communication for Disaster Situations
A new self-contained communication tool provides support for first-responders from separate organizations operating in a disaster situation.
From ACM TechNews
AI Facial Recognition Software Now Works for Wild Chimpanzees, Too
A new facial recognition artificial intelligence program can detect and identify individual chimpanzees captured in video footage recorded in the wild.
From ACM TechNews
2020 IT Budgets Increase as Priorities Grow
A TechRepublic Premium survey found that information technology budgets plans for 2020 continue to grow year over year.
From ACM TechNews
Crime Prevention Through Crime Prediction
Students in a Louisiana State University computer science class developed a crime-prediction software program.
From ACM News
Head in the Clouds
Brain-computer interfaces, like so much else, may be migrating to the cloud.
From ACM TechNews
Realistic Robots Provide Clues to Lizard Interaction
Researchers have developed an interactive robot that responds to the immediate actions of live lava lizards on the Galapagos Islands.
From ACM TechNews
Scientists Find the Skull of Humanity's Ancestor, on a Computer
Researchers reconstructed a virtual skull of the last common human ancestor using computerized-tomography scans of 260 modern-day skulls from various populations...
From ACM TechNews
States Boost Computer Science Education Efforts
A new study found that only 45% of U.S. high schools offer classes in computer science, and that girls and minorities are underrepresented in those classes.
From ACM TechNews
AIs That Deblur Faces Could Make People on CCTV Easier to Identify
A new artificial intelligence system can automatically deblur photographs of people's faces.
From ACM TechNews