From Communications of the ACM
Digital innovation is not working in the interest of the whole of society. It is time to radically rethink its purpose without…
Filippo Gualtiero Blancato| March 1, 2024
Linus Torvalds created the original core of the Linux operating system in 1991 as a computer science student at the University of Helsinki in Finland.IEEE Spectrum From ACM Opinion | March 30, 2016
Theoretical physicist David DiVincenzo is widely viewed as one of the pioneers of quantum computing. He authored a 1996 paper (PDF) outlining five criteria he predicted...IEEE Spectrum From ACM Opinion | October 30, 2015
A vision of fully autonomous, self-driving cars allowing human owners to nap or read in the car seems to come from the future.IEEE Spectrum From ACM Opinion | October 27, 2015
Le's be clear: This is a parlor trick, not neuroscience. Nonetheless, with the help of some friends, I was able to make a toy shark fly through the air using brain...IEEE Spectrum From ACM Opinion | September 29, 2015
Back in 2004, I was awakened early one morning by a loud clatter. I ran outside, only to discover that a car had smashed into the corner of my house.IEEE Spectrum From ACM Opinion | March 12, 2013
Steve Mann built his first smart eyeglasses when he was still in high school and has continued to improve on his designs ever since—as a graduate student at MIT...IEEE Spectrum From ACM Opinion | January 9, 2013