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
Duolingo users are making new courses for people who speak Asian languages like Chinese and Hindi. How does that work?New Scientist From ACM Opinion | May 20, 2014
For the past few weeks the world's attention has been focussed on the lost Malaysia Airlines plane and its 239 passengers and crew that has apparently crashed in...New Scientist From ACM Opinion | March 28, 2014
Gordon Bell, one of the first people to chronicle his existence digitally, explains how it has changed his life and the potential pitfalls.New Scientist From ACM Opinion | January 13, 2014
Physicist John Pendry talks about the profound physics obscured by his invisibility cloak and how metamaterials could help realise the perfect lens.New Scientist From ACM Opinion | December 27, 2013
Internet security relies on the fact that our computers can't break its cryptosystems. But the quantum algorithm you devised has the potential to do just that.New Scientist From ACM Opinion | November 26, 2013
Exactly two decades ago, the RAND Corporation, an influential think tank, proclaimed that "cyberwar is coming!"New Scientist From ACM Opinion | September 10, 2013
As a new moon orbiter gets set to launch, Pete Worden, director of NASA Ames, says forget the 20th—this is the real space century.New Scientist From ACM Opinion | September 4, 2013
The idea that nothing can exceed the speed of light limits our interstellar ambitions. How do we get round this?New Scientist From ACM Opinion | August 19, 2013
Makers of cars and mobile electronics are pushing a tempting vision of the future. It is one in which you can stay fully connected while driving.New Scientist From ACM Opinion | July 24, 2013
The Kepler space telescope's search may be at an end, but Didier Queloz, who found the first world around a sunlike star, says more planet hunts are afoot.New Scientist From ACM Opinion | June 11, 2013
In a former life I was a research assistant. After painstaking weeks spent gathering data, I was tasked with putting the numbers into a statistics application that...New Scientist From ACM Opinion | March 25, 2013
Soon we'll be able to engineer living things with mechanical precision, says Tom Knight, father of synthetic biology.New Scientist From ACM Opinion | December 11, 2012
When it comes to the human brain, many scientists believe that we are incapable of understanding how it works because we lack the tools and intelligence to measure...New Scientist From ACM News | November 16, 2012
One of the greatest benefits of 3D printing technology—the ability to make replacements or parts for household objects like toys, utensils and gadgets—may be denied...New Scientist From ACM Opinion | October 16, 2012