Tornado survivors often compare the terrifying, deafening roars of a twister's furious winds to the sound of a freight train. But storms also emit sounds that are...IEEE Spectrum From ACM News | May 9, 2018
In 1981, Richard Feynman suggested that a quantum computer might be able to simulate the evolution of quantum systems much better than classical computers. Except...IEEE Spectrum From ACM News | April 18, 2018
Solar cells convert light to electricity. Image sensors also convert light to electricity. If you could do them both at the same time in the same chip, you'd have...IEEE Spectrum From ACM News | April 13, 2018
Researchers at Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center have used electrical stimulation and neural patterns to improve the storage of new information in the brain, which...IEEE Spectrum From ACM TechNews | April 12, 2018
The University of Illinois' Naresh Shanbhag is pushing for a new computer architecture that blends computing and memory so devices can be smarter without consuming...IEEE Spectrum From ACM TechNews | April 3, 2018
If John von Neumann were designing a computer today, there's no way he would build a thick wall between processing and memory. At least, that's what computer engineer Naresh...IEEE Spectrum From ACM News | March 30, 2018
It's not too hard to make a drone that can fly very fast, and it's not too hard to make a drone that can avoid obstacles.
IEEE Spectrum From ACM News | February 14, 2018
Researchers are developing robotic swarms that can be rapidly customized, self-assembled, and self-deployed without human intervention.
IEEE Spectrum From ACM TechNews | January 22, 2018
In November of 2012, the semiannual Top500 rankings of the world's supercomputers gave top billing to a machine constructed at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory...IEEE Spectrum From ACM News | January 10, 2018
By thinking of atoms as letters and molecules as words, artificial intelligence software from IBM is now employing the same methods computers use to translate languages...IEEE Spectrum From ACM News | December 5, 2017
Significant work is underway in analog computing in the context of machine learning, machine intelligence, and biomimetic circuits.
IEEE Spectrum From ACM TechNews | December 4, 2017
A universal quantum computer capable of outperforming today's classical computers in solving many different problems remains the biggest future prize for many engineers...IEEE Spectrum From ACM News | December 1, 2017
Researchers recently unveiled a prototype for a soft, edible pneumatic actuator fabricated from gelatin, which can serve as a crucial mechanism for ingestible robots...IEEE Spectrum From ACM TechNews | October 6, 2017
Chinese researchers have completed a practical demonstration of quantum key distribution, showing that it's possible to encrypt and send data between two locations...IEEE Spectrum From ACM News | October 4, 2017
Keeping bitcoin running via the process of "mining" consumes a staggering amount of electricity, and experts are investigating energy-saving solutions.
IEEE Spectrum From ACM TechNews | October 2, 2017
In October 2016, inside a sold-out arena in Zurich, a man named Numa Poujouly steered his wheelchair up to the central podium.
IEEE Spectrum From ACM Opinion | August 31, 2017