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From ACM NewsSamuel Greengard| December 7, 2023
An edited collection of advanced computing news from Communications of the ACM, ACM TechNews, other ACM resources, and news sites around the Web.
For household robots ever to be practical, they'll need to be able to recognize the objects they're supposed to manipulate.MIT News Office From ACM News | January 12, 2015
Massachusetts Institute of Technology researchers have found the most recent version of deep neural networks match the primate brain. MIT News From ACM TechNews | December 22, 2014
Using a gene-editing system originally developed to delete specific genes, MIT researchers have now shown that they can reliably turn on any gene of their choosing...MIT News From ACM News | December 17, 2014
MIT chemists have devised a new way to wirelessly detect hazardous gases and environmental pollutants, using a simple sensor that can be read by a smartphone.MIT News Office From ACM News | December 11, 2014
Researchers say an algorithm they developed can accurately determine whether a patient is suffering from emphysema or heart failure based on their breath.MIT News From ACM TechNews | November 10, 2014
Chisel is a new system that lets programmers identify sections of their code that can tolerate small errors.MIT News From ACM TechNews | November 3, 2014
Measurable virtual reality combines ceiling-mounted projectors with motion-capture technology and animation software to project a robot's intentions in real time...MIT News From ACM TechNews | October 31, 2014
Researchers have developed a robot equipped with tactile sensors that enable it to grasp a USB cable draped over a hook and insert it into a USB port. MIT News From ACM TechNews | September 24, 2014
Researchers have developed a soft robotic arm, inspired by octopus tentacles, that can snake through a pipelike environment without a human operator. MIT News From ACM TechNews | September 17, 2014
Massachusetts Institute of Technology researchers have developed an algorithm for bounding, and successfully implemented it in a robotic cheetah. MIT News From ACM TechNews | September 15, 2014
Objects in space tend to spin—and spin in a way that's totally different from the way they spin on earth.MIT News Office From ACM News | September 11, 2014
Mezzanine is a collaborative-conferencing system that enables multiple users to share and control digital content from any device using gesture controls. MIT News From ACM TechNews | September 9, 2014
Researchers analyzing taxi trip data found about 95% of trips could have been shared, and an optimal combination of trips would have cut travel time by 40%. MIT News From ACM TechNews | September 5, 2014
DBWipes is a new data visualization tool that enables users to highlight abnormalities and possible patterns in a graphical display. MIT News From ACM TechNews | August 18, 2014
For years, a team of researchers at MIT and Harvard University has been working on origami robots—reconfigurable robots that would be able to fold themselves into...MIT News Office From ACM News | August 8, 2014
The fields of data communication, fabrication, and ultrasound imaging share a common challenge when it comes to improving speed and efficiency: light's diffraction...MIT News Office From ACM Opinion | July 14, 2014
A new algorithm enables independent agents to collaborate on a machine-learning model without aggregating data. MIT News From ACM TechNews | June 27, 2014
The more cores—or processing units—a computer chip has, the bigger the problem of communication between cores becomes.MIT News Office From ACM News | June 25, 2014