Several companies have started marketing "live-captioning glasses" to help hearing-impaired users communicate by overlaying real-time transcribed speech on the...Scientific American From ACM TechNews | October 13, 2023
Computer scientists claim to have created the first algorithm for seamlessly concealing messages in realistic text, images, or audio.
Scientific American From ACM TechNews | September 7, 2023
Scientists are investigating whether virtual reality can offer some of the health benefits of being in nature.
Scientific American From ACM TechNews | July 20, 2023
A computational model of a house cat's nose aims to explain the complexity of a cat's sense of smell.
Scientific American From ACM TechNews | July 6, 2023
The first successful delivery of a human donor lung by aerial drone in Toronto, Canada, has implications for the future of transplant science.
Scientific American From ACM TechNews | March 15, 2023
It's not that they aren't interested; it's the culture of these fields and how they exclude women and girls.
Scientific American From ACM News | August 2, 2022
Geographic areas with populations at high risk of micronutrient deficiencies can be identified using publicly available satellite data and artificial intelligence...Scientific American From ACM TechNews | May 27, 2022
Rresearchers have developed a jumping robot that can reach heights of more than 30 meters, or about the height of a 10-story building, after being launched at about...Scientific American From ACM TechNews | May 3, 2022
Two University of California, Davis researchers have proposed a computational method for dissipating a small fraction of the heat generated by conventional computer...Scientific American From ACM TechNews | March 30, 2022
An international team of scientists developed a deep learning algorithm to more deeply explore permanently shadowed regions of the Moon.
Scientific American From ACM TechNews | January 19, 2022
Firefighting robots can enter buildings that human firefighters cannot. Researchers are working to develop firefighting robots that can make decisions autonomously...Scientific American From ACM TechNews | November 3, 2021
This year's Olympic Games in Tokyo use an advanced three-dimensional tracking system that captures athletes' performances in fine detail.
Scientific American From ACM TechNews | July 28, 2021
One expert warns that the field is overpromising, while another says his firm is on the verge of building "useful" machines.
Scientific American From ACM News | April 22, 2021
Researchers have simulated the way each leg of a spider functions as a semi-independent "computer," with sensors that trigger movements based on environmental readings...Scientific American From ACM TechNews | January 14, 2021
The footprint-identification technique uses software to track black rhinoceros' movements via smartphone-recorded footprints, in order to protect the animals from...Scientific American From ACM TechNews | December 16, 2020
A Georgia Institute of Technology music technologist modified an improvisational musical robot called Shimon to create lyrics and perform rap in real time.
Scientific American From ACM TechNews | December 11, 2020
Researchers at Tsinghua University in China developed a micro robot that could take advantage of three-dimensional printing technology to lay down new tissues directly...Scientific American From ACM TechNews | September 29, 2020