Fraunhofer FIT has developed a next generation touch system that enables users to interact with objects on a display without making physical contact. Fraunhofer FIT From ACM TechNews | July 23, 2010
New Zealand's National Institute of Water & Atmospheric Research has launched the most powerful computer in the southern hemisphere. The new supercomputer can...New Zealand Dominion Post From ACM TechNews | July 23, 2010
As government officials continue to nervously monitor the cap on the Deepwater Horizon well, there are still millions of barrels of oil oozing around in the Gulf...Slate From ACM News | July 21, 2010
If you want to see what outer space looks like, there may be no better way to do so than to have Carter Emmart take you on a ride there.CNET From ACM News | July 20, 2010
A delicate wine glass shatters on the floor. A rock is thrown through a window. A child smashes his piggy bank. Dramatic moments like these in an animated movie...Cornell niversity Chronicle Online From ACM News | July 19, 2010
UTHealth has reached an agreement with other institutions that will allow it to take the next step in commercially developing an innovative medical imaging system...University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston From ACM News | July 16, 2010
Computing experts from the University of Essex, Imperial College, and the University of Bradford are working to make artificial intelligence smarter, which will...University of Essex From ACM TechNews | July 14, 2010
A new approach to processing X-ray data could lower by a factor of ten or more the amount of radiation patients receive during cone beam CT scans, report researchers...American Institute of Physics From ACM News | July 15, 2010
Stony Brook University received a $1.4 million National Science Foundation grant to build what its creator described as the closest thing in the world to Star Trek's...Stony Brook University From ACM News | July 14, 2010
A breakthrough in remote wave sensing by a team from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute opens the way for detecting hidden explosives, chemical or biological agents...Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute From ACM News | July 13, 2010
Google is bringing Android software development to the masses. The company will offer a software tool, starting Monday, that is intended to make it easy for people...The New York Times From ACM News | July 13, 2010
For better or worse, search engines have become the gateway to the Web. They help users to find information, advertisers to sell products—they even help hackers...New Scientist From ACM News | July 13, 2010
One of the first Web sites loaded on Silicon Valley’s laptops and iPhones each morning—and then again and again throughout the day—is Techmeme.The New York Times From ACM News | July 13, 2010
In a prelude to overhauling its regulatory oversight of genetic diagnostic testing, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration will convene a public meeting next week...Technology Review From ACM News | July 13, 2010
When Danny Hillis spent a day watching a top surgeon perform keyhole cancer surgery, he was left both exhilarated and depressed. The clinical precision with which...New Scientist From ACM News | July 13, 2010
ETH Zurich researchers have developed intelligent textiles that have electronic components such as sensors and conductive filaments woven into the fabric. ETH Life From ACM TechNews | July 12, 2010
Google is offering software designed to make it simple for users to create their own applications for Android smartphones. The free software has been under development...The New York Times From ACM TechNews | July 12, 2010
Multimedia talking touchscreens, housed in computer kiosks at clinics and hospitals, are helping researchers at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine... From ACM News | July 12, 2010
A new image from the Planck mission shows what it's been up to for the past year--surveying the entire sky for clues to our universal origins.NASA From ACM News | July 6, 2010