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An edited collection of advanced computing news from Communications of the ACM, ACM TechNews, other ACM resources, and news sites around the Web.
New ScientistGeorgia Tech University professors Maysam Ghovanloo and Xueliang Huo have developed a headset that enables a person to precisely control a wheelchair...New Scientist From ACM TechNews | July 6, 2009
University of Michigan researchers are using information available through the Second Life virtual world to study how "gestures," or pieces of code that users must...niversity of Michigan News Service From ACM TechNews | July 6, 2009
Future network-tethered sensor systems will be capable of unleashing an enormous amount of data, so a new breed of supercomputers will be needed to make sense of...Government Computer News From ACM TechNews | July 6, 2009
Information services company Matrixware has teamed up with a consortium of European researchers to enhance access to its database of patents. The commercial deal... From ICT Results | July 3, 2009
Even though EMC Corp. makes some of the world's most advanced data-storage gear, the Hopkinton, Mass. company is going back to school. Late last month, EMC unveiled...The Boston Globe From ACM News | July 6, 2009
The European Union-funded CASBLiP project has developed a portable system to help visually-impaired users navigate outdoors. The system analyzes video from portable...ICT Results From ACM TechNews | July 2, 2009
The University of Florida is using a life-sized computer avatar on a flat screen and a mannequin with prosthetic body parts to teach medical students how to perform...University of Florida News From ACM TechNews | July 1, 2009
The Army Research Office has awarded Pennsylvania State University (PSU) researchers pursuing work on hard/soft data fusion with a $1.2 million Multidisciplinary...Penn State Live From ACM TechNews | July 2, 2009
The latest multi-core processors and smart software are enabling physicists and engineers to simulate the real world with unprecedented accuracy to create more...New Scientist From ACM TechNews | July 2, 2009
The replacement of an important piece of collision-prevention equipment five days before last week's fatal train crash on the Washington, D.C., Metro's Red Line...The Washington Post From ACM TechNews | July 2, 2009
Drexel University will deploy a smart grid system to provide real-time measurements of the University's power usage and allow excess power to be sold back to the...Drexel University From ACM News | July 2, 2009
A tiny grid pattern has led materials scientists at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and the Institute of Solid State Physics in Russia... National Institute of Standards and Technology From ACM News | July 2, 2009
When the organizers of the Netflix Prize contest announced late last week that one team had met the requirement for the $1 million Grand Prize, Yehuda Koren, a15th...Marina Krakovsky From ACM News | July 2, 2009
Simon Fraser University (SFU) doctorate student Cheng-Hsin Hsu, along with SFU graduate students Yi Liu and Cong Ly, and their supervisor Mohamed Hefeeda, has designed...CTV British Columbia From ACM TechNews | July 1, 2009
The University of California, Davis' Visualization and Interface Design Innovation lab, run by professor Kwan-Liu Ma, seeks to render massive data sets into insightful...CITRIS Newsletter From ACM TechNews | July 1, 2009
Experts are concerned that not enough teachers who can arouse passion for science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) in public school students are...The Baltimore Sun From ACM TechNews | July 1, 2009
Yale University researchers have led a research effort to develop the first rudimentary solid-state quantum processor, a major step toward the creation of a quantum...Yale niversity From ACM TechNews | July 1, 2009
Researchers at the University of Technology, Sydney, (UTS) Australia, have developed software that uses new imaging technology to enable moving police cars to automatically...Computerworld Australia From ACM TechNews | July 1, 2009
The Anita Borg Institute (ABI) for Women and Technology recently announced that the Motorola Foundation has awarded the institute a $30,560 Innovation Generation...Business Wire From ACM TechNews | July 1, 2009
Researchers in Germany believe organic computing has the potential to solve the problems of urban traffic systems, which rely on sensors and controllers. Using...Inderscience Publishers From ACM TechNews | July 1, 2009