Cornell University researchers have developed an algorithm that can identify regularities in the natural world that represent natural laws. The researchers tested...Cornell University From ACM TechNews | April 3, 2009
Jussi Rantala of Finland's University of Tampere is working on a project that would allow the visually impaired to use touch-screen devices such as iPhones. Rantala's...New Scientist From ACM TechNews | April 3, 2009
University of Pennsylvania computer scientist Michael Kearns is exploring the connections between social networks and human behavior. Such research could revolutionize...The Philadelphia Inquirer From ACM TechNews | April 3, 2009
Researchers at the Universidad Politecnica de Madrid's School of Computing are using modular neural networks to model cognitive functions related to awareness and...Universidad Politecnica de Madrid From ACM TechNews | April 3, 2009
Honda Motor's Advanced Telecommunications Research Institute International (ATR) and Shimadzu have co-developed a brain-machine interface system that enables people...IDG News Service From ACM TechNews | April 3, 2009
ACM's annual conference on Computer-Human Interaction, CHI 2009, gets underway at the Hynes Convention Center in Boston on April 4. Sponsored by ACM's Special...AScribe Newswire From ACM TechNews | April 3, 2009
Graduate students at the Indiana University School of Informatics have developed WattBot, a residential electricity monitoring and feedback system that will be...Indiana University From ACM TechNews | April 1, 2009
The advantages of cloud computing were dramatically illustrated last week by researchers working on the STAR nuclear physics experiment at Brookhaven National Laboratory's...Newswise From ACM News | April 3, 2009
Students at Sweden's Malardalen University will build a smart robot to construct a little red cabin on the moon. The team has been charged with taking the House...AlphaGalileo From ACM TechNews | April 2, 2009
Mobile users want better video calls, streaming television and faster downloads, placing more demands on the limited radio spectrum available to operators. Could...ICT Results From ICT Results | April 2, 2009
Both IBM's Almaden Research Center and Hewlett-Packard Labs are focused on promoting their companies' core businesses and investigating emerging technologies....Investor's Business Daily From ACM TechNews | April 2, 2009
Washington State University professors Maureen Schmitter-Edgecombe and Diane Cook have created a smart home laboratory to assess how technology can help senior...The Daily Evergreen (WA) From ACM TechNews | April 2, 2009
NASA and Microsoft recently announced plans to make planetary images and data accessible over the Internet as part of the Space Act Agreement. NASA and Microsoft...NASA News From ACM TechNews | April 1, 2009
Web services are finding homes in a growing number of applications, from e-learning to manufacturing. But the IT industry's rush to meet demand for services has...ICT Results From ACM News | April 2, 2009
When ACM (the Association for Computing Machinery) awarded Barbara Liskov the prestigious A.M. Turing Award earlier this month, its decision and timing were perfect...National Science Foundation From ACM News | April 1, 2009
York University professor Neil Audsley is part of the pan-European Embedded Multi-Core Processing for Mobile Communications project, an effort to make the multi...The niversity of York From ACM TechNews | April 1, 2009
Tel Aviv University researchers have developed Smart Dew, tiny sensors as small as dewdrops that can be arranged in a network. The inexpensive sensors are equipped...American Friends of Tel Aviv niversity From ACM TechNews | April 1, 2009
An informal group of computer security experts said they have observed early attempts by the Conficker virus to communicate with a control server, but they are...The New York Times From ACM TechNews | April 1, 2009
Is America losing its innovative edge? That's the fear of a growing number of tech-industry leaders, who say that U.S. companies are focusing on short-term gains...Investor's Business Daily From ACM News | April 1, 2009
With unemployment skyrocketing across the nation, tech and other companies this year are expected to request fewer H-1B visas for highly skilled foreign workers...San Jose Mercury News From ACM News | April 1, 2009