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A new user verification system for phones relies on the unique way a person moves his or her lips

Silent speech recognition enables covert communication

In Japan, you'll be able to rent a home robot that someone else occasionally inhabits to fold your clothes

Its magnetic properties come from spin excitons, and could someday improve the speed and power consumption of data storage devices

Specialized chips and circuits may not save the computer industry after all

The push to connect more devices and share more data presents a variety of challenges for wireless researchers

Loon’s proprietary radio solutions for balloon-based networks could work just as well in space

Made with cotton, this generator harvests body heat to power wearable electronics

As either "guesser" or "drawer," the Allen Institute's new AI cooperates with a human player

Costly consequences go on and on

A drone powered by electrohydrodynamic thrust is the smallest flying robot ever made

New technology teases simple, photon-only alternative to existing high-maintenance quantum repeater technologies

To improve energy efficiency, a smart grid project in Turkey and Portugal leverages consumer choice

The telecom industry has an increasing need for EMI shielding, using EMC gaskets in between metal housing covers.

Leonardo augments humanoid legs with thrusters to help it run and jump

Scientists in Japan have developed a MEMS energy harvester charged by an off-chip electret

This smart seat keeps tabs on your heart while you take care of business

Happy workers are crowding the halls at LinkedIn, Uber, and Salesforce, but in short supply at Snapchat, eBay, and Oracle, according to a survey by Blind

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Bests human professional gamers in the complex strategy game StarCraft II

Using scalp electrodes to jolt the brain has been called both a miracle cure and a sham

Engineers aim to use “silicon interconnect fabric” to build a computer with 40 GPUs on a single silicon wafer

The Princess phone was pitched as the perfect extension for the bedroom

As far as we know, this is the smallest legged robot in existence

Engineers from Johns Hopkins reinvent the humble stethoscope to save lives

To produce a field of 16 teslas for CERN’s Future Circular Collider, scientists must invent a new class of magnets

A novel catalyst protects fuel cells from contaminants, and could help China catch up in battery-free EVs

Defining a “data scientist” is tough; finding one to hire in today’s market can be even tougher. A certification program aims to help

Shape-memory materials could make medical devices longer lasting and easier to implant

An international team of three takes home $1 million for being the best at predicting home prices

More than 10 years in the making, Terra wants to do for your lawn what Roomba has done for your floors

The U.S. government is proposing to reclassify nation's nuclear waste, much of which is stored in Washington state

Hundreds of IEEE members entered our contest. Here are the most memorable submissions

How Flash DSC is transforming rapid-scanning DSC technology, presented by Mettler-Toledo

The machine triumphed in DARPA’s Cyber Grand Challenge, where teams automated white-hat hacking

Seeing the road is a challenge for self-driving cars, but so is developing a secure software framework that won't crash

Problem highlights increasing concerns about validity of digital forensic apps

Unexpected interactions forced design fixes

This 1943 analog-to-digital converter helped make an unbreakable code

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Computer algorithms help prosthetics wearers walk within minutes rather than requiring hours of training

One day, electric bandages and biodegradable electronic implants could ward off infections and speed recovery

The system uses an adaptive algorithm to adjust to each person’s unique snore

Sapienz and SapFix are automated tools that Facebook now uses to find and fix problems across all of the company’s apps

Lidar wavelengths deemed safe for human eyeballs might imperil digital camera sensors

Immersive 3D video exposure helps people overcome arachnophobia