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Robot Research in the Wild: Water Transport in Rural India
What can we learn from bringing practical robotics to people who have never seen a robot before?
Big Data Shows Women Engineers Downplay Coding Skills
Recruiters may overlook women engineers who do not list their programming experience
Three Trends Driving the 5G Test Paradigm
The 5G New Radio (NR) standard is here, and it's being tested and trialed right now.
How Project Loon Built the Navigation System That Kept Its Balloons Over Puerto Rico
The balloons provided basic Internet service to more than 200,000 people after Hurricane Maria
Mobile World Congress 2018: Startups Push Hybrid Approach for Massive MIMO Antennas
Purely digital massive MIMO antennas are not realistic for 5G networks, but a hybrid approach may be just right
New Smartphone Sensor Checks Your Blood Pressure
It’s more convenient than a cuff and could help patients monitor hypertension at home
Keepon Helps Kids Learn to Argue Better
Social robots (especially cute ones) can help children resolve conflicts without all the screaming
QuickTime’s Developers Reflect on Doing Digital Video in Software
They were fresh out of college, thrilled just to be hired by Apple, would have worked on anything—and ended up changing video, Apple, and more
Can the U.S. Military Combat the Coming Swarm of Weaponized Drones?
The U.S. Army will have to dramatically change its timeframes to deal with drones, study says
ABB Introduces Your Digital Assistant
Create your own digital workspace with ABB Connect and communicate with clients, suppliers and colleagues via live sharing.
Piezoelectric-Thermal-Structural Modeling
Learn how to couple piezoelectric, structural vibration, and heat transfer phenomena in a model
Research Proves Drones Sound Like Bees, Which Is Good News for Elephants
There isn't much that scares an elephant, but drones designed to sound like bees could help save them
Is Google Going Underground With Hypersonic Tech?
High-speed drilling and tunneling machines could revolutionize geothermal energy and enable Hyperloop trains
Foreign-Born Engineers Dominate Bay Area Tech Jobs
The 2018 Silicon Valley Index also reports that local universities are cranking up their engineering pipelines, and dang, San Francisco is getting young
Join Wave 2018 for Huge Keysight Gear Giveaways
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Arizona Utility Opts for Solar and Storage to Meet Peak Demand
The combination of solar power and battery storage edged out natural gas, which is the go-to technology for peaking plants
Avoid Costly RF Cosite Interference Before It Becomes a Problem
Learn How to Avoid Costly RF Cosite Interference Before It Becomes a Problem
Summer Camp Can Help Chances of College Acceptance
IEEE offers two-week engineering summer camp experiences at four colleges and universities in 2018.
Spec Changes Top List of Power Designer’s Challenges
This whitepaper explores today’s top power system design obstacles, the causes of specification changes and solutions to overcoming spec changes and other challenges.
Video Friday: Robot Roller Skating, BonsAI Tree, and Thor's Hammer
Your weekly selection of awesome robot videos
The Costly Fiasco of Minnesota’s Licensing and Registration System
The state needs another $43 million to fix the system
Hey Big Spender! (For Semiconductor R&D, That’s Intel)
Nvidia, Samsung, and TSMC are dialing R&D spending way up, but Intel dominates
Mobile World Congress 2018: Don’t Expect 5G Service Anytime Soon
Many of the first use cases for 5G will offer little to the average person
Lockheed Martin to Develop Laser Weapons for U.S. Navy Destroyers
By 2020, Lockheed Martin will deliver a high-energy laser that will be installed on a U.S. Navy destroyer
Learn How to Choose the Right LDO for Your Application
In the Low-Dropout Linear Regulator Application Tutorial, learn solutions to the unique challenges presented by LDOs when powering a variety of common applications.
Mobile World Congress 2018: 5G’s Killer App May Not Be an App at All
The demand driver for 5G may not be AI or VR, but improved carrier business models
Getting EUV Ready for 2020
Fixes to chemistry and design needed to extend lithography cost savings, according to Imec analysis
Skiing Robots Race Down Slopes, Warm Our Hearts
We check in with the Ski Robot Challenge organizers for details, winners, and the adorable battle cries of each competitor
Paying for Genetic Data with Cryptocurrency
A startup is betting on blockchain to get people to sequence and share their genomes
Feeding Frenzy for AI Engineers Gets More Intense
Demand for software engineers with AI expertise continues to increase, while supply flattens
John Deere and the Birth of Precision Agriculture
Farmers were on the fence about precision farming, until Deere engineers made it more accurate and economical
Mobile World Congress 2018: You Can’t Teach an AI to Run a Telecom Network—Yet
At Mobile World Congress, telecom companies are only scratching the surface of machine learning
This Flash DSC Revolutionizes Rapid-Scanning DSC
This novel technique can be considered a quantum leap in DSC technology, opening up new frontiers.
Computing With Random Pulses Promises to Simplify Circuitry and Save Power
Stochastic computing may improve retinal implants, neural networks, and more
It's Dangerous When You Build Things You Klutz, but MIT's Robots Will Save You
MIT's AutoSaw takes the risk and skill out of creating custom furniture, so that even you can do it without losing an unnecessary number of limbs
Mozilla and the NSF Hand Out $400,000 in Prize Money for First Phase of Wireless Innovation Challenge
Keychains that can network themselves for disaster response and wireless broadband relays connecting underserved neighborhoods win top honors
5G is in Danger of Being Oversold
Commercial service is years away, but even then, 5G won’t fulfill all of its promises
GhostRider: The Self-Driving Motorbike That Launched Anthony Levandowski
IEEE Spectrum unearths a 14-year-old press kit revealing the notorious engineer’s early ambitions
Cryptographers Urge People to Abandon IOTA After Leaked Emails
A dump of private emails pits developers of the cryptocurrency against external security researchers
Creating Driving Tests for Self-Driving Cars
Volvo-backed Zenuity wants to prove that autonomous vehicles can drive more safely than humans
Vaclav Smil
Exploding e-Cigarettes Are a Growing Danger to Public Health
Whatever their physiological effects, the most immediate threat of these nicotine-delivery devices comes from a battery problem called thermal runaway
Printed Sensor Monitors Tire Tread in Real Time
A carbon nanotube sensor measures millimeter-scale changes in rubber thickness
AI Beats Dermatologists in Diagnosing Nail Fungus
Deep learning algorithms beat 42 dermatology experts at diagnosing nail fungus infections
OpenAI Releases Algorithm That Helps Robots Learn from Hindsight
It's not a failure if you just pretend that you meant to do it all along
Checking in With Alphabet Chair John Hennessy
Here’s what the Alphabet/Google chair and Stanford professor says about his new gig, "fake news," and the future of technology
For Tech History Buffs, The Most Interesting Thing About Stephen Colbert's Monologues Is The Wall Behind Him
A behemoth from the heroic age of power engineering stirs to life in the New York City subway’s Substation 13
Build Your Own Altair 8800 Personal Computer
Go back to 1974 and the dawn of home computing with this Arduino-based kit
'Memtransistor' Forms Foundational Circuit Element to Neuromorphic Computing
Combining characteristics of a memristor with a transistor mimics the multiple synapses of neurons
Video Friday: More Boston Dynamics, OpenCat Robot, and Uncanny Valley
Your weekly selection of awesome robot videos
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