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Autonomous Air Taxis Will Take Off in 2017, but Won’t Go Far
Larry Page and other entrepreneurs want to let robotic pilots whisk you away
Intel Finds Moore’s Law’s Next Step at 10 Nanometers
In 2017, the company will exploit its manufacturing edge to create a new generation of chips
Fold-Up Smartphone Screens Could Finally Make Their Big Debut
In 2017, Samsung will likely release a smartphone that transforms into a tablet
Commercial Spaceflight Hits a Milestone
Boeing and SpaceX are slated to test-fly spacecraft, first for NASA and then the private sector
Verizon and AT&T Prepare to Bring 5G to Market
Controversy flares as rivals rush to launch 5G services
Special Report: 2017 Top Tech to Watch
Here are some of the technologies you’ll be reading about this year
Facebook’s Face Recognition Tech Goes on Trial
Class-action lawsuits target the biometric privacy policies of several Internet giants
Augmented Reality: Forget the Glasses
While we waited for a Magic Leap, Pokémon Go walked off with the AR crown
Franka: A Robot Arm That’s Safe, Low Cost, and Can Replicate Itself
This factory robot can be trusted not to kill its human coworkers
A Parallel Air Traffic Control System Will Let Delivery Drones Fly Safely
Engineers are figuring out how to let drones fly beyond visual range
Completely Artificial Hearts: Coming to a Chest Cavity Near You
For patients with congestive heart failure, mechanical replacements can’t come soon enough
After Mastering Singapore’s Streets, NuTonomy’s Robo-taxis Are Poised to Take on New Cities
An AI alternative to deep learning makes it easier to debug the startup’s self-driving cars
Graphene Enables Spin Filtering at Room Temperatures for First Time
Breakthrough could be a boon for next-generation MRAM
Deep Learning AI Listens to Machines For Signs of Trouble
3DSignals' deep learning AI can detect early sounds of trouble in cars and other machines before they break down
Self-Assembly Process Strikes Perfect Balance for Making Atoms-Wide Nanowires
Diamondoids build smallest possible copper-sulfur nanowires, could construct many other nanomaterials
WattTime, the Tool That Tells You When to Charge Your EV to Keep It Green
Analytics from Berkeley-based WattTime precisely match new loads on a grid to the power plant that will serve them, providing estimates of carbon intensity that are up to 45 percent more accurate than regional averages. Such tools can guide cleaner charging by electric vehicles, and yield a bigger carbon reduction bang from energy efficiency measures and renewable power projects.
Meet Jon Spaihts, the Writer Behind the Movie <i>Passengers</i>
Math and a willingness to go against the grain of science fiction tropes were the foundation of this Hollywood production
Video Friday: Happy Holidays
Your yearly selection of awesome holiday robot videos
Review: Bowers & Wilkins P9 Signature Headphones
Old-school driver technology proves it still has what it takes
What Would You Do With a Waterproof MEMS Microphone? Listen to Whales, of Course
Vesper built its waterproof piezoelectric microphones for mobile phones and the IoT, but they turn out to be pretty good for listening to whale songs
Robotic Kiss Transmitter Lets You Smooch a Loved One From Afar
"Kissenger" device uses haptic tech to send and receive kisses
Embracing the Fog for Industry 4.0
The OpenFog Consortium—founded by Intel and other industry leaders—is helping to define fog computing architecture and ensure interoperability.
Are Stationary Bikes that Generate Electricity Making a Comeback?
A new gym in downtown Sacramento plans to recuperate the cost of electricity-generating bikes in one year
Simplify Sensor Connections with Modular IoT Software
Learn how their software stack uses sensor hubs, IoT gateways, cloud connectivity, and more to take the pain out of sensor integration.
New Technologies Extend Wireless Sensing Range
Emerging wireless technologies like LoRa and LTE Cat. 1 provide longer range at lower cost and power than stalwarts like Wi-Fi* and ZigBee*.
A Chip to Protect the Internet of Things
Microchip’s AWS-ECC508 bakes in secure communications
The 1959 Robot That Mowed the Road to Nowhere
For this radio-controlled lawn mower, the garden of tomorrow never arrived
Why Hire Engineers With Disabilities? They’re Practiced Problem Solvers
Disabled engineers make great contributors—if they can get past the interview
Patent Power 2016
The competition is getting tougher
Interactive: Patent Power 2016
The technology world’s most valuable patent portfolios
Stanford’s First Hacking for Diplomacy Class Takes On Refugee Crisis, Radicalization, Space Debris
Stanford students meet with John Kerry, U.S. State Department officials, and diplomats from around the world as they take on real-world problems
How Stanford Built a Humanoid Submarine Robot to Explore a 17th-Century Shipwreck
Exclusive photos take you through the first mission of Stanford's diving robot
Carbon Nanotubes Make Aerospace Composites Conductive
CNT-enabled carbon fiber composites offers a new age of unheard of functionalities
Should Engineers Start Thinking Like Field Biologists?
Samuel Arbesman has some radical ideas for coping with complexity
Why Isn’t the Tech Industry Doing Better on Diversity? It’s Google's and Facebook’s Fault
In a frank discussion about inclusion of women and minorities in the Silicon Valley workforce, tech executives and diversity experts say the “pipeline story” is a myth
Artificial Feathers Let Drones Morph Their Wings Like Birds
Researchers are testing a drone with feathered, folding wings that can maneuver like birds do
U.S. Navy's Drone Boat Swarm Practices Harbor Defense
A swarm of roboboats shows it can cooperate as a team on a harbor defense mission
Batteries Need to Get Big—Like, Enormous—for Solar Power to Shine
They need to store an order of magnitude more than anything yet seen
AI and Big Data vs. Air Pollution
Physics simulations and AI combine to give pollution forecasts to city dwellers in Beijing and beyond
Motion-Planning Chip Speeds Robots
A programmable chip turns a robot’s long pauses into quick action
Human Cells Eat Nanowires
Silicon nanowires swallowed by human cells provide new bioelectronic tool
What You Missed This Week atIEEESpectrum: Jerk-Free Drones, a Killer Robots Ban, and more
Highlights from the week of 12 December 2016
Carbon Nanotubes Make New Approach to Microfluidics More Effective
New technology offers early and easy detection of circulating tumor cells
California's Fight with Uber's Self-Driving Car
The state’s Department of Motor Vehicles insists that the ride-sharing company get a testing permit before taking to the roads
Video Friday: 20-Meter Long Robot Arm, Amazon Drone Delivery, and Mars Rovers in Utah
Your weekly selection of awesome robot videos
Quicker Camera Chips Coming
Giving each pixel hundreds of memory cells means CMOS imaging chips will have much faster global shutter speed
Sensor System Offers Real-Time Control of Drug Levels in Blood
The biosensor could catch disease early and revolutionize how drugs are administered
Black Phosphorus Enables Plasmonic Logic
In the future, this technology could lead to clock rates 1,000 times as fast as conventional electronics
Bioinformatics Tackles the Flu
3D visualization of flu particles helps a vaccine manufacturer predict how to protect against the virus
Why the United Nations Must Move Forward With a Killer Robots Ban
If we don’t get a ban in place, there will be an AI arms race
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