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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
Graphene and Silly Putty Creates a Super-Sensitive Strain Sensor
Strain sensor is so sensitive it could serve as a continuous blood pressure sensor
Want Girls Attracted to Tech? Put an "A" for "Art" in STEM
Two Bit Circus continues its push to move the conversation from STEM to STEAM
Google's Self-Driving Car Graduates to Stand-Alone Business Status
That means the project, rechristened Waymo, must now start paying its way
Who’s Liable for George Hotz’s Self-Driving Software?
Most lawyers agree that the open-source code is “Use at your own risk”
Drones Take to the Skies to Screen for Methane Emissions
From a remote island in the South Atlantic, researchers track Africa-born methane
No Jerks Allowed on Personal Drones
A smooth ride is key to drone taxis
Test System Maintenance
Ensure you have a maintenance strategy that can help you manage cost if something does go wrong and reduce the risk of failure.
Velodyne Says It's Got a "Breakthrough" in Solid State Lidar Design
The standard of automotive lidar is getting cheaper and more reliable
Wanted: In-flight Drone Charging, Itty-Bitty Spy Cams, and More
The US military's annual tech wish list is out, and it's loaded with new digital tools and devices to fight terrorism
Mass Interconnect and Fixturing
Learn how to choose a suitable mass interconnect system and design an appropriate fixture that seamlessly mates your DUTs to the rest of your test system.
What You Missed This Week @IEEESpectrum: Deep Learning for Hearing Aids, a Hacker Gives Away Self-Driving Car Software, and Controlling a Hand Exoskeleton With Your Mind
Highlights from the week of 5 December 2016
The World’s Coolest Floating DIY Lab
Steve Roberts turned his yacht into an ever-evolving electronics laboratory
Video Friday: Cybathlon Highlights, Design Your Own Drone, and Buildings Printed by Robots
Your weekly selection of awesome robot videos
Forest of Carbon Nanotubes Stamps Electronic Ink Onto a Surface
Novel approach could enable various electronics from sensors to displays on packaging
Tiny Implantable "Microcoils" in the Brain Activate Neurons Via Magnetic Fields
Precise stimulation could be useful for visual prosthetics or brain-computer interfaces
Autonomous Shuttle Brakes for Squirrels, Skateboarders, and Texting Students
Auro Robotics’ autonomous vehicle is shuttling students, faculty, and visitors around Santa Clara University’s pedestrian pathways 8 hours a day
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