IEEE Spectrum

Portland, Oregon’s crippled rail systems reveal how climate change sometimes outpaces infrastructure

Learn about its successful standards programs and other topics

Things aren’t looking good for Aldebaran’s friendly humanoid robot

Fabs using older process nodes are the key

A new 24-qubit trapped-ion option can fit in two server racks

SpaceBok boks around on simulated asteroids, using its legs to keep oriented and under control

Decarbonization, carbon capture, and solar-radiation management will provide work for decades to come

New testing strategies for 5G New Radio

Navigating the rubble of a collapsed structure is still extremely challenging

Famous computer scientists are placing wagers again

Your weekly selection of awesome robot videos

Facial recognition, route-finding software, and more have the potential for dire consequences

New drone rules for recreational pilots

Turns out microplastic concentrations fluctuate with the seasons

The move could boost a vessel’s fuel efficiency by 20 percent

This IEEE playbook puts principles into practice

Breakthrough oscillator could set the pace for quantum computers

Warnings aren't enough, but reusable rockets might be

Possibilities and challenges for future 6G communications networks

Blame it on the varied evolutionary history of electric power grids and the products that have grown up alongside them

Thermal batteries could be the cheap and simple option

The optophone turned letters into tones and was the proof of concept for optical character recognition

New acoustic devices may point to ways to make wireless technology even more compact

Amazon describes these as high-tech autonomous vehicles, but the technology looks like it’s already out of date

The stuff of 2016’s Nobel Prize in Physics could become the logic in future computers and consumer electronics

Address PCB Manufacturing Risks with Intelligent DfM

Tiny perturbations in signal polarizations can hint at underwater seismic events

Sandia’s Dennisa Thomas ensures critical systems work as intended

A combination of batteries, motors, and smarts is pushing aside internal-combustion engines, large and small

Members and sections are encouraged to start planning activities such as competitions, membership drives, and STEM programs for kids

A startup, led by a 25-year-old chemical engineer, is leading the way

sub-THz communication – A Key enabler for Beyond 5G?

This Raspberry Pi–powered replica runs all the original PDP-8 software with enough cycles left to double as a media server

The leader in personal-computer software also aimed to be the most progressive company in the world

Your weekly selection of awesome robot videos

Fortunately, David Warren kept working on his crash-proof flight data recorder

A concept competing for a NASA award would use an enclosed rocket engine and vacuum system to harvest water ice from the lunar surface

RFID's faster cousin could lead to high-speed, low-power data transfer

...And reveal some persistently bigoted tendencies of GPT-3

NanoGraf claims its silicon-anode lithium cells can make the leap to commercial scale

Something as simple as breakfast takes this PR2 90 minutes to set up and then clean, and it’s not always successful

Vevo Acoustic Research Meeting

LightGlass’s CEO talks about the company’s light fixtures, which combine window construction principles with circadian-rhythm strategies

Move over, bread machine. Five years and as many prototypes after starting his quest, Nate Saal aims to bring his smart, small, do-it-all chocolate machine to your countertop

To colonize other planets, start with tools we’re already using on Earth

GarbageNet has the potential to divert compost and recyclables from the landfill

A layout- and style-based architecture shows how to control AI capabilities to generate complex images

It may not be too late to put the evil "Slaughterbots" genie back in the bottle, if the world acts now

It includes information and resources on the topics

Ollie’s wheels, legs, and tail allow it to balance, flip, manage stairs, and deliver coffee