Electric Flying Cars May Be Possible With New Batteries by Charles Q. Choi on 2021-06-15 14:24 (#5K3FH) Lithium-ion cells with nickel foil can handle fast charging and could sustain 80-kilometer flights
The Mac Is Selling Like Never Before Thanks to the M1 Chip by Matthew S. Smith on 2021-06-14 20:00 (#5K2ER) Apple’s homegrown chip fulfills Steve Jobs’s “whole widget” design philosophy
Let’s Put Cheap, Portable Nuclear Reactors onto Barges by Steven Cherry on 2021-06-14 14:00 (#5K20N) …. and float them out to sea. What could go wrong?
Where Are the AI Jobs? Look to a Farm or a Forest by Tekla S. Perry on 2021-06-14 13:37 (#5K20P) The agriculture and forestry sector is on the hunt for AI pros, as are others outside the tech mainstream
Video Friday: Drone Refueling by Evan Ackerman on 2021-06-11 18:11 (#5JZ3A) Your weekly selection of awesome robot videos
Three Chips in One: The History of the BCD Integrated Circuit by Joanna Goodrich on 2021-06-11 18:00 (#5JZ3B) STMicroelectronics’ super-integrated silicon-gate process—used to combine bipolar, CMOS, and DMOS technologies—is now an IEEE Milestone
The iPhone 12 Mini Makes Me Sick (Literally) by Tekla S. Perry on 2021-06-11 16:02 (#5JYYM) Manufacturers don’t like to talk about OLED display flicker, but for the sensitive, it’s a nightmare
Simulate, design, and test field-weakening control webinar on 2021-06-11 14:30 (#5JYR6) Learn 2 workflows for field-weakening control
These Technologists Are Trying to Make COVID-19 Risk Assessment More of a Science by David Schneider on 2021-06-11 13:00 (#5JYNP) The microCOVID Project crunches your location and desired activity into a real-world risk estimate
Case Study: How Qualcomm achieves faster signoff DRC convergence in P&R on 2021-06-10 20:30 (#5JXTF) How Qualcomm achieves faster signoff DRC convergence in P&R
Mars-bound Astronauts Might Raid This Zero-G Fridge by Payal Dhar on 2021-06-10 17:33 (#5JXR8) Engineers at Purdue University have built a prototype of a refrigerator that works in zero gravity
Terran R Rocket from Relativity Space Will Be Completely 3D Printed, Completely Reusable by Evan Ackerman on 2021-06-10 12:48 (#5JX5G) The first stage, second stage, and payload fairing of the Terran R will all be recovered and flown again
DNA-based Circuits May Be the Future of Medicine, and This Software Program Will Get Us There Faster by Michelle Hampson on 2021-06-09 17:11 (#5JVZG) The program allows anyone without knowledge in chemistry to easily design DNA-based circuits.
Update: Google Used a New AI to Design Its Next AI Chip by Samuel K. Moore on 2021-06-09 15:17 (#514G7) And that next version of the TPU might help an AI design its own successor
Here’s What 6G Will Be, According to the Creator of Massive MIMO by Michael Koziol on 2021-06-08 19:31 (#5JTPS) Tom Marzetta, the director of NYU Wireless, explains how it will be the next level of human-to-human communication
IEEE New Initiatives Program is Looking to Bring Your Bright Ideas Into the Light by Lesleigh Campanale on 2021-06-08 18:00 (#5JTHF) The Robots Guide and the IEEE Learning Network are among the enterprises sparked by the program
Why Can't Computing at the Heart of Bitcoin Be More Useful? by Edd Gent on 2021-06-08 16:47 (#5JTEC) The landmark cryptocurrency's energy use is out of hand, so researchers are investigating ways to make it more productive
Subcarrier Signals: The Unsung Heroes of the FM Dial by Ernie Smith on 2021-06-08 15:03 (#5JT83) How subcarrier radio signals made room for hidden FM stations—and helped ensure that everyone has access to the news
MIT is Building a Dynamic, Acrobatic Humanoid Robot by Evan Ackerman on 2021-06-07 19:57 (#5JS3P) This small-scale humanoid is designed to do parkour over challenging terrains
Concepts of Signal Integrity: Crosstalk on 2021-06-07 19:30 (#5JS3Q) Concepts of Signal Integrity: Crosstalk
SeKVM Makes Cloud Computing Provably Secure by Charles Q. Choi on 2021-06-07 18:45 (#5JS3R) Columbia University researchers have created a secure Linux-based hypervisor
It’s Time For Utilities to Learn to Love Hydrogen by Robert Hebner on 2021-06-07 12:00 (#5JRDK) Solar energy, wind energy, electrolysis, and fuel cells point to big opportunities in turbulent markets
Video Friday: NASA Sending Robots to Venus by Evan Ackerman on 2021-06-04 18:40 (#5JNYS) Your weekly selection of awesome robot videos
Virtual 5G Innovations is Back for MWC21 Barcelona on 2021-06-04 18:30 (#5JNYT) Virtual 5G Innovations is Back for MWC21 Barcelona
This Autonomous Drone is the First to Make Nighttime Offshore Deliveries by Prachi Patel on 2021-06-04 18:00 (#5JNYV) Startup F-drones delivers heavy payloads to cargo ships and oil rigs docked up to 100 kilometers away from shore
Join us for an upcoming webinar on simulating semiconductor device physics with COMSOL®. on 2021-06-04 14:30 (#5JNKT) Webinar on Simulating Semiconductor Device Physics
Safety Advancements of Loadbreak Separable Connectors on 2021-06-03 20:30 (#5JMNP) Safety Advancements of Loadbreak Separable Connectors
Somehow This Robot Sticks to Ceilings by Vibrating a Flexible Disc by Evan Ackerman on 2021-06-03 17:45 (#5JMH0) It's either some obscure fluid effect or black magic
Until We Get Rid of Fossil Fuels, Can Data Make Them More Efficient? by Steven Cherry on 2021-06-03 16:00 (#5JMBF) A data-science startup is helping oil and gas companies—and wind farms too— reduce production losses and improve sustainability
Smart Bike Predicts Cars' Trajectories, Honks To Warn of Impending Crash by Sandy Ong on 2021-06-03 13:51 (#5JM8B) Onboard sensors and sophisticated algorithms could alert drivers, but what about cost?
As Cars Become Mobility Services, Fujitsu and AWS Develop Automotive Cloud Computing Tools by John Boyd on 2021-06-02 13:53 (#5JJJ5) Amazon and Japan’s biggest computer company collaborate to move automakers along the transition to transportation-as-a-service providers
Fujitsu and AWS Collaboration Aims to Accelerate Auto Makers Move into Mobility Services by John Boyd on 2021-06-02 13:52 (#5JJR8) Amazon and Japan’s biggest computer company collaborate to move automakers along the transition to transportation-as-a-service providers
IEEE President’s Note: New STEM Portal Offers a Chance to Give Back by Susan K. “Kathy” Land on 2021-06-01 18:00 (#5JHDB) Volunteers can find outreach programs in their area on the TryEngineering.org Volunteer STEM Portal
Taking Underwater Communications And Power to New Depths With Light by Michelle Hampson on 2021-06-01 17:08 (#5JHAR) A new algorithm optimizes the simultaneous transfer of data and power underwater
The Endless Frontier Act Could Drastically Change NSF by Rahul Rao on 2021-06-01 14:34 (#5JH4P) A change in how the United States' National Science Foundation allocates funding might be on the way
MOXIE Might Be the Most Exciting Thing Perseverance Has Brought to Mars by Evan Ackerman on 2021-05-28 18:42 (#5JD5N) It might not be able to fly or drill or shoot lasers, but MOXIE is how humans are going to get to Mars and back
Video Friday: Digger Finger by Evan Ackerman on 2021-05-28 17:23 (#5JD3D) Your weekly selection of awesome robot videos
Policymakers are ready to regulate AI; how do we make sure it works? on 2021-05-28 15:30 (#5JCYD) From Code to Congress: What technologists should know to participate in defining AI regulation
How Nanotech Can Foil Counterfeiters by Roozbeh Tabrizian on 2021-05-28 15:00 (#5JCYE) These tiny mechanical ID tags are unclonable, cheap, and invisible
Mars Helicopter Lands Safely After Serious In-Flight Anomaly by Evan Ackerman on 2021-05-27 23:02 (#5JC0M) A problem with Ingenuity’s visual feature tracking leads to some wild control inputs, but the helicopter makes a safe landing on its sixth flight
New Optical Antennas Harvest 100 Times More Electricity from Heat by Charles Q. Choi on 2021-05-27 19:37 (#5JBVQ) Quantum tunneling helps electrons pass through barriers in new "rectenna" device
Natural Gas Is (Mostly) Good for Global Warming by Vaclav Smil on 2021-05-27 19:00 (#5JBS7) It creates less carbon emissions than the coal it replaces, but we have to find ways to minimize the leakage of methane
AI Modifies Actor Performances for Flawless Dubbing by Jeremy Hsu on 2021-05-27 18:27 (#5JBS8) Commercialization of AI-assisted dubbing for TV and films hints at bigger possibilities with digitally captured acting performances
Skin Displays Will Give Wearables Their Independence by Takao Someya on 2021-05-27 15:00 (#5JCYF) When the display’s on your skin, you can leave your smartphone in your pocket
Can a Robot Be Arrested? Hold a Patent? Pay Income Taxes? by Steven Cherry on 2021-05-26 20:00 (#5JA77) How should the law treat AI?
South Korea’s $450-Billion Investment Latest in Chip Making Push by Samuel K. Moore on 2021-05-26 19:04 (#5JAFF) Ten-year investment part of a global race to secure semiconductors
South Korea’s $450-Billion Chip Investment Latest in Chip Making Push by Samuel K. Moore on 2021-05-26 19:04 (#5JA5P) Ten-year investment part of a global race to secure semiconductors
Chart: Behind the Three-Decade Collapse of Lithium-Ion Battery Costs by Rahul Rao on 2021-05-26 19:00 (#5JBF8) Cheap lithium-ion batteries now dominate consumer electronics; look out, auto industry
Video Competition Seeks Sustainable Development Solutions by Kathy Pretz on 2021-05-26 18:00 (#5JA3T) IEEE and the United Nations are looking for novel ideas to eliminate poverty, promote health, and more