Satellite Mission Planning – the R&S®SLP Satellite Link Planner and the R&S®CSM Communication System Monitoring on 2020-09-02 19:30 (#57NYV) Planning of satellite communication links or even whole networks is a very demanding task.
IEEE President’s Column: New Opportunities for Member Engagement by Toshio Fukuda on 2020-09-02 18:00 (#57NW3) The organization is working to overcome challenges brought on by the pandemic
Notice to the Membership by Office of The IEEE Executive Director on 2020-09-01 18:00 (#57M91) The IEEE Board of Directors sanctions a member
Amaran the Tree-Climbing Robot Can Safely Harvest Coconuts by Michelle Hampson on 2020-09-01 15:00 (#57KYV) The robot could one day reduce the need for humans to take on the risky job of climbing coconut trees
Autonomous Robots Could Mine the Deep Seafloor by Maria Gallucci on 2020-09-01 14:00 (#57KSH) Pliant Energy says its C-Ray robot could be a less invasive tool for ocean mining
Solar Closing in on "Practical" Hydrogen Production by Mark Anderson on 2020-09-01 13:00 (#57KPP) Researchers develop a solar tech that splits water into hydrogen and oxygen with record efficiency
Robotics, AI, and Cloud Computing Combine to Supercharge Chemical and Drug Synthesis by Dexter Johnson on 2020-08-31 21:00 (#57JY6) IBM looks to revolutionize industrial chemistry and in the process may have cut the discovery time for Covid-19 treatments in half
A Central Repository For U.S. COVID-19 Testing Sites and Hospitals Aims to Prevent Overcrowding by The Institute’s Editorial Staff on 2020-08-31 18:30 (#57KPQ) The website, developed by high school students, contains information about wait times and the number of available ICU beds
A Central Repository on U.S. COVID-19 Testing Sites and Hospitals Aims to Prevent Overcrowding by The Institute’s Editorial Staff on 2020-08-31 18:30 (#57JSB) The website, developed by high school students, contains information about wait times and the number of available ICU beds
Lightmatter's Mars Chip Performs Neural-Network Calculations at the Speed of Light by David Schneider on 2020-08-29 19:52 (#57GPH) MIT spinoff harnesses optical computing to make neural-networks run faster and more efficiently
Elon Musk Announces Neuralink Advance Toward Syncing Our Brains With AI by Emily Waltz on 2020-08-28 22:55 (#57FXF) Musk's company Neuralink demonstrates fully implantable chip in pigs
This Wearable Monitors the Well-Being of Senior Citizens Who Self-Isolate During the Pandemic by The Institute’s Editorial Staff on 2020-08-28 19:00 (#57FKZ) Developed by a Portuguese research team, the device sends an alert if it senses trouble
How I Helped a Disabled Friend With a Cycle-By-Wire Recumbent Trike by Adam Grosser on 2020-08-28 17:29 (#57FH7) Engineering couldn’t cure a devastating illness, but it could still help someone cope with it
Video Friday: This Robot Will Restock Shelves at Japanese Convenience Stores by Evan Ackerman on 2020-08-28 16:15 (#57F9X) Your weekly selection of awesome robot videos
Inside the Hidden World of Legacy IT Systems by Robert N. Charette on 2020-08-28 15:00 (#57F7C) How and why we spend trillions to keep old software going
Small Japanese Town to Test First Autonomous Amphibious Bus by John Boyd on 2020-08-27 20:00 (#57E4V) Tiny Naganohara aims to beat the world and operate the first self-driving amphibious bus for tourists
Indeterminate Growth by Vaclav Smil on 2020-08-27 19:00 (#57E20) It's what Carp, Crocodiles and Kikkoman have in common
Caltech’s Cannon-Launched SQUID Drone Doubles in Size, Goes Autonomous by Evan Ackerman on 2020-08-27 18:37 (#57E21) Foldable, ballistically launched SQUID drones could one day deploy to Mars
Wireless Charging Tech to Keep EVs on the Go by Lawrence Ulrich on 2020-08-27 18:00 (#57DZ4) Momentum Dynamics' inductive energy transfer method gives city dwellers convenient charging without space-invading charging stations
100 Million Zoom Sessions Over a Single Optical Fiber by Jeff Hecht on 2020-08-27 15:00 (#57DMN) Researchers can send 178 terabits/sec through a cable in the lab. The trick will be getting this bandwidth into the real world
NASA’s Mars Rover Required a Special Touch for Its Robotic Arms by ATI Industrial Automation on 2020-08-27 05:30 (#57DMP) ATI Industrial Automation brings its Force/Torque Sensor from the factory floor to the harsh environment of Mars’ surface.
Emrod Chases The Dream Of Utility-Scale Wireless Power Transmission by David Wagman on 2020-08-26 19:00 (#57CH8) Since the days of Nikola Tesla, engineers have tried to make it practical to transmit large amounts of electricity. A government-backed startup says they are close
Anti-Phishing Testers Put Themselves on the Hook by Robert Charette on 2020-08-26 16:00 (#57C9N) Pretending to be the IRS, even in self-defense, turns out to be a bad idea
Self-Driving Cars Learn to Read the Body Language of People on the Street by Casey Weaver on 2020-08-26 15:30 (#57C6N) Game developers use motion-capture tech to teach Cruise’s autonomous vehicles to understand gestures
Unlock Wireless Test Capabilities On Your RF Gear on 2020-08-25 17:30 (#57ARK) Discover how easy it is to update your instrument to test the latest wireless standards.
iRobot Announces Major Software Update, Shift From Pure Autonomy to Human-Robot Collaboration by Evan Ackerman on 2020-08-25 17:15 (#57ARM) "Thinking that autonomy was the destination was where I was just completely wrong," iRobot CEO says
We’ve Been Killing Deadly Germs With UV Light for More Than a Century by Allison Marsh on 2020-08-25 15:00 (#57APA) Niels Ryberg Finsen pioneered therapeutic ultraviolet lamps and won himself a Nobel Prize
Is English Your Second Language? Polish Your Skills With a New IEEE Course by Johanna Perez on 2020-08-24 18:00 (#579GR) Participants will learn how to communicate with other engineers in a technical setting
Predicting the Lifespan of an App by Michelle Hampson on 2020-08-24 17:00 (#579E9) A new model predicts the two-year lifespan of an app with 85% efficiency
Robotic Tank Is Designed to Crawl Through Your Intestine by Evan Ackerman on 2020-08-24 15:01 (#5797Z) Endoculus will make your next colonoscopy more robotic, if not more comfortable
ITER Celebrates Milestone, Still at Least a Decade Away From Fusing Atoms by Payal Dhar on 2020-08-24 15:00 (#579B2) Machine assembly has commenced, but this gigantic nuclear fusion experiment costing tens of billions of dollars is nowhere near starting up
What Intel Is Planning for The Future of Quantum Computing: Hot Qubits, Cold Control Chips, and Rapid Testing by Samuel K. Moore on 2020-08-24 15:00 (#57980) Director of quantum hardware, Jim Clarke explains the company’s path toward “quantum practicality”
Video Friday: Child Robot Learning to Express Emotions Using Body Language by Evan Ackerman on 2020-08-21 19:27 (#576GD) Your weekly selection of awesome robot videos
The AxiDraw MiniKit Is the Modern XY Plotter You Didn’t Know You Wanted by Stephen Cass on 2020-08-21 19:00 (#576GE) AxiDraw plotters have become a new platform for tinkerers. This smaller model is perfect for experiments
IBM Computer Scientist Frances E. Allen, Who Advanced Modern Computing, Dies at 88 by Joanna Goodrich on 2020-08-21 18:30 (#576EN) IEEE established the Frances E. Allen Medal in her honor this year
New LiDAR Sensor Uses Mirrors to Achieve High Efficiency by Michelle Hampson on 2020-08-21 17:00 (#576BD) The sensor, designed to support smart home technology, can run on a 9-volt battery
The CPU’s Silent Partner: The Coprocessor’s Role Is Often Unappreciated by Mark Pesce on 2020-08-20 19:30 (#5755R) While coprocessors have taken many forms, the most important one today is the cloud
Minuscule RoBeetle Turns Liquid Methanol Into Muscle Power by Evan Ackerman on 2020-08-20 18:26 (#57537) Without any batteries or electronics at all, this 88-milligram autonomous robotic insect can walk for hours
Rapid, Affordable, High Quality COVID Tests Still Scant by Emily Waltz on 2020-08-20 18:05 (#5755S) Independent evaluations of 41 rapid COVID-19 tests shows only one passes muster
Social Distancing: Here’s an App for That by The Institute’s Editorial Staff on 2020-08-20 18:00 (#57538) A team led by IEEE Graduate Student Member Trushal Sardhara developed Coready! to keep people safe during the COVID-19 pandemic
For the IoT, User Anonymity Shouldn’t Be an Afterthought. It Should Be Baked In From the Start by Stacey Higginbotham on 2020-08-20 15:00 (#574S8) The best way to avoid mass surveillance is to build systems that don’t collect personal data in the first place
Building Your Own Cellphone Network Can Be Empowering, and Also Problematic by Roberto J. González on 2020-08-19 21:30 (#573PM) Neglected by telecom providers for years, a Mexican village created its own cell service. And then Movistar came calling
With Ultralight Lithium-Sulfur Batteries, Electric Airplanes Could Finally Take Off by Mark Crittenden on 2020-08-19 18:00 (#573FH) Oxis Energy’s design promises outstanding energy density, manufacturability, and safety
A Battery That's Tough Enough To Take Structural Loads by Philip E. Ross on 2020-08-19 18:00 (#573FQ) A zinc-air battery made partly of Kevlar can be used to support weight, not just add to it
Can Robots Keep Humans from Abusing Other Robots? by Evan Ackerman on 2020-08-19 13:00 (#572YW) Sad bystander robots may encourage humans to step in to prevent robot abuse
The Electric Weed-Zapper Renaissance by David Schneider on 2020-08-18 18:30 (#5720G) Increasing concerns about chemical herbicides are giving a boost to the old idea of killing weeds with electricity
Artificial Antibodies Bolster Hope for Inhaled Coronavirus Treatment by Mark Anderson on 2020-08-17 20:00 (#570FW) Could the next big coronavirus treatment breakthrough come in the form of an inhaler or a nasal spray instead of a shot or a pill?
Amazon’s Project Kuiper is More Than the Company’s Response to SpaceX by Michael Koziol on 2020-08-17 19:00 (#570DR) Amazon Web Services and Blue Origin could mean the satellite constellation becomes part of a larger ecosystem
Engineers in Rio de Janeiro Roll Up Their Sleeves to Repair Ventilators by The Institute’s Editorial Staff on 2020-08-17 18:00 (#570BA) IEEE volunteers are fixing crucial COVID-19 hospital equipment