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Amazon describes these as high-tech autonomous vehicles, but the technology looks like it’s already out of date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

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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

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

Lithium-ion cells with nickel foil can handle fast charging and could sustain 80-kilometer flights

Apple’s homegrown chip fulfills Steve Jobs’s “whole widget” design philosophy

…. and float them out to sea. What could go wrong?

The agriculture and forestry sector is on the hunt for AI pros, as are others outside the tech mainstream

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STMicroelectronics’ super-integrated silicon-gate process—used to combine bipolar, CMOS, and DMOS technologies—is now an IEEE Milestone

Manufacturers don’t like to talk about OLED display flicker, but for the sensitive, it’s a nightmare

Learn 2 workflows for field-weakening control

The microCOVID Project crunches your location and desired activity into a real-world risk estimate

How Qualcomm achieves faster signoff DRC convergence in P&R

Engineers at Purdue University have built a prototype of a refrigerator that works in zero gravity

The first stage, second stage, and payload fairing of the Terran R will all be recovered and flown again

The program allows anyone without knowledge in chemistry to easily design DNA-based circuits.

And that next version of the TPU might help an AI design its own successor

Tom Marzetta, the director of NYU Wireless, explains how it will be the next level of human-to-human communication

The Robots Guide and the IEEE Learning Network are among the enterprises sparked by the program

The landmark cryptocurrency's energy use is out of hand, so researchers are investigating ways to make it more productive

How subcarrier radio signals made room for hidden FM stations—and helped ensure that everyone has access to the news

This small-scale humanoid is designed to do parkour over challenging terrains