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Using edge AI and wearable biosensors, an app detects COVID within two minutes—even in asymptomatic patients.

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He is behind the Lempel-Ziv compression algorithms

Some ideas for new consumer products introduced at CES 2021 get five stars, others get five question marks

Learn how to distinguish between common-mode (CM) and differential-mode (DM) noise

Facemasks with built-in earphones and loudspeakers, desktop UV phone disinfectors, and a host of portable air purifiers are among the gadgets launching in the age of Covid

Learn a six-step process to help you identify and address cyber vulnerabilities across the entire automotive electronics architecture

Team makes multiple processors with 3D memory act like one big chip

And a spoon that electrifies your tongue to help you taste better might be the weirdest gizmo at CES

Nashlie Sephus is also working to transform her Mississippi hometown into a tech hub

The 2.5 GHz prototype uses 80 times less energy than its semiconductor counterpart, even accounting for cooling

The real display news from CES 2021 isn’t rollable screens

Researchers have used electron microscopy and computer modeling to solve molecular-level mysteries of salt-removing membranes

Low-power device runs entirely on electrical current, taking it a step beyond its competitors that rely on magnetic fields

To bring the engineering talent of the entire world to a single focus, we need virtualization. One way to get it is by using gaming platforms.

IEEE also mourns the loss of F.C. Kohli, India’s ‘Father of IT Industry,’ and others

Huge databases and powerful AI algorithms enable a law enforcement panopticon

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Engineering unions are rare, particularly those organized around social instead of economic issues

After months of blood, toil, tears, and sweat, we can all expect a much better year

Lightmatter bets that optical computing can solve AI’s efficiency problem

A new model identifies the optimum replacement member based on their skillset and working relationship with the remaining members

Expect advances in Mars missions, wearable brain scanners, and quantum communications

Survey findings show the affinity groups are impactful, purposeful, and collaborative

Surveillance of SARS-CoV-2's continual adaptations helps scientists formulate effective vaccines

The most ambitious space instrument ever will let us see back almost to the big bang


In 2020, engineers at Lyft claimed the highest salaries at the entry level, with LinkedIn topping the charts for experienced engineers

Aaron Saunders, Boston Dynamics’ VP of Engineering, tells us where Atlas got its moves from

The pandemic will amp up contact tracing, cloud computing, surveillance, and online gaming

National defense bill incentivizes establishment and expansion of leading-edge foundries

Learn how Kinetic Vision uses Altium’s platform to enable a connected and frictionless PCB design experience

If all goes well, in February NASA will pick which design to develop

It’s not enough to slash greenhouse gas emissions. Experts say we need direct-air capture of atmospheric carbon

Lessons learned from the many failures, interruptions, crimes and other IT-related setbacks that made the news in 2020

Ice is all over the solar system, and exploration robots could use it as a structural material

Gravitricity and Energy Vault are pioneering a radical new alternative to batteries for grid storage

The string galvanometer used for the first clinical recording of the heart’s electrical pulses is now an IEEE Milestone

Learn key innovations enabling AWS customers to transform their security for a remote and hybrid workforce

With head-up displays, cameras, inertial sensors, and lidar on board, Apple’s long-expected augmented-reality glasses could be a game-changer


Li-Cycle, Northvolt, and Ganfeng Lithium are among those building recycling plants, spurred by environmental and supply-chain concerns

A new XPrize challenges simulators to go from forecasting case numbers to recommending policy

POST COVID-19, Future-Ready Technology and Products for AGVs/AMRs, Service Robots, and Factories

The prototype of a planned, 65-seat airliner will fly in 2021

Satellite operators salivate over access to Google’s Equiano cable, but the island’s telecom monopoly stands in the way

On threshold of landmark 30 percent efficiency, Oxford PV leads charge for next wave of renewables

“Fully homomorphic” cryptography allows partial access to digital vaults without ever opening their locks

Sometimes yes, if a couple struggling to conceive turn to machine learning to pick the right embryo for implantation

Luiz André Barroso, the company’s vice president of engineering, brought us cloud computing, powerful search engines, and fast Internet services

Calorimeters defined the nutritional value of food and the output of steam generators

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