Little Wheeled Robot Puts on New Shoes to Go Offroad by Evan Ackerman on 2020-08-04 17:06 (#56HB6) Swapping wheels for legs helps this robot handle challenging terrain
Zimbabwe Hopes Rural Electrification Can Stop Deforestation. Here's Why It Might Not Work by Maria Gallucci on 2020-08-04 16:00 (#56H94) Researchers say bigger issues — poverty, corruption, inequality — can undermine rural energy programs if unaddressed.
High Performance Ornithopter Drone Is Quiet, Efficient, and Safe by Evan Ackerman on 2020-08-03 19:50 (#56G5D) Flapping wings instead of propellers help this bird-inspired drone hold its own against quadrotors
Virtual Automotive Tech Days on 2020-08-03 19:30 (#56G25) Learn about automotive design, test and measurement tips anytime, anywhere.
New Records for AI Training by Samuel K. Moore on 2020-08-03 15:18 (#56FS5) Nvidia leads MLPerf training rankings with 16 records
Has the Summit Supercomputer Cracked COVID's Code? by Mark Anderson on 2020-08-02 15:04 (#56EMH) New insights into deadly "bradykinin storms" suggest potential therapies for COVID-19
The Rich Tapestry of Fiber Optics by Allison Marsh on 2020-07-31 19:00 (#56CXN) The tale of the material that knits the world together has many surprising threads
Could a Mathematical Model Determine Whether Coronavirus Preventative Measures Work? by Kathy Pretz on 2020-07-31 18:30 (#56CXP) Princeton and Carnegie Mellon researchers have developed a model that studies the effectiveness of the actions taken
Spermato-WHOA-a! Human Sperm Don’t Swim Like We Thought by Emily Waltz on 2020-07-31 18:00 (#56CTV) 3D microscope reveals that sperm have been fooling scientists for 350 years
Video Friday: NASA Launches Its Most Advanced Mars Rover Yet by Evan Ackerman on 2020-07-31 17:17 (#56CQY) Your weekly selection of awesome robot videos
Cranes Lift More Than Their Weight in the World of Shipping and Construction by Vaclav Smil on 2020-07-31 17:00 (#56CQZ) Give me a place to stand, and a lever long enough...heck, just give me a crane
Video Game Approved as Prescription Medicine by Mark Anderson on 2020-07-31 15:00 (#56CH9) U.S. Drug safety agency says EndeavorRx has proven therapeutic effect
Use This AI To Find Your Next Engineering Gig by Tekla S. Perry on 2020-07-30 20:30 (#56BGM) When the coronavirus layoffs started, tech recruiter Rocket turned its AI tools to the task of matching laid off tech professionals with new jobs
Building a Quantum Computing Workforce from the Ground Up by Dexter Johnson on 2020-07-30 20:00 (#56BC2) Industry and academia are joining forces to establish a work force that meet the demands of a burgeoning field of quantum computing
Tips and Tricks on How to Verify Control Loop Stability on 2020-07-30 19:30 (#4ZN3E) Register for our Application Note "Tips and Tricks on how to verify control loop stability
Startup and Academics Find Path to Powerful Analog AI by Samuel K. Moore on 2020-07-30 16:55 (#56B4N) Equilibrium propagation allows all-analog training
This AI Can See the Forest and the Trees by Zack Parisa on 2020-07-30 15:00 (#56B14) Remote sensing and machine learning can help produce detailed forest inventories
Sergey Brin's Revolutionary $19 Airship by Mark Harris on 2020-07-29 21:27 (#56AD4) Brin’s humanitarian airship company LTA is trying to reinvent airships for the 21st century
Twitter Bots Are Spreading Massive Amounts of COVID-19 Misinformation by Thor Benson on 2020-07-29 19:00 (#56AA7) About 25 percent of links to “low credibility” sources of coronavirus information come from bots
Today’s Internet Still Relies on an ARPANET-Era Protocol: The Request for Comments by Steve Crocker on 2020-07-29 19:00 (#56AA6) The RFC may be the ARPANET’s most enduring legacy
AI Recruiting Tools Aim to Reduce Bias in the Hiring Process by Jeremy Hsu on 2020-07-29 18:00 (#56A30) Artificial intelligence software promises to make hiring fairer. But how well does it work?
Power Grids Should Be as Data Driven as the Internet by Stacey Higginbotham on 2020-07-29 15:00 (#569W1) Real-time information on supply and demand and electricity pricing will improve how we use the grid
Board of Directors Approves Revisions to the IEEE Code of Ethics by Kristen Russell on 2020-07-29 13:30 (#569RR) Changes reflect commitment to ethical and professional conduct
With 5G Rollout Lagging, Research Looks Ahead to 6G by Dexter Johnson on 2020-07-29 13:30 (#569RQ) The new technologies and capabilities of 6G could fulfill and expand on 5G promises
iRobot's New Education Robot Makes Learning to Code a Little More Affordable by Evan Ackerman on 2020-07-29 13:30 (#569RP) At $129, the new version of Root makes a few compromises for a substantial discount
Engineering the 5G World Just Got Easier on 2020-07-28 19:30 (#568ST) Design and Test Insights from Today’s Leading 5G Experts
Remotely Operated Robot Takes Straight Razor to Face of Brave Roboticist by Evan Ackerman on 2020-07-28 14:57 (#568EG) You should really probably definitely not ever try this at home or anywhere else
Black Tech Professionals Are Still Paid Less Than Their White Colleagues by Tekla S. Perry on 2020-07-28 14:00 (#568BG) And women make less than their male colleagues, regardless of racial identity
Indian Mobile Service Providers Suspected of Providing Discriminatory Services by Payal Dhar on 2020-07-28 12:30 (#5685N) Telecom companies hauled up on charges of offering priority 4G speeds to higher-paying customers raises net-neutrality questions
Peer Review of Scholarly Research Gets an AI Boost by Payal Dhar on 2020-07-27 19:00 (#567F2) Open-access publisher's new artificial intelligence assistant, AIRA, can perform up to 20 recommendations in seconds
How Scientists Encoded “The Wizard of Oz” Into DNA by Mark Anderson on 2020-07-27 11:55 (#566YC) University of Texas researchers unveil protocol to shuffle large data stores into strands of genetic material
How to Look People in the Eye While Videoconferencing by David Schneider on 2020-07-24 19:00 (#564EW) An old laptop camera, some foam board, and a thin acrylic sheet is all you need
Video Friday: Massive Robot Joins Swedish Acrobats on Stage by Evan Ackerman on 2020-07-24 18:35 (#564EX) Your weekly selection of awesome robot videos
Stay on Top of Your Game With Courses from the IEEE Learning Network by Johanna Perez on 2020-07-24 18:00 (#564D4) More than 900 courses are available on topics such as 5G, enterprise blockchain, and IoT
Coronavirus vs. Climate Change by Thor Benson on 2020-07-23 20:04 (#56320) Online grocery shopping and Zoom meetings will continue after the pandemic, but is that enough to stop climate change?
A Solution for Zoom Fatigue May Be Near by Mark Pesce on 2020-07-23 19:00 (#5630M) Virtual-presence tech is increasingly affordable
U.S. and Japan Seeking to Break China’s Grip on Rare Earths Production by John Boyd on 2020-07-23 17:10 (#562XG) Japan is mining deep sea mud and the U.S. is developing biotech to extract REEs in an environmentally responsible way
Cognitive Radios Will Go Where No Deep-Space Mission Has Gone Before by Sven Bilén on 2020-07-23 15:00 (#562R2) How radios can use neural networks to adapt to alien environments
Attention Rogue Drone Pilots: AI Can See You! by Mark Anderson on 2020-07-23 14:00 (#562M5) Israeli machine learning system turns drone tracking data into a finger pointed right at a concealed pilot
Remote Threats: Insider Risk and the Remote Work Paradigm on 2020-07-22 19:30 (#561QM) Join us in this webinar to discuss strategies that will help protect your company now by learning the indicators professionals look for in potential problem employees and review the motivations that drive employees to cross the line.
IEEE Top Programming Languages: Design, Methods, and Data Sources 2020 on 2020-07-22 18:15 (#561K6) ieee-top-programming-languages-2020-methods
Top Programming Languages 2020 by Stephen Cass on 2020-07-22 18:15 (#561K5) Python rules the roost, but Cobol gets a pandemic bump
Interactive: The Top Programming Languages 2020 by Stephen Cass on 2020-07-22 18:15 (#561K4) Find the programming languages that are most important to you
Handheld Vagus Nerve Stimulator Gets Emergency Approval for COVID-19 Use by Samuel K. Moore on 2020-07-22 16:30 (#561G8) Electric pulses open airways and could combat deadly “cytokine storm”
Immersive Display Creates Panoramic Virtual Screens by Charles Q. Choi on 2020-07-22 14:00 (#561K7) Display the size of a 32-inch screen generates the illusion of a 122-inch screen
Fun Activity Sheets Introduce Kids to the World of Robots by Erico Guizzo on 2020-07-21 19:45 (#5605V) Bored kids at home? These free, printable worksheets will help kids learn about robots
Q&A: Facebook’s CTO Is at War With Bad Content, and AI Is His Best Weapon by Tekla S. Perry on 2020-07-21 19:30 (#5605W) Mike Schroepfer explains Facebook’s AI strategy against hate speech and election interference
Powering Through the Pandemic by Neil Savage on 2020-07-21 17:30 (#5601A) Electric utilities reveal what worked and what didn’t in COVID-19 responses
A Better Way to Measure Progress in Semiconductors by Samuel K. Moore on 2020-07-21 15:00 (#55ZQT) It’s time to throw out the old Moore’s Law metric
Solar Storms May Have Hindered SOS During Historic “Red Tent” Expedition by Nola Taylor Redd on 2020-07-20 21:00 (#55YPJ) Explorers stranded at the North Pole in 1928 may have had their SOS calls blocked by solar storms and radio dead zones