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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

Your weekly selection of awesome robot videos

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

The publication is the first to receive this recognition from Wiley-IEEE Press

The Nordic country has taken an approach all its own, but it's too soon to tell whether it's right or wrong

Process that builds two transistors—one directly atop the other—will boost chip density

Vertical stacking of diode components opens door to on-chip infrared—and, possibly one day, a phone that senses distance

New technique uses criss-crossing light beams in a vat of resin to create simple machines with moving parts

Updating some of IEEE Spectrum’s top-performing online stories of the year

It's the next step toward self-directed learning about the real world. Cue the shark music

NASA is investing in the technology for future space exploration missions

Understanding the key challenges with antenna measurements

Spot tackles lava tubes as JPL prepares for the final DARPA SubT event

Are politics—and medicine itself—keeping health care from being evidence-based?

Wireless technology from the IoT can be co-opted for human communication

Fast Fourier transforms provide a sandbox for practical quantum computing

Made from recycled materials, the shoes use the same sole but have interchangeable uppers

Active noice cancellation in a headrest could one day compete with ANC in a headset