Apex.OS: An Open Source Operating System for Autonomous Cars by Evan Ackerman on 2020-01-30 17:00 (#4YP2M) The launch of Apex.OS 1.0 makes autonomous car development simpler, safer, and more secure
The Inside Story of the First Picture of a Black Hole by Katherine L. Bouman on 2020-01-30 16:00 (#4YP2N) Here’s how the Event Horizon Telescope team pieced together the now-famous image of a black hole

Bosch’s Smart Visor Tracks the Sun While You Drive by Lawrence Ulrich on 2020-01-29 20:19 (#4YMAX) The liquid crystal display blocks the sun in just the right spots
Electricity: It’s Wonderfully Affordable, But it’s No Longer Getting Any Cheaper by Vaclav Smil on 2020-01-29 20:00 (#4YMAY) The generations-long trend toward lower prices reversed around the turn of the century, and increasing use of solar and wind power is part of the reason why
Hardware-in-the-Loop Testing for Power Electronics Control Design on 2020-01-29 19:30 (#4YMB0) Validate Power Electronics Control with Hardware-in-the-Loop Testing
Sea Jellies Triple Swimming Speed Through Cybernetic Implants by Evan Ackerman on 2020-01-29 19:30 (#4YMAZ) Cyborg sea jellies are both faster and more efficient than their purely biological counterparts
Soft Robot Fingers Sweat to Cool Themselves by Charles Q. Choi on 2020-01-29 19:00 (#4YM30) A sweaty robotic hand could cool down about three times more efficiently than humans
Researchers Exploit Low Entropy of IoT Devices to Break RSA Certificates by Fahmida Y Rashid on 2020-01-29 18:26 (#4YM31) The hardware limitations of the Internet of Things means the digital certificates these devices rely on to encrypt data can be easily compromised
Bangladesh Scrambles to Deliver Electricity to Its 160 Million Residents in 2021 by Peter Fairley on 2020-01-29 16:00 (#4YKST) The densely populated country turns to coal and power imports
New Nonvolatile Memories Shrink Circuits That Search Fast by Samuel K. Moore on 2020-01-29 15:51 (#4YKSV) New kinds of content addressable memory could speed search, enable in-memory computing
Covariant Uses Simple Robot and Gigantic Neural Net to Automate Warehouse Picking by Evan Ackerman on 2020-01-29 09:00 (#4YKAJ) A massive neural network connects cameras, a robot arm, and a suction gripper in Covariant’s logistics system
Delivering More 5G Data With Less Hardware by Michelle Hampson on 2020-01-28 20:00 (#4YJCH) A proposed crowd-sourcing technique could mean that hardware for 5G networks hitches a ride on cars
Japan Is Building a Giant Gundam Robot That Can Walk by Evan Ackerman on 2020-01-28 19:02 (#4YJCJ) At 18 meters tall and weighing 25 tons, this would be the largest humanoid robot ever built
The Battery Design Smarts Behind Rolls Royce’s Ultrafast Electric Airplane by Prachi Patel on 2020-01-28 18:30 (#4YJCK) Emulating racing aircraft yielded the most energy-dense aviation battery pack yet
Facing Up to Facial Recognition by Zoltan Istvan on 2020-01-28 18:00 (#4YJCM) Clearview AI is the latest milestone in recognition technology. We should embrace it, rather than fear it
Engineering a Repairable World by Kevin O’Reilly on 2020-01-28 17:04 (#4YJ36) It's time for engineers to champion repair
Quantum Entanglement Meets Superconductivity in Novel Experiment by Mark Anderson on 2020-01-27 20:58 (#4YGX5) A recent experiment finds an unlikely connection between two previously distinct quantum technologies
How India, the World's Largest Democracy, Shuts Down the Internet by Jeremy Hsu on 2020-01-27 14:45 (#4YGA8) Colonial-era laws give Indian officials broad authority to order Internet shutdowns in the name of public order
Chicken Droppings Can Make Graphene More Catalytic by Charles Q. Choi on 2020-01-27 14:00 (#4YG0S) The discovery could touch off renewed interest in guano, scientists joke
Video Friday: India Sending Humanoid Robot Into Space by Evan Ackerman on 2020-01-24 20:50 (#4YD3S) Your weekly selection of awesome robot videos
First Blue LED Emission From a Perovskite by Jeff Hecht on 2020-01-24 19:16 (#4YCV6) Understanding how current flows inside perovskites inspires a new type of blue LED
Mixing Quantum States Boosts Fiber Communications by Neil Savage on 2020-01-24 19:00 (#4YCV7) A new method could increase transmission of secure data
4 Ways to Make Bigger Quantum Computers by Samuel K. Moore on 2020-01-24 16:00 (#4YCH4) Cryochips by Intel, Seeqc, and others could help quantum computers scale
NASA Begins Testing Next Moon Rover by Evan Ackerman on 2020-01-23 21:55 (#4YBE0) VIPER will search for water ice in the Moon’s south pole craters
Sense and Sensoribility by Mark Pesce on 2020-01-23 20:00 (#4YBE1) Getting the technology right for augmented reality will take lots of clever engineering

Building an Orbiting Internet Just for Satellites by Mina Mitry on 2020-01-23 19:00 (#4YB46) Kepler Communications’ CubeSat routers will keep other satellites in constant contact with the ground
Smart Power Analysis for DC-DC Converter Testing on 2020-01-23 17:30 (#4YCV8) Need to Ensure Dc-Dc Converter Operation?
Mum No More: 3D-Printed Vocal Tract Lets Mummy Speak by Emily Waltz on 2020-01-23 16:00 (#4YAT2) Researchers reproduce the sound of a 3000-year-old mummified vocal tract using CT scanning, 3D printing and an electronic larynx
Uh-oh Uber, Look Out Lyft: Here Comes Driverless Ride Sharing by Tekla S. Perry on 2020-01-22 21:26 (#4Y9N2) Cruise unveils the Origin, a fully autonomous SUV designed for app-controlled urban transportation
The Long Goodbye of Wi-Fi Has Begun by Stacey Higginbotham on 2020-01-22 20:00 (#4Y9N3) Local 5G networks could replace the familiar wireless standard
Profile: Christian Wanamaker Teaches Robots to Learn How to Help Students by Theresa Sullivan Barger on 2020-01-22 17:27 (#4Y9BX) Teachers can train robots to help students with autism spectrum disorder with this programmer's code
The Pros and Cons of the World’s Biggest Solar Park by Peter Fairley on 2020-01-22 16:00 (#4Y91Y) India’s 2-gigawatt Pavagada Solar Park demonstrates the economies, and problems, of scale
European Space Agency Targets Orbital Debris, Solar Storms by Andrew Jones on 2020-01-22 14:57 (#4Y91Z) The ClearSpace-1 and Lagrange missions will try to make life safer both in orbit and here on Earth
Water Vortex Suction Feet Help This Hexapod Sploosh Up Walls by Evan Ackerman on 2020-01-21 21:30 (#4Y807) A spinning ring of water allows this robot to stick to rough surfaces
Coming Soon to a Processor Near You: Atom-Thick Transistors by Iuliana Radu on 2020-01-21 16:00 (#4Y7E3) Imec engineers have been burning through the integration problems, and there’s a clear path forward

Victoria Serrano Helps Panamanian Students Discover STEM Through Lego Robots by Joanna Goodrich on 2020-01-20 19:00 (#4Y629) In marketplaces and rec rooms, this engineering professor inspires children
Holding Light (Temporarily) in Place by Mark Anderson on 2020-01-20 16:00 (#4Y5TN) New research describes potential ways to momentarily store light pulses
Velodyne Will Sell a Lidar for $100 by Philip E. Ross on 2020-01-20 14:27 (#4Y5J6) This one will go into cars driven by human beings
How Do Neural Implants Work? by Emily Waltz on 2020-01-20 13:00 (#4Y5J7) Neural implants are used for deep brain stimulation, vagus nerve stimulation, and mind-controlled prostheses
Video Friday: This Japanese Robot Can Conduct a Human Orchestra and Sing Opera by Evan Ackerman on 2020-01-17 23:15 (#4Y2TW) Your weekly selection of awesome robot videos
Damon's Hypersport AI Boosts Motorcycle Safety by Philip E. Ross on 2020-01-17 21:27 (#4Y2TX) Why rubber-pad the motorcycle world? Because that’s where the danger is
Tech Professions Dominate Rankings of Best Jobs in the U.S. by Tekla S. Perry on 2020-01-17 16:00 (#4Y2A1) Front-end engineers and Java developers push data scientists out of Glassdoor’s top jobs spot
Gate Drive Measurement Considerations on 2020-01-17 14:00 (#4Y1ZX) The trend for silicon based power designs over wide bandgap power designs makes measurement and characterization a greater challenge.
Indian Solar Energy Project Takes Home $100,000 IEEE Prize by Jeremiah Daniels on 2020-01-16 19:00 (#4Y0SD) The Empower a Billion Lives global competition aims to remove energy-access barriers
PigeonBot Uses Real Feathers to Explore How Birds Fly by Evan Ackerman on 2020-01-16 19:00 (#4Y0SE) Airplanes have a lot to learn from birds, and PigeonBot is teaching us about the magic of feathered flight
Seeing Around the Corner With Lasers—and Speckle by Philip E. Ross on 2020-01-16 15:00 (#4Y0EJ) A new way to reconstruct images from interference patterns may one day help soldiers, rescue workers, and even self-driving cars
Augmented Reality in a Contact Lens: It’s the Real Deal by Tekla S. Perry on 2020-01-16 13:00 (#4Y051) Startup Mojo Vision unveils working prototypes of AR contact lenses
AI-Designed 'Living Robots' Crawl, Heal Themselves by Megan Scudellari on 2020-01-15 20:06 (#4XZ30) The microbots' behavior took researchers by surprise
Iran May Deploy Wiper Malware in Response to U.S. Military Strike, Experts Warn by Fahmida Y Rashid on 2020-01-15 16:25 (#4XYSS) Wiper malware erases the contents of a machine's hard drive and makes it impossible for it to reboot