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Parts of the Navajo Nation Are Still Off the Grid—but That’s Changing
A six-week pilot program connected 200 homes, but more than 15,000 remain without electricity
A Wearable That Helps Women Get / Not Get Pregnant
The in-ear sensor from Yono Labs will soon predict a woman’s fertile days
iRobot Completely Redesigns Its Floor Care Robots With New m6 and s9
The Braava m6 and Roomba s9 work together to vacuum and then mop your floors
Yes, You Can Write an Awesome Game in Just 10 Lines of Basic
An annual contest challenges programmers to create 8-bit games of intrigue and adventure
Tanzania Builds a Drone Industry From Local Know-How and Bamboo
Bamboo drones are just one way that local companies hope to meet Tanzania’s needs
Human Reflexes Help MIT’s HERMES Rescue Robot Keep Its Footing
MIT’s Hermes is a bipedal robot that uses full-body teleoperation to move with greater agility
Buddy the Social Robot is Somehow Not Dead Yet
More than two years after Buddy was supposed to ship to Indiegogo backers, its creators have a plan
If DARPA Has Its Way, AI Will Rule the Wireless Spectrum
DARPA’s Spectrum Collaboration Challenge demonstrates that autonomous radios can manage spectrum better than humans can

Confidence in Quality: Ensure Your Product Is Ready for Market
This discussion will bring clarity and alternatives to ensure your product is ready for market and discuss methods to manage this business risk.
Video Friday: Robot Blows Up a Land Mine
Your weekly selection of awesome robot videos
I Built a Brain Computer Interface for Tackling ADHD in Children
A playful headpiece called Agent Unicorn incorporates an EEG that detects P300, the neural signature of attention
For Specialized Optimizing Machines, It’s All in the Connections
Whether it’s an Ising machine or a quantum annealer, the machine seems to matter less than how the parts connect
Rural Cooperatives Deliver High-Speed Internet for Less
Tired of waiting, some rural residents are funding their own Wi-Fi networks to bring broadband to their homes
Watch the HyQReal Robot Pull an Airplane
The HyQReal quadruped robot is big, powerful, rugged, and capable of walking off with your Piaggio Avanti
June 1878: Muybridge Photographs a Galloping Horse
Shutter speed rose from a thousandth of a second in 1878 to a millionth of a billionth of a second in the ’90s. Today, that’s considered slow
Arm Founder Saxby Turned a TV Repair Hobby Into an Engineering Career
And other observations from a cavalcade of IEEE awards
DJI Promises to Add “AirSense” to Its New Drones
The company plans to include ADS-B receivers in next year’s drones weighing more than 250 grams
IoT Can Make Construction Less of a Headache
With more data, constructing buildings can look more like factory manufacturing
New Optimization Chip Tackles Machine Learning, 5G Routing
A 49-core chip by Georgia Tech uses a 1980s-era algorithm to solve some of today’s toughest optimization problems faster than a GPU
ABB & Siemens Test Subsea Power Grids for Underwater Factories
Putting a power-distribution station on the ocean floor could allow more raw materials to be processed down there
Facial Recognition Faces More Proposed Bans Across U.S.
Critics say the technology is not very accurate, and is often rolled out first in minority communities
SpaceX Preps Self-Driving Starlink Satellites for Launch
Elon Musk says SpaceX's Starlink satellites will autonomously avoid hazards in orbit. Experts are not so sure
Ford Self-Driving Vans Will Use Legged Robots to Make Deliveries
Agility Robotics’ Digit will bring packages from a delivery vehicle to your front door
UC Berkeley's "Hyper-Aggressive Pogo-Stick" Robot Now Works Outdoors
Salto gets an upgrade and now it can go for a bounce outside the lab
3 Types of 3D Sensing for Smartphones and Self-Driving Cars
3D cameras already help us make 3D emoji/animoji. Now, ams wants to use 3D sensing to help smartphones capture more accurate colors
Where the Engineering Jobs Are in 2019
Cybersecurity experts and data wranglers are in high demand
DARPA Funds Ambitious Brain-Machine Interface Program
The N3 program aims to develop wearable devices that let soldiers to communicate directly with machines.
Do it in Software or Hardware? VR Audio Takes on the Perennial Question
Dirac creates immersive audio for VR with algorithms while Harman patents flying robotic speakers
Get Tips to Develop Your DAQ Test Systems
Reduce your test development time, increase throughput and improve the accuracy of your test systems
In Memoriam: May 2019
IEEE mourns the loss of the following members
The Italian Computer: Olivetti's ELEA 9003 Was a Study in Elegant, Ergonomic Design
In 1959, Olivetti introduced one of the first transistorized mainframes and started its own transistor company
The Calculator That Helped Land Men on the Moon
Olivetti’s Programma 101 embodied the company’s holistic approach to technical efficiency, ease of use, and smart design
We’re Risking Our Future By Starving Solar Power Research Today
Perovskites and other advanced solar tech need far more investment to move from lab to market
Atom Power Is Launching the Era of Digital Circuit Breakers
New digital circuit breakers that combine computing power with wireless connectivity may finally replace an 140-year-old electromechanical technology
Bosch to Sell Low-Cost Sensors for Flying Cars
Bosch expects the first flying taxi service to take off in a major city by 2023
X-ray Detection May Be Perovskites’ Killer App
The wonder crystal could yield imagers that are far more sensitive than commercial detectors
How the United States Plans to Update Its Nuclear Arsenal
Vice Admiral Dave Kriete explains how the United States maintains its stockpile, and why the nation is developing new low-yield nuclear weapons
NVIDIA Brings Robot Simulation Closer to Reality by Making Humans Redundant
Learning in simulation no longer takes human expertise to make it useful in the real world
Video Friday: Watch This Monstrous Robot Tank Bulldoze Its Way Through Obstacles
Your weekly selection of awesome robot videos
Ten on Tech: Spotlight on Christopher Sanderson
An interview with the consultant, IEEE senior member, and active volunteer
The Mood Ring of Algorithms Could Zap Your Brain to Help You Feel Better
These algorithms spot mood changes before you do, and could someday tell a stimulator to zap your brain to treat disorders
Microsoft’s HoloLens Not Fit for AR-Assisted Surgery, Study Suggests
Participants were less accurate and became more tired when completing a task with the HoloLens, compared to the naked eye
Ultrafast Motion-Planning Chip Could Make Autonomous Cars Safer
Realtime Robotics’ motion-planning processor helps autonomous cars make better decisions
Radar for Your Wrist
imec chip acts as personal radar for smartwatch gesture recognition
Robonaut and Astrobee Will Work Together on Space Station
NASA's robots will help each other with useful tasks on the International Space Station
Ionic Materials Explores Plastic Electrolyte for Lithium-Ion Batteries
Replacing a liquid electrolyte with a plastic one could lead to lithium-ion batteries that are safer and more energy dense
Digital Doppelgängers Fool Advanced Anti-fraud Tech
With traces of a user’s browsing history and online behavior, hackers can build a fake virtual “twin” and use it to log in to a victim’s accounts
Advice for Women, From Women, on Dealing With Difficult Workplace Situations
IEEE WIE webinar highlights three ways to improve your conflict-resolution skills
Rohde & Schwarz Presents: Smart Jammer / DRFM Testing – Test and Measurement Solutions for the Next Level
The webinar introduces the concept of Digital RF Memory Jammers, describes their technology and the respective test and measurement challenges and solutions from Rohde & Schwarz.
Using Ethernet-Based Synchronization on the USRP™ N3xx Devices
The USRP N3xx product family supports three different methods of baseband synchronization: external clock and time reference, GPSDO module, and Ethernet-based timing protocol
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