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An electric hydrofoiling bicycle, consumer lidar, and an air conditioner that uses water instead of coolant caught my attention at CES 2020

Astra Space, the sole remaining participant, gets early notice of the competition launch site

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The utility PREPA said it could take weeks to stabilize Puerto Rico's electric system

The use of common programming languages in FPGA development opens process up to more developers, leading to faster and simpler processes

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A robust cathode that tolerates swelling can load up on lithium ions without getting damaged

After years of delays, a semiconductor diode laser has finally operated in the deep ultraviolet, pointing the way to bio-sensors and sterilization

The most-read robotics posts of the decade

An IR camera, laser designator, and computer vision algorithms bring doom to indoor bugs

Security teams often handle a large stream of alerts, creating noise and impairing their ability to determine which incidents to prioritize.

Apple, Facebook, and Proctor & Gamble executives discussed privacy, encryption, and digital advertising at CES 2020

It seems like magic, but hundreds of people in airports will soon be able to look at the same screen and see completely different things

AI evolves innate abilities, similar to people and animals

This therapeutic robot for seniors gets more emotional connections from not having a face

More than 280 senior members have earned the distinction

Hisense, LG, TCL, and others hope features such as Filmmaker Mode and NextGenTV will win consumers back

Washers that can tell cotton from wool, inflight air purifiers, and craft ice makers unveiled at CES 2020

The U.S., China, Japan, and the EU are all striving to reach the next big milestone in supercomputing, but only China has claimed it will do so this year


University of Chicago researchers develop stable and possibly scalable qubits by creating defects in commercial silicon wafers

Learn about design and test of complex sensor and communication technologies being built into autonomous vehicles from our white paper and posters.

Woven City will be 175 acres of buildings and infrastructure designed for human-robot harmony

Bionic limbs, electric planes, nuclear fusion, and more

Anki's assets have been acquired by an education company that wants to revive the whole family of robots

“Ice 200 meters ahead”: The Cirrus system will give drivers individualized warnings

The exoskeleton’s neural connections will enable people with spinal cord injuries to balance and walk without crutches

Learn about glass transition temperature (Tg) and why it is an important factor for consideration in high temperature bonding, sealing, coating and encapsulation applications.

This webinar will demonstrate how to build finite element models of underground cables using COMSOL Multiphysics®.

AquaBounty’s fish is the world’s first bioengineered animal approved for human consumption

CES 2020 starts on Tuesday—here are a few trends to watch

ExoMars 2020, Mars 2020, HX-1, and Hope will look for biology’s signature



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But does your frying pan, litter box, and cat bowl really need to be on the Internet of Things?

The team behind the unmanned, solar- and wind-powered Mayflower races to launch it in time for the 400th anniversary of its namesake’s journey



California startup FarmWise says robotics and machine learning will make crops tastier and healthier

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Robotic aircraft will accompany human-piloted planes, adding firepower and thwarting enemy attacks


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As wireless protocols grow more complex, spectrum environments become more contested and electronic warfare increases in sophistication.

This cute little robot could tow over mobile batteries to recharge your car

XNRGI nears commercialization of its porous silicon anode lithium-metal battery

Here are some of the technologies you’ll be reading about this year

Practical commercial deliveries will take off, albeit with intense regulatory scrutiny

In this paper, explore how to speed up DSP codecs using the DSP extensions built-in to the Arm Cortex-M processors.

This top-secret project recruited 273 women to operate the world’s first digital electronic computer

Learn about the importance of using a range of methods in the 3D electromagnetic (EM) simulation of installed antenna performance.

In this paper, we discuss how you can use InfluxDB to gain the necessary visibility in the status, performance and responsiveness of your environments.

Blue Origin, Boeing, and SpaceX are among those proposing ships to put astronauts back on the moon by the end of 2024

Nakamoto & Turing Lab’s Pekka computer-sharing platform connects customers with rented machines