Probe Memory Packs 138 Terabytes per Square Inch

New automated approach could help make STM probe memory commercially viable | Continue reading


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Millions of U.S. Voter Records Exposed by Robo-Call Company RoboCent

Some records listed voters’ personal interests, religious affiliation, and estimates of their income and net worth | Continue reading


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A View to the Cloud

What really happens when your data is stored on far-off servers in distant data centers | Continue reading


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Interactive: Patent Power 2014

The Scorecards | Continue reading


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Interactive: The Top Programming Languages of 2018

Find the programming languages that are most important to you | Continue reading


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For Some Reason, These Quantum Mechanics Toys Didn’t Catch On

Designed in the 1960s, these clever blocks were intended to help students grasp arcane quantum abstractions | Continue reading


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Startup JITX Uses AI to Automate Complex Circuit Board Design

AI has the potential to take much of the dull complexity out of designing custom circuit boards | Continue reading


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Neato Robot Vacuum Update Shows Why Persistent Mapping Is So Useful

New features leverage maps of your home to make your robot vacuum smarter | Continue reading


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Hacking the Flavor of Food with Electric Chopsticks

Who needs salt when you have electric taste augmentation? | Continue reading


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IEEE Top Programming Languages: Design, Methods, and Data Sources

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IEEE Spectrum just published its 2018 rankings of the Top Programming Languages

Python extends its lead, and Assembly enters the Top Ten | Continue reading


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World’s Largest Robot Hauls Ore Through Western Australia

It’s dirty, it’s dull, it’s enormous, and it’s probably one of the most productive robots on the planet | Continue reading


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New Materials Could Usher in Faster-Charging, Higher-Power Batteries

Niobium tungsten oxide anodes could boost lithium-ion batteries | Continue reading


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Intel Drives New Bus for Future Chiplets

The company aims to simplify future systems with an | Continue reading


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Boeing’s Starliner and SpaceX’s Crew Dragon Prepare to Visit the ISS

Both companies have won contracts from NASA to develop their own versions of a space shuttle | Continue reading


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As Economics Improve, Solar Shines in Rural America

Declining costs have helped some of the country's smallest electricity providers expand their use of solar in highly innovative ways | Continue reading


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Explore the Guts of Computing with Arith-Matic’s S1-AU Kit

This 4-bit arithmetic logic unit looks great and teaches important lessons about computing | Continue reading


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All-Optical Computing Gets Another Arrow in Its Quiver

Nanowire networks produce all-optical logic gates | Continue reading


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Researchers on Quantum Computing's Evolution–and the Possible End of Bitcoin

Quantum computing is still as much science as engineering; progress could destroy cryptocurrencies | Continue reading


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RISC-V’s Open-Source Architecture Shakes Up Chip Design

RISC-V makes it easier for companies to design and build specialized chips for graphics and the Internet of Things | Continue reading


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Turbo Codes Supercharge Internet of Things

Leti’s Turbo FSK is a low-power, long-range solution for IoT | Continue reading


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The Troubled Quest for the Superconducting Wind Turbine

To keep offshore wind turbines light, engineers look beyond superconductors to a new permanent‑magnet tech | Continue reading


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Mind-Controlled Robotic Third Arm Gives New Meaning to “Multitasking”

Need a helping hand? Tell this robotic arm—with your mind—to grasp that thing you need while your own two hands are busy | Continue reading


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Scientists Find a Giant Reservoir of Liquid Water Under the Surface of Mars

Radar data from the Mars Express orbiter has given us some of the biggest red planet news in years | Continue reading


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Internet of Things as Easy as Sticking Nanoelectronics on Objects

New manufacturing process offers easy way to get thin-film electronics onto everything | Continue reading


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NASA Remakes Airplane Wing – Electric Propulsion and a Whole Lot of Propellers

Speeding the flow of air over a smaller wing promises more efficient aircraft | Continue reading


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Liquid Battery Based on Methuselah Molecule

The longest-lasting high-performance organic flow battery to date | Continue reading


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How to Fly a Drone with Your Body

For real and simulated drones, piloting with torso movements outperforms a joystick every time—and it’s easier to learn | Continue reading


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New Wearable Sensor Detects Stress Hormone in Sweat

Cortisol is key to tracking stress, but it's tough to measure in an instant; Stanford researchers say they've figured out how | Continue reading


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Laser Weapons Not yet Ready for Missile Defense

Prototype laser weapons can zap drones from the sky. But they won't protect the U.S. from North Korean nuclear missiles | Continue reading


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Darpa Wants Your Insect-Scale Robots for a Micro-Olympics

SHRIMP is a new DARPA program to develop insect-scale robots for disaster recovery and high-risk environments | Continue reading


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Augmented Reality Makes Robots Better Coworkers

Robots that communicate what they're doing in AR are more efficient (and more pleasant) to work with | Continue reading


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ZGlue Aims to Make It Cheap and Easy to Produce Wearables and Other IoT Hardware

Startup says its ZiP chip hits the sweet spot—smaller than a printed circuit board, cheaper than a system-on-chip | Continue reading


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What’s Going on with the Semiconductor Workforce? The Government Wants to Know

The U.S. government requests information on high-demand skillsets, hiring difficulties, apprenticeship programs, and pipeline challenges | Continue reading


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Darpa Shows Off Some Things You Can Do with Distributed Electric Propulsion

The Ground X Vehicle Technologies program explores the advantages of powering vehicles with multiple electric motors | Continue reading


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Nanoparticles Enable Molecular Electronic Devices

Nanoparticle contacts open the way to better sensors | Continue reading


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Humans Show Racial Bias Towards Robots of Different Colors: Study

Do people display different racial biases towards black robots and white robots? A new study says yes | Continue reading


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Darpa Plans a Major Remake of U.S. Electronics

The defense department’s research wing is pouring $1.5 billion into projects that could radically alter how electronics are made | Continue reading


@spectrum.ieee.org | 5 years ago

Darpa Plans a Major Remake of U.S. Electronics

The defense department’s research wing is pouring $1.5 billion into projects that could radically alter how electronics are made | Continue reading


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Increase ROI with Complimentary EBook

8 Ways to Improve Test Asset Results | Continue reading


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A Photonic Circuit for Quantum Computers

Getting photons to interact is a key step toward using them as qubits | Continue reading


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Characterizing High-Speed Coherent Optical Transmission Systems

The Bandwidth Challenge - And the Solution | Continue reading


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Experts Disagree on Top Applications for 5G

Carriers argue that 5G will enable intelligent vehicles and the Internet of Things, but not everyone is convinced | Continue reading


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Social Media’s Dial-Up Ancestor: The Bulletin Board System (2016)

The history of the BBS shows that pre-Internet social media was pretty great | Continue reading


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Baraja Promises Cheap LIDAR Using Prism Scanning

The Australian company hopes to sell lidar systems with no moving parts for a few hundred dollars | Continue reading


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How to Make an Artificial Neural Net with DNA

AI in a test tube could help detect complex patterns of molecules | Continue reading


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Facebook's DensePose Tech Raises Concerns About Potential Misuse

Facebook's DensePose technology lets anyone turn 2D images of people into 3D models | Continue reading


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Device Uses Flashes of Light to Restore Hearing

An optogenetic technique tested in gerbils, if it can be replicated in humans, could pave the way to better hearing aids | Continue reading


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