Gigantism Is a Never-Ending Temptation for Engineers and Designers
Vaclav Smil, writing at IEEE Spectrum: There is a fundamental difference between what can be designed and built and what makes sense. History provides a lesson in the shape of record-setting behemoths that have never since been equaled. The Egyptian.....»»
A more accurate way to track the sources of illegally trafficked radioactive materials
A team of nuclear physicists and engineers from Sun Yat-sen University and the China Academy of Engineering Physics, both in China, has developed a more accurate way to track the sources of illegally trafficked radioactive materials. In their paper p.....»»
Ahead of IPO, Arm reportedly to raise royalty prices in 2024
As SoftBank prepares to list its subsidiary Arm in New York, it is reported that SoftBank plans to raise chip design prices for fabless designers and smartphone manufacturers......»»
Using chemical exfoliation to produce superconducting tungsten disulfide ink
A team of chemists, engineers, material scientists and physicists from Princeton University, Rutgers University and the University of Regensburg has developed a chemical exfoliation technique to produce single-molecule-thick tungsten disulfide ink. T.....»»
China develops new way of poaching South Korean talent
China's approach to obtaining South Korean technological secrets seems to have evolved in recent years. In the past, Chinese entities poached engineers and acquired businesses from South Korea. Now they are setting up research and development subsidi.....»»
India may introduce talents worldwide to build a chipmaking ecosystem
Despite India's eagerness to build a self-reliant semiconductor manufacturing ecosystem and an abundance of engineers in the IC design sector, India lacks the required talents to have a functioning IC manufacturing business and may have to recruit th.....»»
How much fuel is left in this 20-year-old Mars orbiter?
Figuring out how much fuel remains in the Mars Odyssey spacecraft turned out to be more complicated than NASA engineers were expecting......»»
2024 Dodge Hornet injects attitude into luxury crossover base
Dodge designers used the Alfa Romeo Tonale as a foundation and gave it an aggressive spin with inspiration from the sporty Challenger, Charger and Durango......»»
Protein engineers navigate toward more targeted therapeutics
More than a third of FDA-approved drugs work by targeting a G protein-coupled receptor, or GPCR. The human body has more than 800 types of GPCRs that provide cells with information about the external environment to calibrate responses. Drugs that eit.....»»
Engineers keep an eye on fuel supply of NASA"s oldest Mars orbiter
Measuring the fuel supply on Odyssey, a decades-old spacecraft without a fuel gauge, is no easy task......»»
Apple engineers allegedly testing AI-generated language features
With ChatGPT growing ever more popular, Apple has reportedly decided to step up its game and focus on natural-language search processing.SiriIn February, Apple held its annual AI summit, an internal event that briefs employees on its Machine Learning.....»»
Building an understanding of quantum turbulence from the ground up
Most people only encounter turbulence as an unpleasant feature of air travel, but it's also a notoriously complex problem for physicists and engineers. The same forces that rattle planes are swirling in a glass of water and even in the whorl of subat.....»»
Inventory correction at major Taiwan IC designers coming to an end
Taiwan's major fabless chipmakers including MediaTek, Novatek Microelectronics, and Realtek Semiconductor have seen their revenues show signs of recovery, indicating their inventory depletion is coming to an end, as described by supply chain sources......»»
Photoshop Web beta hands on: Nifty, but no match for the competition
Currently free, the Photoshop on the Web beta is an impressive feat — but seems aimed at casual users who need quick fixes and a simpler toolset, at least for now.In one of Adobe's more ambitious experiments, its engineers have been working on web-.....»»
Column: Future engineers are already at work on EVs and AVs in FIRST Robotics in high school
The FIRST Robotics competitions taking place now around the globe is a huge affair; in the United States, around 615,000 high school students work on robotic teams. The program, founded in the 1970s by inventor Dean Kamen, serves as an incubator for.....»»
Taiwan IC designers urged to sharpen specs formulation, solutions design capabilities
Taiwan IC design houses should work harder to catch up with leading international players in terms of specifications formulation and solutions design capabilities, and they must also change their thinking based on core hardware and performance orient.....»»
Apple’s VR headset could launch early, and that’s risky
Apple engineers have been under “huge pressure” to get the Reality Pro headset ready for release after years of delays. Will it be up to scratch in time?.....»»
Tim Cook may be launching Apple VR headset earlier than engineers want
The expected 2023 launch of the Apple VR headset was an executive decision against the advice of the company's industrial design team, a report claims, with the latter preferring to wait until it could release AR glasses.A render of a potential Apple.....»»
Knots smaller than human hair make materials unusually tough
In the latest advance in nano- and micro-architected materials, engineers at Caltech have developed a new material made from numerous interconnected microscale knots......»»
New study focusing on 750,000 acres of US coastal areas finds mussels act as ecosystem engineers
Faunal organisms such as the humble mussel often play an underappreciated yet important role in protecting and building coastal ecosystems, according to a new study led by the Carbon Containment Lab at the Yale School of the Environment......»»
Generative AI is about to upend the way designers work
Generative AI tools probably won’t replace designers, but they will become key collaborators in the design process. Since the introduction of DALL-E 2 and ChatGPT, there has been a fair amount of hand-wringing about AI technology—some.....»»