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.....»»
Apple design chief role hard to fill; three options, all of them problematic
The Apple design chief role long held by Jony Ive is a hard one to fill, says a new report today, as so many of the core designers have left the company. Of the three options open to the company, none seem likely to provide the leadership and team b.....»»
Experiments to study gravity"s impact on bone cells are heading to the International Space Station
A pair of experiments exploring bone density, designed by engineers at the University of Michigan, has left the Wallops Island, Virginia launchpad aboard a Northrop Grumman Corp. Antares rocket for the International Space Station (ISS)......»»
Chinese chip designers slow down processors to dodge US sanctions
Cutting-edge semiconductor companies tweak specs to comply with export controls. Enlarge (credit: Getty Images) Alibaba and start-up Biren Technology are tweaking their most advanced chip designs to reduce processing spe.....»»
Engineers develop a low-cost terahertz camera
Terahertz radiation, whose wavelengths lie between those of microwaves and visible light, can penetrate many nonmetallic materials and detect signatures of certain molecules. These handy qualities could lend themselves to a wide array of applications.....»»
Foundry, backend houses see capacity utilization fall further on more LTA cancellations
In response to sharp order cuts by downstream clients, an increasing number of smaller IC designers in Taiwan, especially those focusing more on PC-related chip solutions, have canceled their long-term agreements (LTAs) signed with foundry and backen.....»»
Apple wants to change the ‘Hey Siri’ trigger command to just ‘Siri’
Apple is working on a big change to how its Siri voice assistant works. While you currently have to say “Hey Siri” to activate the assistant hands-free, that may not be the case for much longer. Bloomberg reports today that Apple engineers are w.....»»
Apple works on waking Siri without the "Hey"
It could become a lot easier to summon Siri in the future, with Apple's engineers said to be preparing to shorten the "Hey Siri" trigger phrase to just the assistant's name.SiriAll Apple device users are familiar with calling out "Hey Siri" before ma.....»»
How AI Will Change Chip Design
The end of Moore’s Law is looming. Engineers and designers can do only so much to miniaturize transistors and pack as many of them as possible into chips. So they’re turning to other approaches to chip design, incorporating technologies like AI.....»»
Experiment helps predict effects of DART impact
On September 26, NASA's Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) spacecraft crashed into Dimorphos, a moonlet of the near-Earth asteroid Didymos, at 14,000 miles per hour. Prior to the impact, Southwest Research Institute engineers and scientists perf.....»»
Tesla sends China workers to California plant to boost production
Tesla is sending engineers and production staff from its Shanghai factory to its plant in Fremont, California, in a bid to boost production at the U.S. facility......»»
Musk taps over 50 Tesla employees to make Twitter changes
Elon Musk has reportedly looked to his Tesla workforce to help with his transformation of Twitter, with more than 50 software engineers from the car producer working on the microblogging service.Credit: TeslaSince taking control of Twitter on October.....»»
Twitter chaos continues: 84-hour weeks, moderation frozen, ad-free articles gone
Twitter chaos continues, following the purchase of the social network by Elon Musk. From engineers being asked to work crazy hours, to Musk pulling the plug on a Twitter Blue contract with more than 300 web publishers. Musk appointed himself as abso.....»»
Musk tells Twitter engineers to bring Vine back from the dead
Rumors of a revival of looping video app Vine may be confirmed, with a report claiming Twitter owner Elon Musk telling engineers to bring the app back.Elon Musk and the Vine app iconThe Twitter purchase by Elon Musk has resulted in a lot of changes a.....»»
In nanotube science, is boron nitride the new carbon?
Engineers at MIT and the University of Tokyo have produced centimeter-scale structures, large enough for the eye to see, that are packed with hundreds of billions of hollow aligned fibers, or nanotubes, made from hexagonal boron nitride......»»
5 ways a data-driven approach can benefit engineers
How software engineers can set an example for other business units using a data-driven approach to efficiently deliver better products. How software engineers can set an example for other business units using a data-driven approach to efficiently.....»»
Artisans and designers collaborate for Vision and Tradition exhibition in Mexico City
Craftspeople from rural communities were paired up with designers to create a selection of collectible design pieces for Design Week Mexico 2022. Read more Craftspeople from rural communities were paired up with designers to create a selecti.....»»
Why designers keep trying to kill the logo
Logomania shows no signs of slowing down, despite the wishes of some designers. “Logomania is over,” declared Teo Van den Broeke, British GQ’s style and grooming director, in the Financial Times earlier last month. He was referr.....»»
Plugin now required to use most Pantone Colors in Adobe products
Pantone now requires designers to use the Pantone Connect plugin if they want to access specific Pantone Colors in Photoshop, Illustrator, and InDesign — and the experience is less than stellar.Image Credit: Adobe, PantoneAdobe has begun removing P.....»»
Frequent Breaks in Undersea Pipelines Mean Fixes Are Possible for Nord Stream
While international experts try to figure out what caused the ruptures in the Nord Stream pipeline, engineers have multiple options to try and fix it.....»»
Report: 35% year-over-year increase in logging data burdens software engineers
New Relic’s 2022 State of Logs report examined logging data gathered from millions of applications within New Relic's observability platform. New Relic’s 2022 State of Logs report examined logging data gathered from millions of applications w.....»»