Cuba Jamming Ham Radio? Listen For Yourself
A public SDR network triangulates the island as the source of mystery signals As anti-government protests spilled onto the streets in Cuba on July 11, something strange was happening on the airwaves. Amateur radio operators in the United States.....»»
Solar-to-Hydrogen Water Splitter Outlasts Next Best Tech By 14x
Photochemical device can now operate for up to 100 days To split water into hydrogen on a large scale, we need technologies that are sustainable, efficient, scalable and durable. Using solar energy (or other renewable energy sources) to sp.....»»
Cloud Computing’s Coming Energy Crisis
The cloud’s electricity needs are growing unsustainably Harry Campbell How much of our computing now happens in the cloud? A lot. Providers of public cloud services alone take in more than a quarter of a trillion U.S......»»
How to Keep the Automotive Chip Shortage From Happening Again
It’s time for the auto industry to really get to know the chip industry “The automotive supply chain is a very complicated animal,” said Bob O’Donnell president of TECHnalysis Research at an automotive technology panel held Monday at Gl.....»»
Learn More About Important Digitizer Features and System-Level Aspects
High-speed data acquisition for partial discharge detection In this white paper, we discuss how digitizer and ADC specifications influence partial discharge detection system performance. How to estimate the required analog input bandwidt.....»»
From Spacecraft to Sensor Fusion
Iverson Bell leveraged opportunities and risks to create a flexible skill set Randy Fields It’s easy to set up multiple video feeds in all kinds of locations. Merging those feeds together, combining them with other in.....»»
12 Robotics Teams Will Hunt For (Virtual) Subterranean Artifacts
Simulated autonomous robots take on DARPA's SubT Virtual Finals Last week, DARPA announced the twelve teams who will be competing in the Virtual Track of the DARPA Subterranean Challenge Finals, scheduled to take place in September in Louisvill.....»»
Ignoring Intel Rumors, GlobalFoundries Will Do $1-billion Expansion
Plus the foundry will build a new fab in New York state It used to be rare that the semiconductor industry made the news, as Thomas Caulfield, CEO of GlobalFoundries, said on Monday. Caulfield was addressing an assembly of i.....»»
No Antenna Could Survive Europa’s Brutal, Radioactive Environment—Until Now
To explore Jupiter’s moon for signs of life, JPL developed a brand new, all-metal design Marek Denko/Noemotion There’s no planned mission to send a lander to Europa, but this artist’s rendition gives a sense of.....»»
How to Prevent a Power Outage From Becoming a Crisis
Protecting the electricity vulnerable should be the first priority during a heat wave On 4 August 2020, a tropical storm knocked out power in many parts of New York City as well as neighboring counties and states. The electricity utility, Con.....»»
New AI-Based Augmented Innovation Tool Promises to Transform Engineer Problem Solving
AI-enabled software suite helps automate innovation process – from ideation to disclosure submission. You’re an engineer trying to work out a solution to a complicated problem. You have been at this problem for the last three days......»»
NSF Engineering Alliance to Help Set Course for Research
Engineers will have a hand in prioritizing topics to fund .entry-content .tisubhead { color: #999999; font-family: verdana; font-size: 14px; font-weight: bold; letter-spacing: 1px; margin-bottom: -5px !important; tex.....»»
Tomorrow"s Hydropower Begins With Retrofitting Today"s Dams
Big dams that are as bad as fossil fuels can be turned green With wind and solar prices dropping, it can be easy to forget that two-thirds of the globe’s renewable energy comes from hydropower. But hydro’s future is muddled with ghostly cos.....»»
Google"s Quantum Computer Exponentially Suppresses Errors
Research may help pave the way for scalable, fault-tolerant quantum computers In order to develop a practical quantum computer, scientists will have to design ways to deal with any errors that will inevitably pop up in its performance. Now Goog.....»»
AI and Robots Are a Minefield of Cognitive Biases
Humans anthropomorphize our technology, sometimes to our own distraction and detriment This is a guest post. The views expressed here are solely those of the author and do not represent positions of IEEE Spectrum or the IEEE. Most pe.....»»
GPUs Can Now Analyze a Billion Complex Vectors in Record Time
The advancement boosts the speed of GPU image analysis eight-fold The complexity of a digital photo cannot be understated. Each pixel comprises many data points, and there can be millions of pixels in just a single photo. These.....»»
Cybersecurity Training Program Teaches How to Fend Off Attacks
Hands-on labs replicate real-world threats .entry-content .tisubhead { color: #999999; font-family: verdana; font-size: 14px; font-weight: bold; letter-spacing: 1px; margin-bottom: -5px !important; text-transform: up.....»»
Video Friday: Fluidic Fingers
Your weekly selection of awesome robot videos Video Friday is your weekly selection of awesome robotics videos, collected by your Automaton bloggers. We’ll also be posting a weekly calendar of upcoming robotics events for the next few months;.....»»
New Technique Turns 5G’s Power Problem Into a PAPR Tiger
Wireless networks have long struggled with inefficient power ratios 5G has a power efficiency problem. If you already have a 5G smartphone, you may have noticed the latest generation of wireless drains your device’s battery life, so much so t.....»»
Tesla Places Big Bet on Vision-Only Self-Driving
Full Self-Driving beta software v9.0 shows many improvements, but the road to full autonomy still looks rocky The latest update to Tesla’s self-driving technology ups the company’s stake in a bold bet that it can deliver autonomous vehicles.....»»