Long-Theorized Material Poised to Close the Terahertz Gap
Bloch's theory of a terahertz oscillator just got a little closer with a novel new nanomaterials
Memristors Could Be a Boon to Brain-to-Prosthesis Communication
Engineers find that memristors may help enable more low-power implants for prosthetic control
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Robot Dance Party: Major Robotics Conference Coming to South Korea
Jumping robots, walking robots, flying robots, and much more at IROS 2016
Fujitsu Memory Tech Speeds Up Deep-Learning AI
Fujitsu's memory tech squeezes more efficiency from deep learning algorithms running on GPUs
Autonomous Vehicles Need In-Cabin Cameras to Monitor Drivers
Self-driving cars require driver-monitoring capability to know when it is safe to hand over control
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Multimode Cavity Filter Simulation
27 October 2016 In this webinar a complete design workflow for multimode cavity filters will be presented.
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V2X: What Experience Is Teaching Us About V2V and V2I Communication for Safety and Traffic Management
19 October 2016 This session will focus on what we’re discovering about vehicle architecture, automotive electronics, wireless communications, and real-time computing as we build functioning vehicle-to-vehicle and vehicle-to-infrastructure applications.
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Creative Statistics: Revealing New Relationships from Diverse Data Sets
4 November 2016 In this webinar, we will discuss how empirical evidence supporting a new theory about the relationship between organizational values and industry automation was discovered, as well as demonstrate how the public availability of diverse types of data expands opportunities for innovative ideas.
No Test Driver? No Problem: California May Make Testing Self-Driving Cars Easier
A revised draft of regulations proposes doing away with drivers during tests
Build an Air Theremin (for Dance Parties!)
The TeraRanger One range finder lets you make a musical instrument you can play with your whole body
Google Science Fair Finalist Invents Cheap Lung Cancer Screening Breathalyzer
Finalist hopes his research increases the rate of lung cancer screening and reduces the use of CT scans
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Realizing New Potentials in Miniature Subsea Robotics
8 November 2016 This discussion provides an overview of Greensea’s integrated technology using the KVH 1750, presents field results demonstrating advanced navigation and automation for miniature underwater robotics, and establishes a realistic vision for next-generation vehicle technologies.
Google Translate Gets a Deep-Learning Upgrade
Google engineers balanced speed and accuracy to deploy deep learning in Chinese-to-English translations
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Learn How 3D Printing & Automotive Design Are Merging
With people spending more time behind the wheel, design of autonomous cars is on the rise. But, will sheet metal be replaced with 3D printing?
Google Science Fair: A 3D-Printed Exoskeleton That Can Train a Paralyzed Hand to Move Again
A 16-year-old from Saudi Arabia develops an exoskeleton and control glove to revolutionize physical therapy for stroke patients
Mimicking the Veins in a Leaf, Scientists Hope to Make Super-Efficient Displays and Solar Cells
Fractals and biomimetics just helped to surpass the performance of today’s transparent electrode materials
A Brief History of the Microwave Oven
Where the “radar” in Raytheon’s Radarange came from
After the IC: Jack Kilby’s Solar Misadventure
The Nobel Prize winner spent a decade trying to create a household solar energy system—and failed
Working Out With Intel and Oakley’s Chatty Radar Pace Augmented-Reality Smart Glasses
If your smart glasses contain a virtual companion who knows exactly what you are doing and has an opinion about it, are you living in an augmented reality?
Video Friday: Deep Learning for Cars, Space Invaders With Drones, and Disagreeable Robot
Your weekly selection of awesome robot videos
Demo: The Ekso GT Robotic Exoskeleton for Paraplegics and Stroke Patients
The exoskeleton built for spinal cord injury patients is now cleared for stroke patients as well
A Superfast DNA Sequencer Based on Motion Detection
Molybdenum disulfide is the new cutting-edge material for nanopore DNA sequencers
New Memristor Circuit Mimics Synapses in the Brain
Engineers used memristors to accurately emulate a key part of learning and memory in the human brain
Perovskites Become More Stable
Two new techniques boost perovskite stability against heat, moisture and ultraviolet rays
How a Robot Football Player Will Prevent Concussions
During practice, the MVP robot can stand in for American football players and take the tackles
Aggressive Quadrotors Conquer Gaps With Ultimate Autonomy
Entirely onboard sensing and localization makes this drone ready for autonomous acrobatics anywhere
Teens Rock Google Science Fair With Flexible Supercapacitors and Smart Bandages
Google Science Fair finalists demonstrate the power of flexible electronics
The Internet of Things Is Full of Motes, Domotics, and BANs
The connected IoT is spawning a new vocabulary
Surgeons See Success With Experimental 3D-Printed Bone Grafts
Researchers implant 3D-printed bone scaffolds in rats and a monkey
The Next High-Performance Transistor Could Be Made From Lateral Nanowires
A potential FinFET successor comes into focus
LED Streetlights Are Giving Neighborhoods the Blues
Early adopters of LED street lighting are struggling with glare and light pollution
Hackers Offer a DIY Alternative to the $600 EpiPen
Outraged over price hikes for the drug injector, pharma hackers take matters into their own hands
“Too Cheap to Meter” Nuclear Power Revisited
After 50 years of operation, nuclear electric generation is still having teething pains
The Megaprocessor Laughs at Your Puny Integrated Circuits
The wondrous insanity of a 42,300-transistor CPU the size of a room
The Right Way to Hire and Retain Minority Engineers
There’s no shortage of talented minority engineers. Experts weigh in on how to find and keep them
Tesla's Massive New Autopilot Update Is Released, Promising Safer Driving
Autopilot 8.0 makes more use of cars' existing radar and works harder to keep the driver focused on the road
Canada’s Missing STEM Skills Shortage
Bank report finds no STEM problem in Canada
An Engineering Career: Only a Young Person’s Game?
Half-life of knowledge pressures employers to seek out young engineers
Are Self-Driving Cars Really the Solution to Drunk Driving?
The answer, it seems, depends on what you call driving
Cheap Lidar: The Key to Making Self-Driving Cars Affordable
Startups and established players think they have the key to inexpensive lidar
Centimeter-Level GPS Positioning for Cars
Cheap, quick, superaccurate positioning can keep cars safely within their lanes—even in a blizzard
Smart Meter Fires
Add another item to the list of worries slowing the smart grid rollout
5 Ways Cyber Experts Think the FBI Might Have Hacked the San Bernardino iPhone
No one knows exactly how the agency did it, but these pros were willing to guess
How Much Water Does It Take to Make Electricity?
Natural gas requires the least water to produce energy, biofuels the most, according to a new study
Solar Energy Isn’t Always as Green as You Think
Do cheaper photovoltaics providing solar energy come with a higher environmental price tag?
The Surprising Story of the First Microprocessors
You thought it started with the Intel 4004, but the tale is more complicated
Flying Parrot's Disco Drone: An Enormous Amount of Almost-Affordable Fun
Parrot's Disco drone is incredibly easy to fly and comes with an impressive autopilot and FPV included
Ray Kurzweil’s Slippery Futurism
His stunning prophecies have earned him a reputation as a tech visionary, but many of them don’t look so good on close inspection
Three Alternative Fusion Projects That Are Making Progress
Physicists pin their hopes on new magnets and fast lasers
Sniffing Out Grid Attacks
A $77 million DARPA program is building automated cyberdefenses for power grids
DIY Hands-Free Sheet Music
Never lose your place, with a flat-panel monitor and foot pedals
An Energy-Storing Wind Turbine Would Provide Power 24/7
How reengineered wind turbines integrated with energy storage could help balance the grid
iRobot Roomba 560 vs. Neato XV-11
We test the iRobot Roomba 560 head-to-head with the Neato XV-11
STEM Crisis? What About the STS Crisis?
Science, technology, and society programs will become more effective if they’re embraced by scientists and engineers