Tesla Model 3 to Driver: Look Me in the Eye
The car comes with a cabin camera that will only function later, when autonomous driving software is downloaded
South Carolina's $9 Billion Nuclear Boondoggle Fits a Global Pattern of Troubles
South Carolina utilities abandoned a pair of troubled reactors projected to cost more than twice their original price
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Aussies Win Amazon Robotics Challenge
How a team of Australian engineers and their robot, named Cartman, won the Amazon Robotics Challenge
Carmakers Take to the (Self-Driving) Test Track
Engineers use track days to test self-driving cars and scout talent
Accelerate Your Product Design with Multiphysics Simulation - Volume 2
For First Time, Researchers Image Real-Time Formation of Superlattices From Nanocrystals
Insights drawn from this imaging could provide techinques for better controlling superlattices' properties
Making the Case for Acoustics Modeling and Simulation Apps
In designing acoustical systems, engineers must account for multiple physics and their interactions at multiple scales and frequencies.
Kuri Robot Brings Autonomous Video to a Home Near You
Mayfield Robotics improves its home robot, Kuri, adding track wheels, structural updates, and “Kuri Vision,” an autonomous home video program
Why Co-Parenting With Telepresence Robots Could Be a Fantastic Idea
In the near future, robots will help remote parents feel closer to their children
Dean Kamen Opens Organ-Building Institute
BioFabUSA will bring together public and private companies to “a machine shop of 21st-century advanced biomanufacturing”
The Big Sprawl: Software Engineering Jobs Escape Into New Territories
Glassdoor's latest research shows software jobs are diffusing beyond traditional geographies and industries
Is There a Giant Planet Lurking Beyond Pluto?
A race is on to discover Planet Nine using classical astronomy and new computational techniques
How Analytics can be used to Drive More Effective Business Decisions around Additive Manufacturing
Learn about how to best take advantage of additive manufacturing and provide insight on the direction your business needs to go, not just to survive but to thrive in today’s world.
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Robot Mechanic Could Prevent Satellites From Becoming Space Junk
DARPA plans to send a robotic service technician to repair broken satellites in geosynchronous orbit
Video Friday: Boston Dynamics, Inflatable Robots, and Japan's Space Ball
Your weekly selection of awesome robot videos
Artificial Photosynthesis Process Promises Highly Selective Carbon Dioxide Reduction
Process offers way to produce alternative fuels
Seymour Cray: The Man Who Brought Style to Supercomputers
The CDC 7600, released in 1969, featured blue-glass doors and walnut trim
3D-Printed "Earable" Sensor Monitors Vital Signs
The ear-worn sensor's current version continuously measures core body temperature and acts as a hearing aid
Documentaries for Engineers: Mission Control, Denial, and Viva Amiga
These three films will keep you thoughtfully entertained during your vacation travels
Tech Workplace Gossip App Blind Opens to the Masses
Blind opens its tech gossip app to anyone who works in tech, but only some get into closed company rooms
Robots Could Act as Ethical Mediators Between Patients and Caregivers
Georgia Tech's robot can step in with ethical advice when a relationship gets complicated
The Big Problem With Self-Driving Cars Is People
And we’ll go out of our way to make the problem worse
Christina Lampe-Onnerud Has A New Battery Design
Her "supercell architecture" fits existing Li-ion cells into more efficient battery packs
Jerktech: When Callow Ideas Become Code
Technologically mediated obnoxiousness is spawning a new lexicon
Complex Biological Computer Commands Living Cells
Researchers build the most complex RNA-based computer in living bacterial cells
Atomic Movies Offer Insights Into More Efficient Perovskites
Photons spin atoms around into a whirl inside of perovskites, offering clues about how to make the material a more efficient light-to-electricity transformer
Soft Robotic Exosuit Can Help Stroke Patients
Improvements seen within minutes of powering up the device
Nanoneurons Enable Neuromorphic Chips for Voice Recognition
Nanoscale magnetic tunnel junctions recognize spoken digits with 99.6 percent accuracy
Sequential Peeling: A Model-Based Approach to Structure Identification and De-embedding
This whitepaper discusses one of the model-based approaches that uses position information about structures in the fixture and an indicated impedance/admittance model to extract parameters
Naval Research Lab Tests Swarm of Stackable CICADA Microdrones
Here's how to deploy 32 little flying robots at once