Mechanical, Production & Manufacturing

01 Jun 23

IEEE President’s Note: Connecting the Unconnected

Electrical, Electronics & Instrumentation, Mechanical, Production & Manufacturing

At IEEE, we know that the advancement of science and technology is the engine that drives the improvement of the quality of life for every person on this planet. Unfortunately, as we are all aware, today’s world faces significant challenges, including escalating conflicts, a climate crisis, food insecurity, gender inequality,…

31 May 23

Cybersecurity Gaps Could Put Astronauts at Grave Risk

Electrical, Electronics & Instrumentation, Mechanical, Production & Manufacturing

This article is part of our exclusive IEEE Journal Watch series in partnership with IEEE Xplore. On 3 July 1996, Earth was facing all but absolute destruction from an alien force hovering above three of the world’s biggest cities. Hope of humanity’s survival dwindled after brute force failed to thwart…

31 May 23

AI Everywhere, All at Once

Electrical, Electronics & Instrumentation, Mechanical, Production & Manufacturing

It’s been a frenetic six months since OpenAI introduced its large language model ChatGPT to the world at the end of last year. Every day since then, I’ve had at least one conversation about the consequences of the global AI experiment we find ourselves conducting. We aren’t ready for this,…

31 May 23

Advice and Resources for Tech Workers Coping With Job Loss

Electrical, Electronics & Instrumentation, Mechanical, Production & Manufacturing

Tens of thousands of tech workers have been laid off by companies recently, including at Amazon, Dropbox, GitHub, Google, Microsoft, and Vimeo. Startups, too, have made cuts, according to TechCrunch.To help IEEE members cope with losing a job, The Institute asked Chenyang Xu for advice. The IEEE Fellow is president…

28 May 23

Robot Passes Turing Test for Polyculture Gardening

Electrical, Electronics & Instrumentation, Mechanical, Production & Manufacturing

I love plants. I am not great with plants. I have accepted this fact and have therefore entrusted the lives of all of the plants in my care to robots. These aren’t fancy robots: they’re automated hydroponic systems that take care of water and nutrients and (fake) sunlight, and they…

27 May 23

The Relay That Changed the Power Industry

Electrical, Electronics & Instrumentation, Mechanical, Production & Manufacturing

For more than a century, utility companies have used electromechanical relays to protect power systems against damage that might occur during severe weather, accidents, and other abnormal conditions. But the relays could neither locate the faults nor accurately record what happened. Then, in 1977, Edmund O. Schweitzer III invented the…

27 May 23

Wakka Wakka! This Turing Machine Plays Pac-Man

Electrical, Electronics & Instrumentation, Mechanical, Production & Manufacturing

As I read the newest papers about DNA-based computing, I had to confront a rather unpleasant truth. Despite being a geneticist who also majored in computer science, I was struggling to bridge two concepts—the universal Turing machine, the very essence of computing, and the von Neumann architecture, the basis of…

26 May 23

Video Friday: The Coolest Robots

Electrical, Electronics & Instrumentation, Mechanical, Production & Manufacturing

Video Friday is your weekly selection of awesome robotics videos, collected by your friends at IEEE Spectrum robotics. We also post a weekly calendar of upcoming robotics events for the next few months. Please send us your events for inclusion.ICRA 2023: 29 May–2 June 2023, LONDONEnergy Drone & Robotics Summit:…

26 May 23

Book review: ‘Flight Not Improbable’ by Simine Short

Civil, Structural & Architecture, Mechanical, Production & Manufacturing

When it comes to protagonists in the early history of aviation, Octave Chanute does not spring to mind perhaps so readily as the Wright brothers, who are generally accepted as being the pioneers who invented, built and flew the first motor-operated aeroplane. Yet, as Simine Short observes at the start…

26 May 23

Who’s the Coolest Robot of All?

Electrical, Electronics & Instrumentation, Mechanical, Production & Manufacturing

Calling all robot fanatics! We are the creators of the Robots Guide, IEEE’s interactive site about robotics, and we need your help. Today, we’re expanding our massive catalog to nearly 250 robots, and we want your opinion to decide which are the coolest, most wanted, and also creepiest robots out…

Mechanical, Production & Manufacturing

IEEE President’s Note: Connecting the Unconnected

Cybersecurity Gaps Could Put Astronauts at Grave Risk

AI Everywhere, All at Once

Advice and Resources for Tech Workers Coping With Job Loss

Robot Passes Turing Test for Polyculture Gardening

The Relay That Changed the Power Industry

Wakka Wakka! This Turing Machine Plays Pac-Man

Video Friday: The Coolest Robots

Book review: ‘Flight Not Improbable’ by Simine Short

Who’s the Coolest Robot of All?

Electronic skin can self-heal after a cut, researchers find

IEEE President’s Note: Connecting the Unconnected

3 stories of founders building apps for the LGBTQ+ community

5 ways you can personalize your smartwatch with Wear OS

Here’s how Unilever is harnessing AI to innovate your favourite products