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Michael Frank has spent his career as an academic researcher, working for more than three decades in the very special niche of computer engineering. According to Frank, the time has finally come for this special niche. “At the beginning of this year, I decided it was the right time to try to commercialize these things,” […]
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Methane measurement for the masses All illustrations by Greg Mably From high above us satellites track the destructive emissions of greenhouse gases that will change our climate. Until now, their data was private, shared only with companies or governments. MethaneSAT it changes. Launched on March 4, 2024, it will pinpoint specific problem areas more precisely […]
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The future of people living in the sea takes shape in an abandoned quarry on the border of Wales and England. The Deep Ocean Research Organization has embarked on a multi-year quest there to allow scientists to live on the sea floor at depths of up to 200 meters for weeks, months and possibly years. […]
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Users of Google’s Chrome browser can rest easy knowing their surfing is safe, thanks in part to cryptographer Joppe Bos. He co-authored a quantum-secure encryption algorithm that was adopted as a standard by the US National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) in August and is already implemented in a wide range of technology products, […]
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Video Friday is your weekly selection of awesome robot videos collected by your friends on IEEE spectrum robotics. We’re also posting a weekly calendar of upcoming bot events for the next few months. Please send us your events for inclusion. ICRA 2025: 19-23 May 2025, ATLANTA, GA Enjoy today’s videos! A year after series production […]
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After years of planning, The world’s largest semiconductor foundry, Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. (TSMC) officially begins mass production at an advanced chip manufacturing facility in Phoenix in 2025. The fab represents the arrival of advanced US chip manufacturing and a test of whether the Chip and Science Act of 2022 can help stabilize the semiconductor […]
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IEEE spectrumtraffic coverage in 2024 attracted almost half a million visitors. Readers come to learn the latest news on advances in electric vehicles and battery technologies, sustainable energy alternatives, transit infrastructure and logistics, artificial intelligence and emerging risks. One of our more popular articles reported on a problem at the intersection of technology and athletics. […]
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In addition to faster data rates and more reliable services, the next generation of wireless networks – 6G – is expected to meet increasing demands for data transfer speed and coverage, plus new applications arising from artificial intelligence. Telecommunications is one of the many industries expected to be affected by artificial intelligence. With AI, 6G […]
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This year, IEEE spectrum readers were keenly interested in all things software: what’s happening in the tumultuous world of open-source, why the sheer size of code causes security vulnerabilities, and how we must take seriously the energy costs of inefficient code. The ever-growing presence of artificial intelligence has also made itself known in the world […]
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Now it is likely saw short videos created using AI video generation tools that allow you to create photorealistic clips of several seconds from a simple text prompt. An Indian startup is now pushing the technology to its limits: by the end of 2025, it plans to release a feature-length film created almost entirely using […]
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