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11 Jul 23

Can Neural Stimulation Zap Addiction?

Electrical, Electronics & Instrumentation, Mechanical, Production & Manufacturing

On a rainy Thursday afternoon earlier this year, a neuroscientist named Vaughn Steele placed a figure-eight-shaped wand over a man’s scalp and began jolting him with powerful magnetic pulses. “We’ll start low and ramp up,” said Steele, an addiction researcher at Yale School of Medicine. The patient’s left eyebrow twitched…

11 Jul 23

The Many Planned Moon Landings of 2023

Aerospace & Aeronautical

It never gets any easier to watch: a control room full of engineers, waiting anxiously as the robotic probe they’ve worked on for years nears the surface of the moon. Telemetry from the spacecraft says everything is working; landing is moments away. But then the vehicle goes silent, and the…

11 Jul 23

Googlers share their stories for Disability Pride Month

Computer & Information Technology

In celebration of Disability Pride Month, we learn from four Googlers about what their identity means to them.

11 Jul 23

Parkinson’s Predicted From Smartwatch Data

Computer & Information Technology

Scientists at Cardiff University, in Wales, have discovered a way to accurately predict the occurrence of Parkinson’s disease years before clinical symptoms show up by analyzing motion data available from common smartwatches. They showed that a type of machine learning trained on wrist-worn accelerometer data was able to accurately determine…

11 Jul 23

Foxconn pulls out from $19.5bn India chip factory project

Electrical, Electronics & Instrumentation

The news has been announced less than a year after the two companies announced the project, and it constitutes a significant blow to Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s ambitions to transform India into a tech manufacturing powerhouse. "There was recognition from both sides that the project was not moving fast enough,"…

10 Jul 23

Spatial Data Makes AI Crop-Yield Predictions Better

Electrical, Electronics & Instrumentation, Mechanical, Production & Manufacturing

This article is part of our exclusive IEEE Journal Watch series in partnership with IEEE Xplore. Researchers from Zhejiang University and risk-management company Tongdun Technology, both based in Hangzhou, China, have improved crop-yield predictions using deep-learning techniques. It’s a promising method that can account for the way crop yield is…

10 Jul 23

8 ways Google tools help me care for my pets

Computer & Information Technology

Use Google tools like Maps, Docs and Photos to make caring for your pet easier.

10 Jul 23

This Drone Can Fly, Float, and Roll to Get Around

Electrical, Electronics & Instrumentation, Mechanical, Production & Manufacturing

This article is part of our exclusive IEEE Journal Watch series in partnership with IEEE Xplore. Instead of one autonomous robot to fly, another to drive on land and one more to navigate on water, a new hybrid drone can do all three. To carry out complex missions, scientists are…

10 Jul 23

Why DoorDash merchants use custom Android tablets

Computer & Information Technology

Android Enterprise helps DoorDash manage, deploy and secure merchant tablets around the world.

08 Jul 23

3 Challenges to Solve Before We Can Commute by Air Taxi

Aerospace & Aeronautical

All over the world, startup companies, government agencies, universities, and airlines are collaborating to launch an entirely new category of aviation based on electric aircraft capable of both vertical takeoff and efficient horizontal flight. In metropolitan areas that struggle with traffic congestion, these aircraft would displace some car commuting and…