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Why One Man Spent 12 Years Fighting Robocalls

April 24, 2024
Electrical, Electronics & Instrumentation

At some point, our phone habits changed. It used to be that if the phone rang, you answered it. With the advent of caller ID, you’d only pick up if it was someone you recognized. And now, with spoofing and robocalls, it can seem like a gamble to pick up…

April 24, 2024
Biotechnology & Biomedical

Sweat: We all do it. It plays an essential role in controlling body temperature by cooling the skin through evaporation. But it can also carry salts and other molecules out of the body in the process. In medieval Europe, people would lick babies; if the skin was salty, they knew…

23 Apr 24

Smart Roads Get Better Eyesight

Civil, Structural & Architecture

This article is part of our exclusive IEEE Journal Watch series in partnership with IEEE Xplore. Smart roads with advanced vehicle sensing capabilities could be the linchpin of future intelligent transportation systems and could even help extend driverless cars‘ perceptual range. A new approach that fuses camera and radar data…

23 Apr 24

Curving Terahertz Signals Around Obstacles For 6G

Electrical, Electronics & Instrumentation

By making light beams curve in mid-air around obstacles, researchers hope to help make blazingly fast 6G data networks a reality, a new study finds.The next generation of wireless communications, 6G, will likely rely on terahertz waves to help reach unprecedented speeds. Terahertz rays (also called submillimeter radiation or far-infrared…

22 Apr 24

Oh, Buoy! Satellite Data Helps Pinpoint Ocean Waves

Aerospace & Aeronautical

This article is part of our exclusive IEEE Journal Watch series in partnership with IEEE Xplore.Oceanographers need precise measurements of waves and currents when studying the seas. To collect this data, researchers turn to buoys equipped with sensors that can operate as floating field stations. The buoys are designed to…

20 Apr 24

Robert Kahn: The Great Interconnector

Electrical, Electronics & Instrumentation, Mechanical, Production & Manufacturing

In the mid-1960s, Robert Kahn began thinking about how computers with different operating systems could talk to each other across a network. He didn’t think much about what they would say to one another, though. He was a theoretical guy, on leave from the faculty of the Massachusetts Institute of…

19 Apr 24

Video Friday: SpaceHopper

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.RoboCup German Open: 17–21 April 2024, KASSEL, GERMANYAUVSI XPONENTIAL 2024: 22–25…

19 Apr 24

Empower Your Supply Chain

Electrical, Electronics & Instrumentation, Mechanical, Production & Manufacturing

Xometry’s essential guide reveals the transformative power of artificial intelligence in supply chain optimisation. It lifts the lid on how machine learning, natural language processing, and big data, can streamline procurement and enhance operations efficiency. The guide showcases applications across various sectors such as healthcare, construction, retail, and more, offering…

19 Apr 24

LED Touchscreen Is Also a PV Charger

Electrical, Electronics & Instrumentation

Modern smartphone touchscreens offer edge-to-edge glass and use advanced bonding that makes the screen nearly flush with the surface of the phone. Beneath it, however, there’s still layer upon layer of glass, polarizes, color filters, capacitive touch sensors, and more. That’s an obstacle for smartphone makers looking to integrate sensors…

18 Apr 24

50 Years Later, This Apollo-Era Antenna Still Talks to Voyager 2

Electrical, Electronics & Instrumentation, Mechanical, Production & Manufacturing

For more than 50 years, Deep Space Station 43 has been an invaluable tool for space probes as they explore our solar system and push into the beyond. The DSS-43 radio antenna, located at the Canberra Deep Space Communication Complex, near Canberra, Australia, keeps open the line of communication between…

Why One Man Spent 12 Years Fighting Robocalls

Tiny Biosensor Unlocks the Secrets of Sweat

Smart Roads Get Better Eyesight

Curving Terahertz Signals Around Obstacles For 6G

Oh, Buoy! Satellite Data Helps Pinpoint Ocean Waves

Robert Kahn: The Great Interconnector

Video Friday: SpaceHopper

Empower Your Supply Chain

LED Touchscreen Is Also a PV Charger

50 Years Later, This Apollo-Era Antenna Still Talks to Voyager 2

Google won two major awards at MWC Barcelona 2025.

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