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25 Apr 23

Ostrich-Inspired Robot Gives Its Neck a Stretch

Electrical, Electronics & Instrumentation, Mechanical, Production & Manufacturing

Birds are able to do a lot thanks to their highly flexible necks, whether it be turning their heads around to groom their backs, looking in many different directions during flight, or accessing hard-to-reach nooks and crannies along the ground or in trees. Among all avian species, the ostrich stands…

24 Apr 23

Get to Know the IEEE Board of Directors

Metallurgy & Material Science

The IEEE Board of Directors shapes the future direction of IEEE and is committed to ensuring IEEE remains a strong and vibrant organization—serving the needs of its members and the engineering and technology community worldwide—while fulfilling the IEEE mission of advancing technology for the benefit of humanity.This article features IEEE…

24 Apr 23

Mechanical Nanosurgery Shreds Cancer Cells in Mice

Biotechnology & Biomedical

A new method of treating brain cancer could use magnetism to destroy cancer cells from the inside, according to a study published in March in Science Advances.The method, which the researchers call mechanical nanosurgery, could provide a much-needed new treatment option for patients with glioblastoma, a terminal form of brain…

24 Apr 23

UK and Netherlands to jointly benefit from multi-use undersea power line

Electrical, Electronics & Instrumentation, Mechanical, Production & Manufacturing

The project, named LionLink, is expected to provide enough clean electricity to power 1.8 million homes – more than Birmingham and Manchester combined. The 1.8GW power line is the second-largest multi-purpose cross-border electricity line ever built, after the one that currently connects Germany and Denmark. However, LionLink will be able to…

24 Apr 23

How we’re helping everyone benefit from the transition to clean energy

Computer & Information Technology

We’re introducing two programs with partners to help drive a more equitable clean energy transition.

24 Apr 23

Review to investigate why some phones did not receive emergency alert

Electrical, Electronics & Instrumentation

According to the Cabinet Office, while the “vast majority” of compatible phones received the alert, “a very small proportion” of mobile users on some networks did not receive it. The alert was broadcast at 3p.m. on Sunday and should have been received by every 4G and 5G device across the…

24 Apr 23

Superconducting highway concept would allow vehicles to travel at 400mph

Civil, Structural & Architecture, Mechanical, Production & Manufacturing

Superconductors can conduct electricity without any resistance or power loss and can effortlessly cause magnets to levitate above them. These properties would make superconductors useful for high-speed trains or long-distance power transmission in theory, but they only work at extreme low temperatures - more than one hundred degrees below zero.…

23 Apr 23

Organoid Intelligence: Computing on the Brain

Computer & Information Technology

In parallel with recent developments in machine learning like GPT-4, a group of scientists has recently proposed the use of neural tissue itself, carefully grown to re-create the structures of the animal brain, as a computational substrate. After all, if AI is inspired by neurological systems, what better medium to…

23 Apr 23

Haptic System Creates Finger-Touch Sensations Hardware-Free

Electrical, Electronics & Instrumentation

One of the trippiest virtual-reality experiences that I’ve ever had was being able to touch an object that didn’t exist. Getting immersed in a virtual world through a headset that provides video and audio is one thing, but adding in touch is somehow transformative; physical interaction brings you into that…

22 Apr 23

Hyundai Making (Tesla) Killer EVs on the QT

Civil, Structural & Architecture

In the booming business of electric cars, you expect innovation and ingenious features to hail from luxury land: Lucid, Rivian, Porsche, or Tesla.Driving the new Hyundai Ioniq 6 sedan highlights the rise of an underdog that was almost wholly unforeseen: South Korea’s Hyundai Motors, and its Kia and luxury Genesis…