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22 Oct 23

Why Power a Whisky Still with Green Hydrogen?

Electrical, Electronics & Instrumentation, Mechanical, Production & Manufacturing

Dozens of companies are trying to replace the typical method of producing hydrogen—from natural gas—with electrolysis, in which an electric current is used to split water into hydrogen and oxygen. The goal for many of these companies is “green hydrogen,” in which the electricity used comes from renewable sources.Luke TanTan…

22 Oct 23

Top AI Shops Fail Transparency Test

Electrical, Electronics & Instrumentation, Mechanical, Production & Manufacturing

In July and September, 15 of the biggest AI companies signed on to the White House’s voluntary commitments to manage the risks posed by AI. Among those commitments was a promise to be more transparent: to share information “across the industry and with governments, civil society, and academia,” and to…

21 Oct 23

A Brief History of the Office Cubicle

Electrical, Electronics & Instrumentation, Mechanical, Production & Manufacturing

In 1964, the office cubicle was born. For that you can thank Robert Propst, a designer at the Herman Miller furniture company. Four years earlier, he had proposed a radical alternative to the office bullpen: the Action Office. He envisioned it as a holistic and integrated system designed to increase…

21 Oct 23

Video Friday: Welcome to Fall

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.IEEE SSRR 2023: 13–15 November 2023, FUKUSHIMA, JAPANHumanoids 2023: 12–14 December…

21 Oct 23

Next Generation Wireless: A Guide to the Fundamentals of 6G

Electrical, Electronics & Instrumentation, Mechanical, Production & Manufacturing

Get ahead of the game with Keysight’s brand new 6G eBook. With this essential guide, you’ll have all the tools you need to build a solid foundation of 6G knowledge.Explore the technologies and industry-driven applications that are setting the stage for the next generation of wireless communications including:New spectrum technologiesArtificial…

20 Oct 23

Low-Power Hardware Accelerator Offers Outsize Security

Electrical, Electronics & Instrumentation

This article is part of our exclusive IEEE Journal Watch series in partnership with IEEE Xplore. How can smartphones safeguard user data in untrusted cloud environments while preserving battery life?One research team in the United States has a suggestion. They’ve developed a novel hardware accelerator prototype for edge devices that…

20 Oct 23

Public unconvinced by smart meter roll-out, report finds

Electrical, Electronics & Instrumentation, Mechanical, Production & Manufacturing

In a new report, the PAC said that the roll-out had failed to meet its original targets and has repeatedly shifted its deadlines for completion. It also said that consumers with traditional meters are less interested in having a smart meter. Reports of forced switching of consumers to smart meters…

20 Oct 23

Why AI progress hitting the brakes is more likely than world domination

Computer & Information Technology

There’s a looming global computing capacity crunch that cannot be sustainably addressed the way we’re doing things right now. Simply put, between artificial intelligence (AI) models growing exponentially and an ongoing global digital transformation, data centres are running out of space. Their vacancy rates are hitting record-lows and prices are…

20 Oct 23

Evaluating COM Express and COM-HPC for Your Projects

Electrical, Electronics & Instrumentation, Mechanical, Production & Manufacturing

This sponsored article is brought to you by Kontron. When the COM-HPC standard was first mooted in 2019, there was, understandably, some initial concern in the market over its potential impact on COM Express Type 6 and 7 modules. This quickly dissipated once the specification became clear. After all, they…

20 Oct 23

Exercise bike inspired by Ukraine war provides backup power during emergencies

Computer & Information Technology

Lithuanian startup Tukas EV has developed an exercise bike that harnesses the energy you produce while peddling and stores it as a backup source of power for household devices and appliances. The exercise bike, dubbed HR Bank, was designed to provide urban dwellers with a reliable source of clean energy,…