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15 Sep 23

Only 5% of $22B in VC funding for generative AI went to Europe

Computer & Information Technology

European startups got just $1bn of the €22bn that VCs have invested in generative AI since 2019, according to data from Dealroom. Unsurprisingly, American companies attracted the bulk of the money. A whopping $20bn — 89% of the global total — went to US startups. Their Asian counterparts raised only…

15 Sep 23

Video Friday: Origami Microflyers

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.IROS 2023: 1–5 October 2023, DETROITCLAWAR 2023: 2–4 October 2023, FLORIANOPOLIS,…

15 Sep 23

See-Through Sensors Hide Eye-Tracking in Plain Sight

Electrical, Electronics & Instrumentation

The list of applications for eye-tracking technology has grown long in recent years with virtual reality and augmented reality devices, systems that make driving safer and more efficient, hands-free control of computers and assistive communication devices, and detection of diseases.Gaze tracking today relies on bulky, opaque silicon-based image sensors mounted…

15 Sep 23

NASA and the ESA edge closer to explaining the Sun’s mysterious heat

Computer & Information Technology

Two spacecraft have taken a giant leap towards explaining the Sun’s engimatic heat. The collaboration between NASA and the European Space Agency (ESA) explored an enduring mystery. In theory, the sun’s atmosphere — the corona — should be cooler than its surface. This is because the Sun’s energy comes from the…

15 Sep 23

Improving driver monitoring systems: The case for synthetic data

Computer & Information Technology

Driver monitoring systems (DMS) that assess alertness behind the wheel are rapidly becoming the leading automotive safety feature across the globe. In the EU for example, vehicle safety regulator EuroNCAP is requiring all new cars to incorporate a DMS in order to comply with its safety rating. Amidst this push,…

15 Sep 23

British tech giant Arm rises to $65B valuation after first day of trading

Computer & Information Technology

Yesterday we reported that UK chip design company Arm was valued at just above $50bn before going public on the Nasdaq stock exchange. At the end of the day, the share price had jumped by close to 25% above the debut price. It rose from $56.10 to $63.59 — much…

15 Sep 23

Soft Robot Walks by Repeatedly Blowing Itself Up

Electrical, Electronics & Instrumentation, Mechanical, Production & Manufacturing

It’s hard to beat the energy density of chemical fuels. Batteries are quiet and clean and easy to integrate with electrically powered robots, but they’re 20 to 50 times less energy dense than a chemical fuel like methanol or butane. This is fine for most robots that can afford to…

15 Sep 23

Remembering Former IEEE President Ken Laker

Electrical, Electronics & Instrumentation, Mechanical, Production & Manufacturing

Ken Laker, the 1999 IEEE president, died on 2 August at the age of 76. Laker worked with the IEEE Board of Directors in the early 1990s to purchase personal computers for the organization’s leaders to make it easier to conduct IEEE business via the Internet. Later, he led the…

14 Sep 23

Introduction to EMC Simulation

Electrical, Electronics & Instrumentation

EMC simulation is of significant interest to both engineering and business, owing to the possible capability to predict EMC failures, root causes, and offer design guidelines through data—all within virtual experiments. Over the past 15 years, simulation methods and workflows have matured to a level where they are successfully embedded…

14 Sep 23

Smart Utility Meter Security Takes a Quantum Leap

Mechanical, Production & Manufacturing

Quantum computing has found a perhaps surprising new use: utility meters. Quantinuum, a merger between Honeywell Quantum Solutions and Cambridge Quantum that specializes in quantum computing, is helping build quantum-hardened cryptographic keys to secure Honeywell’s smart utility meters. The service, called Quantum Origin, uses quantum computers to generate large random…