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11 Sep 23

Stellantis opens €40M EV battery tech centre in Italy

Computer & Information Technology

Last week, Stellantis announced it had inaugurated its first, €40mn, battery tech centre in Turin, Italy. This will allow for in-house testing and development of EV battery packs for the company’s upcoming products. The move is part of a plan to expand battery building capacity to 400GWh — and significantly…

September 9, 2023
Computer & Information Technology

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08 Sep 23

Video Friday: Tensegrity Wheels

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,…

08 Sep 23

IEEE Strengthens its Support for Open Science

Electrical, Electronics & Instrumentation, Mechanical, Production & Manufacturing

Open science is the principle and practice of making research products and processes available to all while respecting diverse cultures; maintaining security and privacy; and fostering collaborations, reproducibility, and equity. “IEEE strongly supports the sharing of research processes, methods, data, code, and findings as openly as possible to promote collaboration,…

08 Sep 23

EU has ‘no chance’ of semiconductor independence — but neither does anyone else

Computer & Information Technology

Our world runs on semiconductors. The slivers of silicon provide electronic brains to phones, computers, cars, data centres, and stock markets. They’re also the digital backbone of modern militaries. Some of the first chips ever made were used in missile guidance systems. Today, they power countless military devices, from fighter…

08 Sep 23

Sand-Sized Microchips Take on Fake Foods and Drugs

Electrical, Electronics & Instrumentation

Labels on your grocery store products might say “Spanish extra-virgin olive oil” or “New Zealand grass-fed beef,” but these are just words. How can such broad claims ever be verified? Food fraud—things like additives, dilutions, mislabeling, and substitution—affects over 1 percent of the global food industry, according to studies cited…

08 Sep 23

World’s first crewed liquid hydrogen plane takes off

Computer & Information Technology

At a somewhat small and unassuming airport in Maribor, Slovenia, German hydrogen propulsion startup H2FLY has quietly been building up to a major milestone in zero-emission aviation over the summer. And all the hard work has come to fruition, with the successful completion of the world’s first crewed liquid hydrogen-powered…

08 Sep 23

Meet the 10 deep tech startups in Intel Ignite’s first UK accelerator

Computer & Information Technology

Intel Ignite, Intel’s accelerator for early-stage deep tech startups, has unveiled the 10 companies that will comprise its newly-launched London cohort — the first one in the UK. Starting on September 12, the selected startups will take part in a 12-week programme, during which founders will receive mentorship and guidance…

08 Sep 23

Asteroid Landings Call For Robots With a Soft Touch

Electrical, Electronics & Instrumentation, Mechanical, Production & Manufacturing

How do you land on an asteroid? A lot of very talented engineers have thought about it. Putting a robotic spacecraft down safely on a moon or planet is hard enough, with the pull of gravity to keep you humble. But when it comes to an asteroid, where gravity may…

08 Sep 23

‘Energy disaster’: offshore wind farms absent from government auction

Electrical, Electronics & Instrumentation, Mechanical, Production & Manufacturing

The UK’s renewable energy strategy has suffered a blow as no new offshore wind projects have been bought by developers at the latest Contracts for Difference (CfD) auction. Industry experts had warned that this might be the case after ministers refused to increase the maximum price for the auction despite…