Electrical, Electronics & Instrumentation

06 Jun 23

SSE fined nearly £10m for breaching its generation licence

Electrical, Electronics & Instrumentation, Mechanical, Production & Manufacturing

The firm was found to have secured “excessive payments” from National Grid ESO in exchange for reducing output at Foyers pumped storage power station during periods of what is known as ‘transmission constraint’. When constraints on the electricity transmission system exist, the ESO will take action to manage flows across…

06 Jun 23

Explainer: Why No-Code Software Isn’t Just For Developers

Electrical, Electronics & Instrumentation, Mechanical, Production & Manufacturing

Dina Genkina: Hi. I’m Dina Genkina for IEEE Spectrum‘s Fixing the Future. This episode is brought to you by IEEE Explore. The digital library with over 6 million pieces of the world’s best technical content. In the November issue of IEEE Spectrum, one of our most popular stories was about…

05 Jun 23

Caltech team achieve wireless energy transfer in space

Electrical, Electronics & Instrumentation, Mechanical, Production & Manufacturing

The achievement was made by MAPLE (Microwave Array for Power-transfer Low-orbit Experiment), an array of flexible lightweight microwave power transmitters with precise timing control. MAPLE is one of the three experiments carried out by the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) as part of its Space Solar Power Project (SSPP), an…

03 Jun 23

Machine Learning Turns Up COVID Surprise

Electrical, Electronics & Instrumentation, Mechanical, Production & Manufacturing

A hospital visit can be boiled down to an initial ailment and an outcome. But health records tell a different story, full of doctors’ notes and patient histories, vital signs and test results, potentially spanning weeks of a stay. In health studies, all of that data is multiplied by hundreds…

02 Jun 23

Green hydrogen production costs could be lowered with new method

Electrical, Electronics & Instrumentation, Mechanical, Production & Manufacturing

By reducing the amount of platinum and iridium used in water electrolysis devices, scientists believe they could bridge one of the largest barriers to green hydrogen production. Hydrogen is a versatile, storable, potentially zero-carbon fuel source, that has been hailed as one of the solutions that will enable countries to reach their net-zero…

02 Jun 23

Geothermal power could provide boost to deprived UK areas

Electrical, Electronics & Instrumentation, Mechanical, Production & Manufacturing

Deep geothermal technology uses the heat from naturally occurring water sources deep underground to generate a large amount of usable heat and energy. Carried out in conjunction with backbench Conservative MP Dr Kieran Mullan and experts at the University of Durham’s Energy Institute, the report finds “strong overlaps” between areas…

02 Jun 23

MIT Multi-Robot Mapping Sets New “Gold Standard”

Electrical, Electronics & Instrumentation, Mechanical, Production & Manufacturing

This article is part of our exclusive IEEE Journal Watch series in partnership with IEEE Xplore. Does your robot know where it is right now? Does it? Are you sure? And what about all of its robot friends, do they know where they are too? This is important. So important,…

01 Jun 23

Electronic skin can self-heal after a cut, researchers find

Electrical, Electronics & Instrumentation

Soft electronics and robotic devices could, like human skin, recover autonomously from damage with a new design made by Stanford scientists. In its latest study, a research team described how they combined two dynamic polymers to achieve autonomous realignment in multilayered soft electronics. This could help devices recover from various…

01 Jun 23

IEEE President’s Note: Connecting the Unconnected

Electrical, Electronics & Instrumentation, Mechanical, Production & Manufacturing

At IEEE, we know that the advancement of science and technology is the engine that drives the improvement of the quality of life for every person on this planet. Unfortunately, as we are all aware, today’s world faces significant challenges, including escalating conflicts, a climate crisis, food insecurity, gender inequality,…

31 May 23

Cybersecurity Gaps Could Put Astronauts at Grave Risk

Electrical, Electronics & Instrumentation, Mechanical, Production & Manufacturing

This article is part of our exclusive IEEE Journal Watch series in partnership with IEEE Xplore. On 3 July 1996, Earth was facing all but absolute destruction from an alien force hovering above three of the world’s biggest cities. Hope of humanity’s survival dwindled after brute force failed to thwart…

SSE fined nearly £10m for breaching its generation licence

Explainer: Why No-Code Software Isn’t Just For Developers

Caltech team achieve wireless energy transfer in space

Machine Learning Turns Up COVID Surprise

Green hydrogen production costs could be lowered with new method

Geothermal power could provide boost to deprived UK areas

MIT Multi-Robot Mapping Sets New “Gold Standard”

Electronic skin can self-heal after a cut, researchers find

IEEE President’s Note: Connecting the Unconnected

Cybersecurity Gaps Could Put Astronauts at Grave Risk

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