Electrical, Electronics & Instrumentation

Intel’s Troubles Complicate U.S. Chip Independence

August 26, 2024
Electrical, Electronics & Instrumentation, Metallurgy & Material Science

On 1 August 2024, Intel announced financial results for the second quarter of 2024. They weren’t pretty; the company’s stock dropped more than 25 percent as it announced an aggressive plan to cut costs, including layoffs that will impact 15 percent of its entire workforce. As the drastic hit to…

August 24, 2024
Electrical, Electronics & Instrumentation

According to the International Maritime Organization, shipping was responsible for over 1 billion tonnes of carbon dioxide emissions in 2018. A significant share of those emissions came from seaport activities, including ship berthing, cargo handling, and transportation within port areas. In response, governments, NGOs, and environmental watchdog groups are sounding…

August 23, 2024
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.ICRA@40: 23–26 September 2024, ROTTERDAM, NETHERLANDSIROS 2024: 14–18 October 2024, ABU…

August 23, 2024
Electrical, Electronics & Instrumentation

For centuries, humans have heated, blown, and stretched glass into everything from useful household items to intricate story-telling windows. Now researchers at the University of Notre Dame in Indiana are working to adapt artisan glass-blowing techniques to a robotic platform. Instead of a torch and a pair of flame-resistant gloves,…

August 22, 2024
Electrical, Electronics & Instrumentation, Mechanical, Production & Manufacturing

Boardwalk Robotics is announcing its entry into the increasingly crowded commercial humanoid(ish) space with Alex, a “workforce transformation” humanoid upper torso designed to work in manufacturing, logistics, and maintenance. Before we get into Alex, let me take just a minute here to straighten out how Boardwalk Robotics is related to…

21 Aug 24

Large-Scale Electromagnetic Transient (EMT) Simulation using Simscape

Electrical, Electronics & Instrumentation

In this webinar, we will demonstrate how MATLAB and Simscape can be used to model and simulate large-scale electromagnetic transient (EMT) power systems, which is important for studies that include consideration of Inverter-Based Resources (IBRs), such as EV Charging Infrastructure assessment. Through a worked example of an IEEE test feeder…

August 20, 2024
Electrical, Electronics & Instrumentation, Metallurgy & Material Science

Most mobile phones and tablets rely on passive cooling, dissipating heat into the body of the device (and, eventually, into your palms). An active cooling fan would help, but conventional fans are too large to fit in smartphones, tablets, and even some laptops.Microspeaker manufacturer xMEMS thinks it has the solution…

August 20, 2024
Electrical, Electronics & Instrumentation

Each year, the world churns out 400 million tonnes of plastic waste, enough to outweigh the entire human population (390 million tonnes). Global plastic production doubled over the last two decades, and waste generation is on track to nearly triple by 2060. Most of our bottles, bags, and containers end…

August 19, 2024
Electrical, Electronics & Instrumentation

A maze of brackish and freshwater ponds covers Taiwan’s coastal plain, supporting aquaculture operations that produce roughly NT $30 billion (US $920 million) worth of seafood every year. Taiwan’s government is hoping that the more than 400 square kilometers of fishponds can simultaneously produce a second harvest: solar power. What…

August 19, 2024
Electrical, Electronics & Instrumentation

Stop for a second and think about the Internet without digital images or video. There would be no faces on Facebook. Instagram and TikTok probably wouldn’t exist. Those Zoom meetings that took the place of in-person gatherings for school or work during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic? Not an…

Intel’s Troubles Complicate U.S. Chip Independence

Seaport Electrification Could Slash Emissions Worldwide

Video Friday: Disney Robot Dance

How Do You 3D Print Glass?

Meet Boardwalk Robotics’ Addition to the Humanoid Workforce

Large-Scale Electromagnetic Transient (EMT) Simulation using Simscape

All-Silicon “Fan-on-a-Chip” Keeps Thin Devices Cool

Continuous Flow Reactor Recycles Many Common Plastics

Taiwan Reboots Its Solar-Power Fishponds

Nasir Ahmed: An Unsung Hero of Digital Media

Google won two major awards at MWC Barcelona 2025.

Expanding AI Overviews and introducing AI Mode

This MRI Can Run on Batteries

The Tiny Star Explosions Powering Moore’s Law