Electrical, Electronics & Instrumentation

20 Jan 24

The Case for Nuclear Cargo Ships

Electrical, Electronics & Instrumentation, Mechanical, Production & Manufacturing

The shipping industry has been trying to cut its carbon emissions for years, and with little to show for it. Nearly all of the world’s ship fleet still runs on diesel fuel, with about a quarter of new ships on order being built to run on somewhat lower-carbon alternatives like…

20 Jan 24

Diodes at Right Angles Double Autofocus Capacity

Electrical, Electronics & Instrumentation

In 2013, Canon introduced its first dual pixel autofocus, a technology that allows almost every pixel in a photo sensor to help focus the image it takes. Now Canon researchers say they’ve developed a new improvement on their previous improvement to autofocus tech. And this new approach finds its focus…

20 Jan 24

Video Friday: Swiss-Mile

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.Cybathlon Challenges: 02 February 2024, ZURICHEurobot Open 2024: 8–11 May 2024,…

19 Jan 24

Messenger’s Global Encryption Rollout Calls Privacy Bet

Electrical, Electronics & Instrumentation

Last month, Meta began rolling out default end-to-end encryption to Messenger, its one-billion-plus-member messaging platform spun off from Facebook. The long-standing app has incorporated end-to-end encryption as an option since 2016, but over the course of 2024, all of Messenger’s billion-plus users will see the option enabled by default for…

19 Jan 24

Researchers Claim First Functioning Graphene-Based Chip

Electrical, Electronics & Instrumentation, Metallurgy & Material Science

Researchers at Georgia Tech, in Atlanta, have developed what they are calling the world’s first functioning graphene-based semiconductor. This breakthrough holds the promise to revolutionize the landscape of electronics, enabling faster traditional computers and offering a new material for future quantum computers.The research, published on 3 January in Nature and…

19 Jan 24

How the Inventor of DSL Altered the Course of Connectivity

Electrical, Electronics & Instrumentation, Mechanical, Production & Manufacturing

When 7-year-old John Cioffi ran up to the Bell System pavilion at the 1964-1965 World’s Fair in New York City, he couldn’t wait to see the first telephone with video: the much-lauded Picturephone.The boy had been disappointed that phone calls provided only audio. He gazed up at the Picturephone’s oval…

17 Jan 24

The Man Who Coined The Word “Robot” Defends Himself

Electrical, Electronics & Instrumentation, Mechanical, Production & Manufacturing

You’re familiar with Karel Čapek, right? If not, you should be—he’s the guy who (along with his brother Josef) invented the word “robot.” Čapek introduced robots to the world in 1921, when his play “R.U.R.” (subtitled “Rossum’s Universal Robots”) was first performed in Prague. It was performed in New York…

17 Jan 24

Is This Hybrid Tech Power Electronics’ Future?

Electrical, Electronics & Instrumentation, Mechanical, Production & Manufacturing

It’s heady times in power electronics. After decades of domination by silicon, two newer materials—silicon carbide and gallium nitride—have begun taking over multibillion-dollar markets. Silicon carbide is now the semiconductor of choice for the inverters and chargers in electric vehicles, for example. And if you’ve purchased a wall charger lately…

16 Jan 24

Your Tablet’s Light Sensor Can Spy On You

Electrical, Electronics & Instrumentation

Most people are probably aware of the privacy risks posed by the front-facing camera on their mobile device or laptop, and so can take steps to reduce those risks. But now research shows a determined hacker can also capture images of a user in an unexpected way, via the ambient…

January 15, 2024
Electrical, Electronics & Instrumentation, Mechanical, Production & Manufacturing

Robert Saracco, an IEEE senior member dedicated to empowering the next generation of digital innovators in Europe, died unexpectedly on 5 December at the age of 70. He was a key figure in the creation of EIT Digital, an organization that invests in research and continuing education to bring new…

The Case for Nuclear Cargo Ships

Diodes at Right Angles Double Autofocus Capacity

Video Friday: Swiss-Mile

Messenger’s Global Encryption Rollout Calls Privacy Bet

Researchers Claim First Functioning Graphene-Based Chip

How the Inventor of DSL Altered the Course of Connectivity

The Man Who Coined The Word “Robot” Defends Himself

Is This Hybrid Tech Power Electronics’ Future?

Your Tablet’s Light Sensor Can Spy On You

Remembering Roberto Saracco, President of EIT Digital

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