Electrical, Electronics & Instrumentation

22 Dec 23

An Electric Train You Can Pedal

Electrical, Electronics & Instrumentation, Mechanical, Production & Manufacturing

E-bikes have, over the course of the COVID-19 pandemic, become staples for businesses and independent gig workers who earn money transporting small, lightweight items like food deliveries. If the item can fit in a basket mounted on the handlebars or behind the rider’s seat, it can be dropped off just…

21 Dec 23

How to Evaluate Electrically Insulating Epoxies

Electrical, Electronics & Instrumentation, Metallurgy & Material Science

This paper delves into key electrical characteristics inherent to epoxies, including the dielectric constant, dissipation factor, dielectric strength, surface, and volume resistivity. Explore the measurement methods for these properties, their optimal benchmarks, and their response to fluctuations in temperature, fillers, and other variables. Moreover, the unique composition of resin and…

21 Dec 23

IBM Demos Transistor with Liquid Nitrogen Cooling

Electrical, Electronics & Instrumentation, Mechanical, Production & Manufacturing

Liquid nitrogen boils at just 77 Kelvins (-196 °C). Cooling electronics to this frigid temperature could boost performance, but today’s transistors aren’t designed with cryogenic temperatures in mind. At the 2023 IEEE International Electron Device Meeting (IEDM) held in San Francisco earlier in December, IBM researchers demonstrated the first advanced…

21 Dec 23

Pilot Project Sends Kelp–and Carbon–to the Seafloor

Electrical, Electronics & Instrumentation, Mechanical, Production & Manufacturing

Last January, in the waters off Cebu City in the Philippines, researchers first deployed a huge flexible ring seeded with seaweed and spanned by spokelike ropes and tubes. Every nightfall, cranks mounted on a floating platform lower the ring 25 meters below the surface to expose the seaweed to cooler,…

20 Dec 23

The Brain-Implant Company Going for Neuralink’s Jugular

Electrical, Electronics & Instrumentation, Mechanical, Production & Manufacturing

For more than half a year, six people have been going about their lives with sensors implanted in blood vessels in their brains that enable them to communicate directly with their computers. The participants, who are all severely paralyzed, are taking part in a study that could change their lives…

20 Dec 23

Ray Liu’s Fond Memories As 2022 IEEE President

Electrical, Electronics & Instrumentation, Mechanical, Production & Manufacturing

The Institute asked IEEE Past President Ray Liu to share parting remarks he made to the IEEE Board of Directors on 21 November at the Meeting Series, held in Washington, D.C.I want to thank each and every one of you for your time, your support, and your vision, as we…

19 Dec 23

Meet the PHOLED That Is Transforming Displays

Electrical, Electronics & Instrumentation, Mechanical, Production & Manufacturing

OLED displays dominate cellphones and have grabbed a big piece of the high-end TV market, thanks to their crisp images, deep black levels, and wide viewing angles. But OLED technology doesn’t do better than the alternative—LCDs—in longevity or brightness. And energy efficiency is a toss-up, depending on the images being…

19 Dec 23

How Artificial Intelligence Can Personalize Education

Electrical, Electronics & Instrumentation, Mechanical, Production & Manufacturing

The emergence of novel and powerful artificial intelligence models has led to a paradigm shift in many areas. What initially catalyzed curiosity as to the extent to which monotonous work could be outsourced to AI has emerged as a possible tool for students with personalized educational needs. Let’s welcome AI…

18 Dec 23

In 2024, Intel Hopes to Leapfrog Its Chipmaking Competitors

Electrical, Electronics & Instrumentation, Mechanical, Production & Manufacturing

For the past five years, Intel has lagged behind Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. and Samsung in advanced chip manufacturing. Now, in an attempt to regain the lead, the company is making a bold—and risky—move, introducing two novel technologies in its desktop and laptop Arrow Lake processor, due out in late…

18 Dec 23

Amazon Fires Up Its Space Lasers

Electrical, Electronics & Instrumentation

A shoot-out featuring thousands of lasers is about to break out in low earth orbit. Luckily, no one will get hurt—the lasers’ targets are the protagonists’ own communications satellites. Amazon has just announced that two of its prototype internet satellites equipped with infrared lasers transferred data at 100 gigabits per…

An Electric Train You Can Pedal

How to Evaluate Electrically Insulating Epoxies

IBM Demos Transistor with Liquid Nitrogen Cooling

Pilot Project Sends Kelp–and Carbon–to the Seafloor

The Brain-Implant Company Going for Neuralink’s Jugular

Ray Liu’s Fond Memories As 2022 IEEE President

Meet the PHOLED That Is Transforming Displays

How Artificial Intelligence Can Personalize Education

In 2024, Intel Hopes to Leapfrog Its Chipmaking Competitors

Amazon Fires Up Its Space Lasers

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