Mechanical, Production & Manufacturing

28 Mar 24

The Most Hackable Handheld Ham Radio Yet

Electrical, Electronics & Instrumentation, Mechanical, Production & Manufacturing

All right, confession time. I don’t use my handheld ham radio for much more than eavesdropping on the subway dispatcher when my train rumbles to a mysterious halt in a dark tunnel. But even I couldn’t help but hear the buzz surrounding a new handheld, Quansheng’s UV-K5.It caught my attention…

28 Mar 24

Nvidia Tops Llama 2, Stable Diffusion Speed Trials

Electrical, Electronics & Instrumentation, Mechanical, Production & Manufacturing

Times change, and so must benchmarks. Now that we’re firmly in the age of massive generative AI, it’s time to add two such behemoths, Llama 2 70B and Stable Diffusion XL, to MLPerf’s inferencing tests. Version 4.0 of the benchmark tests more than 8,500 results from 23 submitting organizations. As…

27 Mar 24

This Startup’s AI Tool Makes Moving Day Easier

Electrical, Electronics & Instrumentation, Mechanical, Production & Manufacturing

Engineers are used to being experts in their field, but when Zach Rattner cofounded his artificial-intelligence startup, Yembo, he quickly realized he needed to get comfortable with being out of his depth. He found the transition from employee to business owner to be a steep learning curve. Taking on a…

26 Mar 24

5 Ways to Strengthen the AI Acquisition Process

Electrical, Electronics & Instrumentation, Mechanical, Production & Manufacturing

In our last article, A How-To Guide on Acquiring AI Systems, we explained why the IEEE P3119 Standard for the Procurement of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Automated Decision Systems (ADS) is needed. In this article, we give further details about the draft standard and the use of regulatory “sandboxes” to…

26 Mar 24

Synthetic Power Grid Is Safer Than the Real Thing

Mechanical, Production & Manufacturing

This article is part of our exclusive IEEE Journal Watch series in partnership with IEEE Xplore.Studying power grids can involve many privacy and security concerns, since researchers must be careful not to inadvertently reveal personal information or critical infrastructure vulnerabilities. But a new synthetic power grid offers planners and researchers…

26 Mar 24

What’s the Delay With Perovskite Solar Cells?

Mechanical, Production & Manufacturing

In the realm of renewable energy, perovskite-based photovoltaics (PVs) have emerged as a promising technology. Recent advancements in perovskite PVs have resulted in the material boasting power-conversion efficiencies that rival and even surpass established PV technologies such as silicon-based PV, cadmium telluride, and copper indium gallium diselenide.However, a recent report…

26 Mar 24

Unico’s Battery Testing Enters a Competitive Industry

Electrical, Electronics & Instrumentation, Mechanical, Production & Manufacturing

As EV production and, with it, battery production accelerate over the next decade, so too will the demand for rigorous EV battery testing. But producing a battery that will stand up to the task of powering an electric vehicle for years under different weather conditions and unpredictable usage patterns is…

26 Mar 24

How to Boot Up a New Engineering Program

Electrical, Electronics & Instrumentation, Mechanical, Production & Manufacturing

Starting a new engineering program at a university is no simple task. But that’s just what Brandeis University in Waltham, Mass., is doing. By 2026, the university will offer an undergraduate engineering degree—but without creating an engineering department. Instead, Brandeis aims to lean on its strong liberal arts tradition, in…

25 Mar 24

Inkjets Are for More Than Just Printing

Electrical, Electronics & Instrumentation, Mechanical, Production & Manufacturing

In the early 1980s, offices were noisy places, filled with the sound of metal striking inked ribbons to mark characters on paper. IBM Selectric typewriters clacked, daisy wheel printers clattered, and dot-matrix printers made loud ripping sounds. Today, those noises are gone. And though we do spend more time reading…

25 Mar 24

Reach Your Space Goals With High-Bandwidth Devices

Electrical, Electronics & Instrumentation, Mechanical, Production & Manufacturing

This sponsored article is brought to you by Avnet and AMD.The use of artificial intelligence (AI) in image processing has brought about significant advancements in the exploration of space and our own Earth. In space applications, images are captured using various instruments, such as telescopes, satellites, and rovers. However, processing…

The Most Hackable Handheld Ham Radio Yet

Nvidia Tops Llama 2, Stable Diffusion Speed Trials

This Startup’s AI Tool Makes Moving Day Easier

5 Ways to Strengthen the AI Acquisition Process

Synthetic Power Grid Is Safer Than the Real Thing

What’s the Delay With Perovskite Solar Cells?

Unico’s Battery Testing Enters a Competitive Industry

How to Boot Up a New Engineering Program

Inkjets Are for More Than Just Printing

Reach Your Space Goals With High-Bandwidth Devices

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