Mechanical, Production & Manufacturing

05 Dec 23

Extinguishing the EV Battery Fire Hype

Electrical, Electronics & Instrumentation, Mechanical, Production & Manufacturing

Cars catch fire. Electric vehicles are no exception. In the U.S., according to a 2023 study citing recent data from the National Transportation Safety Board and the Bureau of Transportation Statistics, gasoline-powered, internal-combustion engine (ICE) cars were involved in about 1,530 fires per every 100,000 sold. On the other hand,…

05 Dec 23

Minimize Environmental Impact with Hendrix Covered Systems

Mechanical, Production & Manufacturing

There's no industry servicing 100% of our living space that has a greater impact on our environment than the electric utility industry. Aerial covered conductor systems can serve to protect animals while also reducing potential outages caused by animal contact. Additionally, the compact and robust nature of covered conductor systems…

05 Dec 23

Researchers Aim to Decarbonize Chemical Industry by Electrifying It

Electrical, Electronics & Instrumentation, Mechanical, Production & Manufacturing

This sponsored article is brought to you by NYU Tandon School of Engineering. With so many of the items we interact with in our daily lives — from soaps and fertilizers to pharmaceuticals to petrochemicals — deriving from products of the chemical industry, the sector has become a major source…

04 Dec 23

Can Freshwater Tanks Beat Batteries for Energy Storage?

Mechanical, Production & Manufacturing

This article is part of our exclusive IEEE Journal Watch series in partnership with IEEE Xplore.New research shows there is some economic benefit to using freshwater tanks to temporarily store energy in arid regions of the world, under certain energy grid scenarios. The results are described in a study published…

02 Dec 23

ANYmal’s Wheel-Hand-Leg-Arms Open Doors Playfully

Electrical, Electronics & Instrumentation, Mechanical, Production & Manufacturing

The tricked out version of the ANYmal quadruped, as customized by Zürich-based Swiss-Mile, just keeps getting better and better. Starting with a commercial quadruped, adding powered wheels made the robot fast and efficient, while still allowing it to handle curbs and stairs. A few years ago, the robot learned how…

02 Dec 23

IEEE President’s Note: Young Technologists Grow Their Careers With IEEE

Electrical, Electronics & Instrumentation, Mechanical, Production & Manufacturing

As 2023 president, one of my goals was to work with all members—particularly our students, young professionals, and affinity community members—to make IEEE a more successful and resilient global technical organization and for it to be globally recognized as a force for change. It was equally important to me that…

02 Dec 23

Video Friday: Tap Finger, Move Mountain

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.Humanoids 2023: 12–14 December 2023, AUSTIN, TEX.Cybathlon Challenges: 02 February 2024,…

01 Dec 23

Farewell, Philip E. Ross

Electrical, Electronics & Instrumentation, Mechanical, Production & Manufacturing

Here’s a pretty reliable sign you’re having a great career in journalism: You’re meeting exceptionally interesting people on a regular basis. Indeed, some of them are people you work with every day.All of us at IEEE Spectrum have experienced that good fortune working with Senior Editor Philip E. Ross, who…

01 Dec 23

Bezos Bucks? Get Ready for Corporate Digital Currency

Electrical, Electronics & Instrumentation, Mechanical, Production & Manufacturing

Buying and selling cryptocurrencies is a big business. Bitcoin, for example, processed US $3 trillion worth of transactions in 2021, more than double what American Express did. But most of those transactions were just for speculation. The fraction that involved buying actual stuff (goods and services) is so small that…

01 Dec 23

When AI Unplugs, All Bets Are Off

Electrical, Electronics & Instrumentation, Mechanical, Production & Manufacturing

The next great chatbot will run at lighting speed on your laptop PC—no Internet connection required.That was at least the vision recently laid out by Intel’s CEO, Pat Gelsinger, at the company’s 2023 Intel Innovation summit. Flanked by on-stage demos, Gelsinger announced the coming of “AI PCs” built to accelerate…

Extinguishing the EV Battery Fire Hype

Minimize Environmental Impact with Hendrix Covered Systems

Researchers Aim to Decarbonize Chemical Industry by Electrifying It

Can Freshwater Tanks Beat Batteries for Energy Storage?

ANYmal’s Wheel-Hand-Leg-Arms Open Doors Playfully

IEEE President’s Note: Young Technologists Grow Their Careers With IEEE

Video Friday: Tap Finger, Move Mountain

Farewell, Philip E. Ross

Bezos Bucks? Get Ready for Corporate Digital Currency

When AI Unplugs, All Bets Are Off

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