Mechanical, Production & Manufacturing

21 Oct 23

A Brief History of the Office Cubicle

Electrical, Electronics & Instrumentation, Mechanical, Production & Manufacturing

In 1964, the office cubicle was born. For that you can thank Robert Propst, a designer at the Herman Miller furniture company. Four years earlier, he had proposed a radical alternative to the office bullpen: the Action Office. He envisioned it as a holistic and integrated system designed to increase…

21 Oct 23

Video Friday: Welcome to Fall

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.IEEE SSRR 2023: 13–15 November 2023, FUKUSHIMA, JAPANHumanoids 2023: 12–14 December…

21 Oct 23

Next Generation Wireless: A Guide to the Fundamentals of 6G

Electrical, Electronics & Instrumentation, Mechanical, Production & Manufacturing

Get ahead of the game with Keysight’s brand new 6G eBook. With this essential guide, you’ll have all the tools you need to build a solid foundation of 6G knowledge.Explore the technologies and industry-driven applications that are setting the stage for the next generation of wireless communications including:New spectrum technologiesArtificial…

20 Oct 23

Public unconvinced by smart meter roll-out, report finds

Electrical, Electronics & Instrumentation, Mechanical, Production & Manufacturing

In a new report, the PAC said that the roll-out had failed to meet its original targets and has repeatedly shifted its deadlines for completion. It also said that consumers with traditional meters are less interested in having a smart meter. Reports of forced switching of consumers to smart meters…

20 Oct 23

Evaluating COM Express and COM-HPC for Your Projects

Electrical, Electronics & Instrumentation, Mechanical, Production & Manufacturing

This sponsored article is brought to you by Kontron. When the COM-HPC standard was first mooted in 2019, there was, understandably, some initial concern in the market over its potential impact on COM Express Type 6 and 7 modules. This quickly dissipated once the specification became clear. After all, they…

19 Oct 23

Hydrogen Electrolysis Can Give Nuclear Power a Boost

Mechanical, Production & Manufacturing

This article is part of our exclusive IEEE Journal Watch series in partnership with IEEE Xplore. Nuclear power plants produced 18 percent of the electricity generated in the United States in 2022—but even after decades, the technology still has drawbacks in terms of efficiency. Nuclear power plants are expensive to…

19 Oct 23

World needs 80 million more kilometres of new power lines by 2040, IEA finds

Electrical, Electronics & Instrumentation, Mechanical, Production & Manufacturing

A new IEA report on global electrical grids said that a “lack of ambition and attention” risks making electricity grids the “weak link” within the global transition to clean energy. The agency said that grid investment needs to double to more than $600bn (£495bn) a year by 2030, or electrical…

18 Oct 23

What’s Next for Clearpath Robotics?

Electrical, Electronics & Instrumentation, Mechanical, Production & Manufacturing

Now that Rockwell Automation’s acquisition of Clearpath Robotics and OTTO Motors is complete (at something like $600 million, according to one source), it’s more important than ever to get at least some understanding of what the future holds for those iconic yellow and black research robots. And it’s not just…

18 Oct 23

Crushing Plutonium for Nuclear Safety

Mechanical, Production & Manufacturing

Deep below the Nevada desert, a machine dubbed Scorpius is under construction that will use high explosives to crush plutonium to states that exist just prior to a nuclear explosion. The aim of the $1.8 billion project is to scan this plutonium with X-rays to help check the accuracy of…

18 Oct 23

Your Life As A Digital Ghost

Electrical, Electronics & Instrumentation, Mechanical, Production & Manufacturing

Eliza Strickland: Hi, I’m Eliza Strickland for IEEE Spectrum‘s Fixing the Future podcast. Before we start, I want to tell you that you can get the latest coverage from some of Spectrum’s most important beats, including AI, climate change, and robotics, by signing up for one of our free newsletters.…

A Brief History of the Office Cubicle

Video Friday: Welcome to Fall

Next Generation Wireless: A Guide to the Fundamentals of 6G

Public unconvinced by smart meter roll-out, report finds

Evaluating COM Express and COM-HPC for Your Projects

Hydrogen Electrolysis Can Give Nuclear Power a Boost

World needs 80 million more kilometres of new power lines by 2040, IEA finds

What’s Next for Clearpath Robotics?

Crushing Plutonium for Nuclear Safety

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