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NEWS SEMICONDUCTORS
The Art of Failure Analysis 2024 Searching for
defects in their chips, these engineers found
something inspiring
02 DEC 2024 4 MIN READ
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Video Friday: Multiple MagicBots
06 DEC 2024 3 MIN READ
ChatGPT Is Terrible at Checking Its Own
Code
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SpaceX Dragon, Meet Nyx, your New Drones with Legs Can Walk, Hop, and Jump
Competitor into the Air
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Protecting Undersea Internet Cables Is a Ultra-Wideband Wireless Simplifies EV
Tech Nightmare Batteries
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2024 issue is The Inside Story of Google’s
Quiet Nuclear Quest
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The Forgotten Story of How
IBM Invented the Automated
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NEWS THE INSTITUTE
IEEE’s Partnership With Onsemi
Boosts Semiconductor Education
TryEngineering is among 52
projects sharing a $2 million grant
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A shift-left process for fast and
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NEWS ENERGY
Acceleron Banks on Muons for
Colder Fusion The startup has
raised US $24 million to pursue a
plasma-free approach to fusion
03 DEC 2024 4 MIN READ
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FEATURE HISTORY OF TECHNOLOGY
The Forgotten Story of
How IBM Invented the
Automated Fab Fifty
years ago, a brash middle
manager had a vision: a
chip in a day
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NEWS CONSUMER ELECTRONICS
AI Headphones Create Cones of
Silence Researchers turn off a noisy
world to help users tune in to nearby
conversations
03 DEC 2024 3 MIN READ
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Packaging and Robots How AI and
sustainability are transforming the
journey from click to delivery at
Amazon
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NEWS TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Giga Aims to Find and Connect the
World’s Schools Initiative sees
school connectivity as a patch for
global educational gaps
02 DEC 2024 3 MIN READ
THE INSTITUTE
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The latest news about IEEE, its members, tech history, and new
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PROFILE THE INSTITUTE
Signal Processing Pioneer’s Tech Has
Improved Autism Diagnosis
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NEWS THE INSTITUTE
New IEEE Scholarship Honors Space-
Mapping Pioneer
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ARTICLE THE INSTITUTE
Double Your Impact This Giving
Tuesday
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PROFILE THE INSTITUTE
Shaping Africa’s Future With
Microelectronics
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NEWS THE INSTITUTE
Predictions From IEEE’s 2024
Technology Megatrends Report
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ARTICLE THE INSTITUTE
Get to Know the IEEE Board of
Directors
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Drones with Legs SpaceX Dragon, Video Friday:
Can Walk, Hop, and Meet Nyx, your Protecting Multiple Magic
Jump into the Air New Competitor Undersea Internet 06 DEC 2024 3 MIN RE
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Nightmare
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INTERVIEW HISTORY OF TECHNOLOGY
5 Questions for Robotics Legend
Ruzena Bajcsy The 91-year-old
reflects on her legacy as a founder of
modern robotics
28 NOV 2024 2 MIN READ
PROFILE THE INSTITUTE
Signal Processing Pioneer’s Tech
Has Improved Autism Diagnosis
The USC professor’s tools can
interpret emotional cues
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NEWS AI
Trump’s Second Term Will Change
AI, Energy, and More Here’s your
guide to how the incoming
administration will impact tech
27 NOV 2024 5 MIN READ
SPECTRUM COLLECTION
James Webb Telescope
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engineering
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INTERVIEW AEROSPACE
Aligning the Eyes of the Universe Machine
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The Webb Space Telescope’s Profound Data Challenges
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Inside the Universe Machine: The Webb Space Telescope’s Chilly
Sun Shield
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FEATURE AEROSPACE
Inside the Universe Machine: The Webb Space Telescope’s
Staggering Vision
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NEWS TRANSPORTATION
AI Dash Cams Give Wake-Up Calls
to Drowsy Drivers Innovative tech
detects driver fatigue and signals
them to take a break
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NEWS CONSUMER ELECTRONICS
This “Lollipop” Brings Taste to
Virtual Reality Lickable devices
could make for flavorful extended-
reality environments
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FEATURE SEMICONDUCTORS
AI Alone Isn’t Ready for
Chip Design A
combination of classical
search and machine
learning may be the way
forward
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NEWS THE INSTITUTE
New IEEE Scholarship Honors
Space-Mapping Pioneer Inaugural
grant for Ph.D. candidates and
postdocs to be awarded next year
25 NOV 2024 4 MIN READ
NEWS TRANSPORTATION
Oilstainlab Creates the First Gas-
or-Electric Car The US $2.35
million hypercar has a swappable
power train
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NEWS ROBOTICS
Robot Photographer Takes the
Perfect Picture PhotoBot works
with users to bring their imagination
to life
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NEWS ROBOTICS
Video Friday: Cobot Proxie Your
weekly selection of awesome robot
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ARTICLE HISTORY OF TECHNOLOGY
Chuck E. Cheese’s Animatronics
Band Bows Out Charles
“Entertainment” Cheese and friends
will soon sing their last song
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SPONSORED ARTICLE AEROSPACE
Katherine Bennell-Pegg:
Australia’s First Astronaut Makes
History Discover more about
Australia’s growing prominence in
space exploration and research
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ARTICLE THE INSTITUTE
IEEE President’s Note: Embracing
the Future Inspiring the next
generation to embrace IEEE as their
professional home
01 DEC 2024 3 MIN READ
HANDS ON DIY
Hacking A Car-Radio Chip Into
The Ultimate SDR Receiver Pull in
the weakest FM and AM signals with
this DIY build
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FEATURE ENERGY
The Inside Story of
Google’s Quiet Nuclear
Quest For a decade,
Google Research has
helped advance nuclear
energy R&D
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