How Accurate Is the Mason-Dixon Line? The resolution of the 18th-century mapping is also a story of 20th-century technology
Airport Security: Everything You Know Is Wrong Former TSA head Kip Hawley says we’re spending our money on all the wrong things
Ennet Fights the Power In Japan, a rebellious energy company is challenging TEPCO and the other utilities
Transit of Venus: The Other Half of the Longitude Story In the 1760s, astronomers turned the heavens into a celestial timepiece
Spider Silk Weaves New Path for Electronics Adding gold or nanotubes to spider silk creates microscopic wires

IEEE Spectrum: Technology & Science News

Robotics: Wed, May 16, 2012
Laser-Equipped MAV Demonstrates Aggressive Autonomous Flight

Green Tech: Wed, May 16, 2012
Do You Need a Tutor For Your Car Electronics?

Telecom: Wed, May 16, 2012
LightSquared's Final Chapter?

Semiconductors: Wed, May 16, 2012
Graphene Combined with Quantum Dots Result in Efficient Photodetector

Robotics: Wed, May 16, 2012
Juggling Robot Takes on Two Balls With One Very Fast Hand

Biomedical: Thu, May 03, 2012
Middle Ear MEMS Microphone Could Restore Hearing

Aerospace: Tue, May 08, 2012
Airport Security: Everything You Know Is Wrong

Consumer Electronics: Mon, Apr 30, 2012
The Kilogram, Reinvented

Geek Life: Tue, Apr 24, 2012
John L. Hennessy: Risk Taker

Geek Life: Mon, May 07, 2012
Transit of Venus: The Other Half of the Longitude Story

Robotics: Tue, May 15, 2012
We're at ICRA 2012!

Semiconductors: Fri, May 11, 2012
Nanostructured Silicon Anodes Improve, But Is It Enough for EVs?

Robotics: Fri, May 11, 2012
Video Friday: Talking Vacuums, Robotic Buttocks, and How Not to Fly a Spacecraft

Green Tech: Sun, May 13, 2012
New York City to Explore Electricity from Water Mains

Robotics: Thu, May 10, 2012
Opportunity Rover Fires Up Engines, Starts Another Year Exploring Mars