Car Battery Breakthrough Claimed in Japan
Mitsubishi and its supplier, GS Yuasa, join a long line of companies claiming advances in electric cars
A True Random Number Generator Built From Carbon Nanotubes
It generates random numbers based on fluctuations in thermal noise
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DOE Backs AI for Clean Tech Investors
Data science company Rho AI will use machine learning to build better networks for clean tech companies and private investors
JPL's Design for a Clockwork Rover to Explore Venus
Ancient technology inspires a future Venus rover that can operate for years at 500 °C
New Data Hammers Home Problems with H-1Bs and Outsourcing Firms
Government reports show outsourcing firms get lion's share of H-1B workers and underpay them
Manipulating and Controlling Sound: The Development of Acoustic Metamaterials
From consumer audio to ultrasound imaging, the impact of new metamaterial structures for acoustic cloaking is far-reaching.
Photon-Triggered Nanowire Transistors a Step Toward Optical Computing
Korean researchers produce photon-triggered transistors in which electric currents are switched and amplified just like conventional all-electronic transistors
Martian-Inspired Tripod Walking Robot Generates Its Own Gaits
Why don't animals have three legs? This robot is trying to figure it out
Hardware in the Loop Testing for Power Electronics Systems
Learn how to reduce the amount of field testing for validating embedded software by finding problems and optimize performance at an earlier stage of the development process.
Startup Neurable Unveils the World's First Brain-Controlled VR Game
Neurable's brain-computer interfaces enable hands-free control in virtual reality
Video Friday: More Boston Dynamics, Giant Fighting Robots, and ANYmal Quadruped
Your weekly selection of awesome robot videos
AI Makes Anthrax Bioterror Detection Easier
Deep learning AI can identify individual anthrax spores in seconds within special microscope images
Slight Street Sign Modifications Can Completely Fool Machine Learning Algorithms
Minor changes to street sign graphics can fool machine learning algorithms into thinking the signs say something completely different
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Zizmos Continues Its Quest to Create an IoT Earthquake-Warning Network
Earthquake-warning startup Zizmos has been surviving on contest prizes and reality TV opportunities. Next up, Kickstarter
Automation Is Engineering the Jobs Out of Power Plants
New gas-fired power plants are so automated that they require a relative handful of staff to operate them, leading to a fundamental shift in the power industry
Teenage Whiz Kid Invents an AI System to Diagnose Her Grandfather's Eye Disease
Her AI-enabled "Eyeagnosis" system uses a smartphone app and a 3D-printed lens to diagnose diabetic retinopathy
The State of PLM in the Cloud: Addressing the Trends, Challenges and Benefits
Hear CIMdata provide an in-depth look at their survey results on the state of PLM in the cloud and learn about the trends of PLM Cloud implementations.
Selecting Current Sensors and Transformers
This application note discusses selection parameters for selecting current sensors, as well as the limitations of alternative technologies such as current sense resistors
DEFCON Hackers Found Many Holes in Voting Machines and Poll Systems
Annual Las Vegas gathering of white-hat hackers breaks into e-voting and registration systems, sometimes in just a few hours
Music to Your Ears: New Transducers Meet Electrostatic Headphones
An audio technology startup delivers manufacturable transducers for high-end headphones.
Tesla Model 3 to Driver: Look Me in the Eye
The car comes with a cabin camera that will only function later, when autonomous driving software is downloaded
South Carolina's $9 Billion Nuclear Boondoggle Fits a Global Pattern of Troubles
South Carolina utilities abandoned a pair of troubled reactors projected to cost more than twice their original price
Aussies Win Amazon Robotics Challenge
How a team of Australian engineers and their robot, named Cartman, won the Amazon Robotics Challenge
Carmakers Take to the (Self-Driving) Test Track
Engineers use track days to test self-driving cars and scout talent
For First Time, Researchers Image Real-Time Formation of Superlattices From Nanocrystals
Insights drawn from this imaging could provide techinques for better controlling superlattices' properties
Making the Case for Acoustics Modeling and Simulation Apps
In designing acoustical systems, engineers must account for multiple physics and their interactions at multiple scales and frequencies.
Kuri Robot Brings Autonomous Video to a Home Near You
Mayfield Robotics improves its home robot, Kuri, adding track wheels, structural updates, and “Kuri Vision,” an autonomous home video program
Why Co-Parenting With Telepresence Robots Could Be a Fantastic Idea
In the near future, robots will help remote parents feel closer to their children
Dean Kamen Opens Organ-Building Institute
BioFabUSA will bring together public and private companies to “a machine shop of 21st-century advanced biomanufacturing”
The Big Sprawl: Software Engineering Jobs Escape Into New Territories
Glassdoor's latest research shows software jobs are diffusing beyond traditional geographies and industries