'Redshirt' Programs Could Help Generate More Engineers
One extra year to prep for undergrad degree could make a big difference for some students
“Seven or Never”: Emerging Technology’s Seven-Year Odyssey
The Nanoclast looks back to see where the technologies it's covered in the past are at today
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Innovations, Profound and Whimsical, Compete in Stanford Challenge
Better land mine detection, tools for long distance touch among the hardware innovations that competed for prize money this week at Stanford.
Graphene Nanopump Zeroes in on the Perfect Ampere
Quantum-dot single-electron pump opens door to defining amp, volt, and ohm on a single chip
Data Science Is Now a Job Market Based Entirely on Merit
A start-up ranks data scientists and creates competitions between them for specific consulting projects
Hardware Startups: The Class of 2013 Launches at Haxlr8r
Autonomous personal drone helicopters, smart handlebars, and electrical-circuit building blocks among the products about to hit market
The Future of the Assembly Line
The assembly line was invented 100 years ago. It’s time to invent the disassembly line
From STEM to STEAM: A Carnival Ride Into Engineering
Will adding art and play engage a new generation of scientists and engineers?
IEEE Spectrum's New Web Site
Snack on content all day long or dive deep into your favorite topics
Super-Resolution Microscopes Crack the Diffraction Limit
"Saturated transient absorption microscope" reveals nanostructures without dyes or coatings
Older and Wiser... Up to a Point
Old computer programmers don't fade away
A Social Network for Emergency Notifications
Canadian start-up ePACT’s dedicated system keeps organizations connected in emergencies
Start-up Profile: Skybox Imaging
The satellite-imaging company plans to bring remote sensing to the mass market
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The Troubled Life of Patent No. 6,456,841
Tracing the tortured legal trail of a simple smartphone patent
Cornell Tech to Receive $133 Million from Qualcomm Founder Irwin Jacobs
Innovation Institute at new university campus to be named after IEEE Medal of Honor Recipient
IEDs in Iraq, Afghanistan, and Boston
The U.S. Army knows more about countering IEDs than any other organization
Student Startups Shine at Demo Mobile 2013
You didn’t start your first company until you graduated? Slacker!
Blunt Talk For Would Be Entrepreneurs from Demo Panelists
Serial entrepreneur Steve Blank and other startup veterans praise failure, pan business plans
Literature Is Hard to Remember—Compared to Facebook
And gossip is more memorable than the evening news, according to a new study
3-D Printing Movie Props
CGI isn’t the only tech on the digital frontier of special effects
Boston Marathon: Can Technology Do a Better Job of Finding Bombs?
New sensors can detect explosives by scent and sight
The Lab Beneath the Skin
Induction-powered, splinter-sized device wirelessly transmits data from seven biosensors to the Web
What’s Next For 3-D Printing? Car Bodies
Canadian start-up Urbee takes 2500 hours to print a car body that has only 40 parts
Profile: Innovega
Specialized contact lenses streamline the augmented reality experience
Caveat Researcher: Open Access Spawns ‘Predatory Journals’
Hundreds of journals exist to squeeze author fees out of unsuspecting researchers
Rick Mahurin Applies Technical Wizardry to Auto Racing
On the track with a motorsport MacGyver
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Going Back to School for Drone Pilot Training
There will be 10 000 commercial drones by 2018. They’ll need pilots
European Innovation Varies by Country
In the aftermath of financial crisis, German enterprises lead the pack in investing in the future
Solar Robots, 4K TVs Spring Forward
Plus: the Woz-Cave and Waterproof Nanocoatings
Tesla News and Renewable Energy From Rising Ships
Tesla will pay back loan sooner but release next car model later and a San Francisco company wants to run the city on ship-power; plus, communicating with your car's computer
The Job Market of 2045
What will we do when machines do all the work?
The Pursuit of Corporate Happiness
Biometric sensors can gauge worker productivity but carry real risks as well
Special Report: Dream Jobs 2013
Engineering careers come in all shapes and sizes
With Better Software, Office Buildings Can Cut Energy Use by 30 Percent
A Techwise Conversation with BuildingIQ CEO Mike Zimmerman
The Top 10 Programming Languages
They're mostly ones you'd expect—and then there's Lua