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RoboticsNewsHumanoid Robots

Video Friday: Watch This Tiny Robot Bug Hop

Your weekly selection of awesome robot videos

3 min read
Develop Vehicle-to-Grid (V2G) Systems with Modeling and Simulation
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Develop Vehicle-to-Grid (V2G) Systems with Modeling and Simulation

Leverage EV Batteries for Enhanced Grid Efficiency and Reduced Power Plant Dependence Through V2G and V2B Systems

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Climate TechEnergyNewsClimate Change

First Supercritical CO2 Circuit Breaker Debuts

A new high-voltage breaker can clear grid-scale faults without greenhouse gas

5 min read
A futuristic medium-size passenger aircraft is shown flying over a large city.
AerospaceNewsTransportation

Airbus's Fuel-Cell Airliner Could be Superconductivity's Killer App

Zero-emission, fuel-cell powered airplane would carry at least 100 passengers

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Get Ready for the Stellarator Showdown

Two fusion firms unveil blueprints for commercial reactors in the 2030s

4 min read
A person using ChatGPT 4o to generate computer code.
ComputingAINews

Engineers Embrace Vibe Coding

The newest trend in programming is to code without writing code

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Just How Many Robots Can One Person Control at Once?

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This Backpack Lightens Its Own Load

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AINewsJournal WatchComputing

ChatGPT Is Terrible at Checking Its Own Code

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Is Virtualization Greener Than Lab Work for Chips?

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One Way That Could Improve Space-Based Power: Relays

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Bluetooth Microscope Reveals the Inner Workings of Mice

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Breaking Free from Nigeria's Grid

A slow decentralization process has companies and individuals looking to new solutions

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AINews

2025 AI Trends: 12 Key Graphs

Stanford's AI Index tracks performance, investment, public opinion, and more

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BiomedicalNews

Bidirectional Brain-Computer Breakthrough

A recent experiment returns the sense of touch to paralyzed limbs

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Video Friday: Quadruped Delivery Robots

Your weekly selection of awesome robot videos

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A Guide to IEEE Education Week’s Events

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Climate TechNewsClimate Change

Scientists Use Sound to Generate and Shape Water Waves

The technique could someday trap and move floating objects like oil spills

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Discover the Role of Filter Technologies in Advanced Communication Systems
TelecommunicationsWebinar

Discover the Role of Filter Technologies in Advanced Communication Systems

Explore SAW and BAW filters, carrier aggregation, and 5G/6G solutions

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BiomedicalNews

Tiny Pacemaker Dissolves After Use

The new device is smaller than a grain of rice and can be injected by syringe

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Nvidia Leads AI Inference, AMD Follows

MLPerf benchmarks show AMD’s Instinct GPUs on par with Nvidia’s H200

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