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IEEE Spectrum @spectrum.ieee.org · 15h

#Engineering is all about understanding scale, and then mastering it. Read Editor in Chief Harry Goldstein’s take on our recent Scale issue: spectrum.ieee.org/engineering-...

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IEEE Spectrum @spectrum.ieee.org · 19h

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IEEE Spectrum @spectrum.ieee.org · 20h

"It’s really AI adoption that’s creating this real urgency”

For Ways to Solve AI's Heat Problem

Circulate water atop the hottest chips, or dunk the entire server in fluid, and maybe even let the fluid boil.

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IEEE Spectrum @spectrum.ieee.org · 21h

Artificial Neurons Communicate Directly With Living Cells

Artificial neurons that mimic the brain's efficiency are here, using 1/10th the voltage and 1/100th the power of others.

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IEEE Xplore Digital Library @ieeexplore.bsky.social · 21h

This month in IEEE Spectrum features a special report, The Scale Issue:
✈️ A startup building the world’s largest aircraft
🧠 How we’ll know when superhuman #AI arrives
🤖 The future of humanoid robotics

Read more: https://loom.ly/RmCohcA

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IEEE Spectrum @spectrum.ieee.org · 21h

By 2035, @ebpgenome.bsky.social is aiming to genetically sequence every one of the 1.8 million species on our world. They hope to discover drugs, enzymes, and catalysts from their chemical sampling. spectrum.ieee.org/whole-genome...

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IEEE Spectrum @spectrum.ieee.org · 22h

"The agentic web will transform both everyday online experiences and the dynamics of the digital economy. And while users will benefit in terms of convenience and efficiency, the changeover also holds the potential for major security risks." https://spectrum.ieee.org/agentic-web?share_id=9004277

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IEEE Spectrum @spectrum.ieee.org · 1d

By supplying higher levels of power to micromirrors, a new technology is capable of precisely steering lidar’s laser beams, even while weathering hazardous elements and the bumps and bangs of the open road.

Omnitron Sensors’ New Chip Tackles Lidar’s Biggest Weakness

This startup says it's invented the most powerful MEMS micromirrors yet.

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IEEE Spectrum @spectrum.ieee.org · 2d

How much energy will be consumed by #LLM prompts and answers each year? We did the math, and the estimate is approximately equal to the output of two nuclear reactors. That’s not including the #energy required to train the models. spectrum.ieee.org/ai-energy-use

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IEEE Spectrum @spectrum.ieee.org · 2d

Solid-State Transformers Power Up EV Charging Efficiency

How can a new transformer design make EV charging faster and more efficient?

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IEEE Spectrum @spectrum.ieee.org · 3d

Low Earth orbit is filling up. Not just with #satellites, but also with dangerous, tumbling debris. As they collide, they multiply. If we do nothing, satellites will crash, creating chaos on Earth below. Meet the people trying to prevent this disaster. spectrum.ieee.org/kessler-synd...

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IEEE Spectrum @spectrum.ieee.org · 3d

Glenn Zorpette traveled to the Italian Alps to accompany scientists as they trapped butterflies and moths, recording their DNA. This is part of the Earth Biogenome Project, which seeks to record the genome of every species on the planet.

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IEEE Spectrum @spectrum.ieee.org · 3d

Watch the best robot videos of the week!

Boston Dynamics Tries a Non-Human Hand for Its Humanoid Robot

Boston Dynamics rethinks robot grippers, focusing on durability and practicality over human-like design.

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IEEE Spectrum @spectrum.ieee.org · 4d

Why did Daniele Pucci design a #robot that looks like a human baby in a jetpack? iRonCub is designed to help in emergency response situations, with over 1000 N of thrust. Also, “It’s really cool.”

This Robot Is Designed to Fly Like Iron Man

Can a flying robot child be the future of disaster response? Meet iRonCub, the humanoid robot with jet engines.

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IEEE Spectrum @spectrum.ieee.org · 4d

Could a process inspired by a toaster oven reshape rare earth recycling? Learn how it reduces steps and energy use dramatically.

How Does Flash Joule Heating Transform Waste Into Treasure?

Recycling rare earth magnets just got easier and greener with a new process that slashes energy use and emissions.

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IEEE Spectrum @spectrum.ieee.org · 4d

The startup Endolith uses AI to design strains of microbes that can best pull copper out of ore; that copper then powers the growth of the AI industry. https://spectrum.ieee.org/ai-copper?share_id=8983884

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IEEE Spectrum @spectrum.ieee.org · 5d

$7.6B investment and then...disaster.
The Hyundai Metaplant in Georgia—meant to be the US EV manufacturing showpiece—was raided by ICE, leading to the arrest and deportation of 475 workers. Foreign investors are asking: "Is America a safe place to work?"
#EVMobility #Hyundai #Georgia #ICEraid

Hyundai Factory ICE Raid Sends Chills Through EV industry

Hyundai's Metaplant faces turmoil after a massive ICE raid disrupts its ambitious EV plans. What does this mean for the future of U.S. auto manufacturing?

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IEEE Spectrum @spectrum.ieee.org · 5d

Researchers have found a way to get close-up images of nearby #stars and #exoplanets within 25 years. These new probes would be tiny disks with optical sensors, accelerated into space by lasers, travelling at 0.2 times the speed of light. spectrum.ieee.org/high-speed-i...

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IEEE Spectrum @spectrum.ieee.org · 5d

Surrogate models are emerging as the go-to sidekick for engineers dealing with complex #simulations. At the #COMSOL conference this week, engineers are learning to find faster results and make real-time decisions.

Engineers Embrace Speedy Simulations With Surrogate Models

COMSOL's surrogate models are turning complex simulations into fast, standalone apps for real-time decisions.

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IEEE Spectrum @spectrum.ieee.org · 5d

This tiny AI model can handle a context window of 250,000 tokens while providing speedy inference on consumer devices like phones and laptops. It's built on an architecture that takes the best from transformers and Mamba models. https://spectrum.ieee.org/small-language-models?share_id=8989480

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IEEE Spectrum @spectrum.ieee.org · 6d

Missing your old Commodore 64 home computer? You can reconstruct one with some cheap printed circuit boards and publicly available code. spectrum.ieee.org/commodore-64...

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IEEE Spectrum @spectrum.ieee.org · 6d

🏆 And the entire Spectrum team for winning a Special Recognition award for Digital Magazine of the Year.

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IEEE Spectrum @spectrum.ieee.org · 6d

Randi Klett and @ericoguizzo.bsky.social for winning the Ozzie for Visual Storytelling for their visually scrolling story on Where's My Robot? spectrum.ieee.org/ai-robots

Where’s My Robot Butler?

Here’s how we could finally build AI humanoid robots that do all our domestic chores

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IEEE Spectrum @spectrum.ieee.org · 6d

@harry-goldstein.bsky.social for winning the Eddie for Best Column on his Editor's Notes: spectrum.ieee.org/u/harry-gold...

Harry Goldstein

Harry Goldstein is Editor in Chief of IEEE Spectrum.

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IEEE Spectrum @spectrum.ieee.org · 6d

@stephencass.bsky.social for winning the Eddie for Best Service Journalism for his "Hands On" piece on the Pad-O-Matic: spectrum.ieee.org/diy-one-time...

Build a Perfect Cryptographic Machine

The Pad-O-Matic prints one-time pads at the press of a button

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