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and where they can’t (yet)
The technical potential for automation differs dramatically across sectors and activities. As automation technologies such as machine learning and robotics play an increasingly great role in everyday...
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THE ENTERPRISE ROBOTICS REPORT: Market forecasts, growth drivers, and the...
Traditionally, robots have been used primarily in manufacturing. But other industries including healthcare, shipping and logistics, food services, retail, hospitality, and more are starting to also use...
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MPLAB XPress Development Board - Microchip
Microchip Technology's MPLAB XPress development board provides a full-featured development environment for MPLAB Xpress cloud-based IDE. MPLAB XPress offers plug-and-play functionality and a simplified...
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This protein designer aims to revolutionize medicines and materials
David Baker appreciates nature’s masterpieces. “This is my favorite spot,” says the Seattle native, admiring the views from a terrace at the University of Washington (UW) here. To the south rises Mount...
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Hundreds of Drugs May Be Suspended in EU After Flawed Tests
The European Medicines Agency called for a halt to sales of hundreds of medicines that were tested in India, after an inspection of the research site found “substitution and manipulation” of study...
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Ray Kurzweil: The world isn’t getting worse
Ray Kurzweil, the author, inventor, computer scientist, futurist and Google employee, was the featured keynote speaker Thursday afternoon at Postback, the annual conference presented by Seattle mobile...
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A tiny answer to the counterfeit drug problem
The counterfeit drug industry is thriving. Criminals are cashing in on an estimated $200 billion in profits – nearly 10 percent of pharmaceuticals worldwide – while unknowing consumers put their health...
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The diagnosis and the cure of automation
A while back I was flipping through my Facebook feed and stumbled across an interesting post from Jeremiah Owyang. He challenged people to, “name one job in the future that won’t be automated.” A bunch...
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Nanomaterials Begin to Blur the Lines Between Industrial and Hobbyist 3D...
It’s become increasingly clear over the last couple of years that the world of 3D printing is experiencing a paradigm shift. While it has long been the domain of design engineers who have used it to...
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This $25,000 robot will let you knock over some wooden blocks in VR
There’s a lot that today’s VR systems can do to really make you feel like the virtual world you’re in is as close as possible to the world you inhabit. Together, the high-resolution screens, head...
View ArticleLet Me Remind You Fuckers Who I Am
by Hillary Clinton What the fuck is your problem, America?? I’m Hillary goddamn Clinton. I’m a political prodigy, have been since I was 16. I have an insane network of powerful friends. I’m willing to...
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This Crawling, Climbing Worm Bot Is a Never-Ending Night at the Club
In an attempt to design robots that are as simple as possible, David Zarrouk’s latest mechanical creation takes its inspiration from a funky ‘80s dance move known as the worm. Using just a single motor...
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Welcome to Lab 2.0 Where Computers Replace Experimental Science
0 We spend our lives surrounded by high-tech materials and chemicals that make our batteries, solar cells and mobile phones work. But developing new technologies requires time-consuming, expensive and...
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Top Programming Languages Trends: The Rise of Big Data
Now that IEEE Spectrum is into the third year of annually ranking languages, we can start looking at some trends over time. What languages are ascendant? Which are losing traction? And which of the...
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The 2016 Top Programming Languages
Welcome to IEEE Spectrum’s third interactive ranking of the most popular programming languages. As it’s impossible to look over the shoulder of every programmer, Spectrum uses various metrics as...
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Join the World Maker Faire Street Team and Earn Free Tickets!
Calling all World Maker Faire fans! World Maker Faire is returning to the New York Hall of Science in Queens on October 1 & 2 for its 7th annual showcase of amazing projects from engineers,...
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The Future of Robotic Surgery: Snake-Like Bots That Glide Into Orifices
Letting a snake-like robot glide into your mouth and down your throat may sound a bit alarming. Letting such a robot glide into any of your other orifices may sound more alarming still. But the Flex...
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Robotic Onesie Assists Babies at Risk for Cerebral Palsy
It’s not everyday that you see a six-month-old zipping across the floor on a motorized skateboard. Unless you are at the University of Oklahoma, that is. There, a team of biomedical engineers and...
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The Floppotron is back with the Pokémon theme song
A few weeks ago, we heard Pawel Zadrozniak’s computer hardware orchestra perform a cover of Nirvana’s “Smells Like Teen Spirit.” Now, the Floppotron is back–this time with its own geeky rendition of...
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Amazon to Test Delivery Drone Autonomy in the U.K.
Whether or not it’s a realistic or practical or good idea, urban commercial drone delivery is grinding remorselessly towards a thing that is going to happen. For many companies, “grind” is the right...
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