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June 2, 2023
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The landmark trial that could determine who pays to rid America’s drinking water of PFAS
This story was co-published with Fast Company. David Peters’s nightmare began on a Monday in the spring of 2016, just before the end of the work day. Peters was the assistant public works director for the city of Stuart, a community of 18,000 on southeast Florida’s tranquil Treasure Coast. One of his many duties was […]
Video Friday: Autonomous Car Drifting, Aerial-Aquatic Drone, and Jet-Powered Robot
Video Friday is your weekly selection of awesome robotics videos, collected by your friends at IEEE Spectrum robotics. This week, we’re featuring a special selection of videos from ICRA 2023! We also post a weekly calendar of upcoming robotics events for the next few months. Please send us your events for inclusion. Energy Drone & […]
IoT Sentinels Poised for Cardio Emergencies
This article is part of our exclusive IEEE Journal Watch series in partnership with IEEE Xplore. Heart disease and stroke are the world’s two leading causes of death. And yet both can be agonizingly difficult to detect, leading to their notorious reputation as silent killers. Early diagnosis of heart disease–which includes complications such as heart […]
Are Chiplets Enough to Save Moore’s Law?
During a press conference at Computex this week in Taiwan, Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang and MediaTek CEO Rick Tsai announced that Nvidia would be supplying GPU chiplets to MediaTek to be incorporated into a yet-to-be-designed system-on-chip (SoC) for in-cabin automotive applications along with Nvidia AI and graphics IP. Chiplets are not new to Nvidia. This […]
Dealing with data
by christine
in Engineering, Engineering News
Introducing a new 5G wireless high-speed interface board for rail applications In rail transport, increasingly larger amounts of data need to be processed to ensure operational safety, reduce maintenance costs, and improve passenger comfort through on-board connectivity. Modern transport systems therefore rely on embedded high-end computer applications with different rugged interfaces to the train and […]
The global plastics treaty can fight climate change — if it reduces plastic production
During the second round of negotiations for a global plastics treaty in Paris this week, diplomats have clashed over competing priorities — including the role of recycling and how to address toxic chemicals. But some experts are arguing that one issue in particular should anchor the ongoing talks: climate change. “It’s not just a plastics crisis; […]
MIT Multi-Robot Mapping Sets New “Gold Standard”
This article is part of our exclusive IEEE Journal Watch series in partnership with IEEE Xplore. Does your robot know where it is right now? Does it? Are you sure? And what about all of its robot friends, do they know where they are too? This is important. So important, in fact, that some would […]
June 2, 2023
Another climate tipping point to worry about: Plankton
Rising temperatures could transform plankton and other tiny aquatic organisms into a huge source of carbon emissions, a little-known — and potentially catastrophic — climate tipping point that could accelerate global warming. A study, published Thursday in Functional Ecology, found that rising temperatures cause a sudden shift in these microbes’ eating habits, flipping them from […]
Flying the flag for FCEVS
by christine
in Engineering, Engineering News
Solving challenges in power delivery, energy performance and safety for fuel cell electric vehicles with ultra-high power battery cells Over the coming years, hybrid, battery-electric vehicles (BEVs) and hydrogen fuel cell electric vehicles (FCEVs) are all set to play an important role in the decarbonisation of the transport sector as it pursues net zero. In […]