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Restoring the past with nixie tube clocks and vintage oscillographs.

A new game lets you control a floating ball with your brain, and Spectrum puts it to the test.

If you don’t mind a limited range, it’s easy to make your own electric car

These little RGB LED’s each have their own microcontroller for complete control.

Dr. Robert Dennard was the recipient of the 2009 IEEE Medal of Honor, for his contributions to microelectronics that have made increased computing power and communications tools accessible to the masses. This video highlights his career at IBM and the process he took in developing Dynamic Random Access Memory.

Industry experts look back on 20 years of hits, misses and failed predictions at the conference

The IBM T.J. Watson Research Center has given engineers the opportunity to pioneer techniques and innovations over the last 35 years. The Research Center received the IEEE Corporate Innovation Recognition for long-term commitment to pioneering research, innovative development and commercialization of speech recognition. Also in 2009, IEEE honored one of the research center’s top minds, Peter Franaszek with the IEEE Richard W. Hamming Medal. Franaszek worked on the constrained coding techniques that fueled the success of CDs and DVDs for…

In this video, take a look at Intel’s Atom processor for the Mobile Internet Device. This devices is smaller then a penny and still hold as much capacity as any other processor. With this, the user is able to access the full internet and enjoy entertainment while on the go. Uday Keshavdes, engineer at Intel Mobility Group, gives you an overview of the capabilities of the Atom professor and what innovations this brings to the field.

With Europe looking to have a number of “Clean Coal” power plants in the coming years, concepts that are being tested at the Schwartze Pumpe in Germany are looking to make that happen. VattenFalls, is working on a modernization effort, and to serve this effort. This power engineering giant generates 160 MW of electricity in two 130m High Boilers. Take a tour of the Schwartze Pumpe, and learn more about the history and future of this power engineering giant.

At the 2009 IEEE Conference on the History of Technical Societies, held in Philadelphia 5-7 August, two panels of IEEE Past-Presidents discussed their efforts as IEEE leaders, some of the issues that faced IEEE during their leadership, and the lessons that can be drawn from their experiences for today’s IEEE. Each session began with a short presentation from each president, after which they responded to questions from the audience. This second panel included four presidents from the 1990s: Merrill Buckley…