Remaking the World for Robots
Over time, we will design physical spaces to accommodate robots and augmented reality Photo-Illustration: Edmon de Haro Every time I’m in a car in Europe and bumping along a narrow, …
Rooftop Solar Refinery Produces Carbon-Neutral Fuels
Scientists in Switzerland have demonstrated a technology that can produce kerosene and methanol from solar energy and airScientists have searched for a sustainable aviation fuel for decades. Now, with emissions …
Semiconductor CEOs on Computing's Big Role in Slowing the Advance of Climate Change
The end of Moore’s Law will drive a renaissance in chip innovation, CEOs say. But the semiconductor industry must face the existential question of power consumption driving climate changeWe have …
Video Friday: This 3D-Printed Micro-Robot Could One Day Walk Inside Your Body
Your weekly selection of awesome robot videosVideo Friday is your weekly selection of awesome robotics videos, collected by your Automaton bloggers. We’ll also be posting a weekly calendar of upcoming …
Upgrade to Superhuman Reflexes Without Feeling Like a Robot
Electrical muscle stimulation can speed up human reflexes. But can we use it without giving up control of our bodies?We’re used to seeing robots with reflexes that are much faster …
First 3D Nanotube and RRAM ICs Come Out of Foundry
SkyWater Technology Foundry produces first wafers in a drive to match performance of cutting-edge silicon chips Here’s something you don’t see very often at government-sponsored technology meetings—spontaneous applause. It happened …
What “Social Good” Means to Engineers
IEEE TechEthics panelists talk about how engineers can use their skills to contribute to making a better world.entry-content .tisubhead { color: #999999; font-family: verdana; font-size: 14px; font-weight: bold; letter-spacing: 1px; …
Tech Workers Are Finding Jobs Outside of Traditional Tech
Banks, agricultural companies, and utilities are hiring more tech employees than ever beforeWhere are the tech jobs? Not necessarily where you would think. That’s the conclusion of Indeed economist Andrew …
How NASA Recruited Snoopy and Drafted Barbie
The space agency has long relied on kid-friendly mascots to make the case for space Photo: Collections of The Henry Ford The Beagle Has Landed: The popular comic-strip dog Snoopy …
Three Steps to a Moon Base
Space agencies and private companies are working on rockets, landers, and other tech for lunar settlement .article-detail .listicle li h3,