IEEE Spectrum

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• Meet IXI-Play, the Dancing Robot Bird Kids Will Love
• Hacking Pacemakers
• IT Hiccups of the Week: Latest LivingSocial Alert Not What Customers Bargained For
• The Troubled Life of Patent No. 6,456,841

• Cheetah-Cub Quadruped Robot Learns to Walk, Trot Using Gait Patterns from Real Animal

Meet IXI-Play, the Dancing Robot Bird Kids Will Love Posted: 30 Apr 2013 08:56 AM PDT A Dutch company is hatching a little robotic bird for children

Hacking Pacemakers Posted: 30 Apr 2013 08:33 AM PDT Manufacturers are still not putting security first when designing implantable medical devices

IT Hiccups of the Week: Latest LivingSocial Alert Not What Customers Bargained For Posted: 29 Apr 2013 09:00 PM PDT Plus: Glitches open prison doors, keep people off juries

The Troubled Life of Patent No. 6,456,841 Posted: 29 Apr 2013 11:00 AM PDT Tracing the tortured legal trail of a simple smartphone patent

Cheetah-Cub Quadruped Robot Learns to Walk, Trot Using Gait Patterns from Real Animal Posted: 28 Apr 2013 09:36 PM PDT Researchers used motion-capture data of a horse to make a cheetah robot walk and run

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Trossen Robotics Blog

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Check out the 2013 Mech Warfare Photos! Posted: 29 Apr 2013 10:21 AM PDT This year’s Robogames and Mech Warfare was an absolute blast! We watched Com-Bots battle it out, Kung-Fu bots compete, and of course the Mech-Warfare contestants fight for supremacy. Check out this gallery for a taste of the Robogames experience. Stay tuned for more photos, videos, and news from Robogames/Mech Warfare 2013

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IEEE Spectrum

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• Germany Takes the Lead in HVDC
• Nanowire Transistors Could Keep Moore’s Law Alive
• The Smartest, Greenest Grid

• This Week in Cybercrime: You Can Be Convicted of Hacking Even If You’re Not a Hacker

Germany Takes the Lead in HVDC Posted: 29 Apr 2013 08:13 AM PDT New developments in high-voltage DC electronics could herald an epic shift in energy delivery

Nanowire Transistors Could Keep Moore’s Law Alive Posted: 29 Apr 2013 08:11 AM PDT Researchers are perfecting ways to produce gate-all-around devices

The Smartest, Greenest Grid Posted: 29 Apr 2013 07:00 AM PDT What the little Danish island of Bornholm is showing the world about the future of energy

This Week in Cybercrime: You Can Be Convicted of Hacking Even If You’re Not a Hacker Posted: 28 Apr 2013 01:00 PM PDT Plus: Critical infrastructure left unguarded, and cyberthieves hunt from up close

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IEEE Spectrum

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Dreamliner Okayed for Flight in U.S., but Battery Faces Scrutiny Posted: 26 Apr 2013 01:03 PM PDT Public hearings over the 787 battery fires answer—and raise—questions

FIRST and NI Announce New Robot Controller: Smaller, Faster, Super Rugged Posted: 26 Apr 2013 06:56 AM PDT National Instruments will provide FIRST teams with a brand new, and much more powerful, control system for their robots

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IEEE Spectrum

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• Video Friday: Angry Romibos, Rockets in Flight, and Real Dogs Dropping Robot Snakes
• Japan's Telepathy One Aims Smaller Than Google Glass
• A Solar Mirage in the Middle East?
• Marriage by Skype
• Cornell Tech to Receive $133 Million from Qualcomm Founder Irwin Jacobs
• Nanosponges Soak Up Antibiotic-resistant Bacteria and Toxins
• Mobile Broadband’s Boom
• Beware the Unstoppable Robot Turtle
• Fisker Automotive: Fraught With Failure
• When Spectrum Auctions Fail


Video Friday: Angry Romibos, Rockets in Flight, and Real Dogs Dropping Robot Snakes Posted: 26 Apr 2013 07:42 AM PDT Enjoy this Video Friday as IEEE Spectrum Automaton heads to Switzerland and Germany for two weeks of robotics research

Japan's Telepathy One Aims Smaller Than Google Glass Posted: 26 Apr 2013 07:31 AM PDT A Japanese wearable visor promises the social sharing of real-time experiences

A Solar Mirage in the Middle East? Posted: 26 Apr 2013 07:00 AM PDT The oil-rich monarchs' ambitions for solar power will be tough to achieve

Marriage by Skype Posted: 26 Apr 2013 06:30 AM PDT When advanced telecommunications is the only way to get you to the church on time

Cornell Tech to Receive $133 Million from Qualcomm Founder Irwin Jacobs Posted: 25 Apr 2013 05:18 PM PDT Innovation Institute at new university campus to be named after IEEE Medal of Honor Recipient

Nanosponges Soak Up Antibiotic-resistant Bacteria and Toxins Posted: 25 Apr 2013 02:16 PM PDT Survival rates in mice infected with deadly bacteria dramatically increase when administered the nanosponges

Mobile Broadband’s Boom Posted: 25 Apr 2013 11:53 AM PDT Are wired data connections going the way of phone landlines?

Beware the Unstoppable Robot Turtle Posted: 25 Apr 2013 11:52 AM PDT Flipperbot explores how sea turtles use their flippers to move on land

Fisker Automotive: Fraught With Failure Posted: 25 Apr 2013 11:21 AM PDT Does the U.S. Department of Energy have the guts to tolerate defaults on its loans?

When Spectrum Auctions Fail Posted: 25 Apr 2013 10:34 AM PDT For some microwave links, cooperation beats competition as a way to share the air

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