IEEE Spectrum

IEEE Spectrum


Trash Hauling Robots Are Cool, But Do We Really Need Them?

Posted: 22 Sep 2015 09:35 AM PDT



Volvo wants robots to help bringing trashcans to garbage trucks, which sounds like a great idea except that it may not be

How Engineers at West Virginia University Caught VW Cheating

Posted: 22 Sep 2015 08:00 AM PDT



An attempt to understand VW's clean diesel tech instead uncovered one of history's greatest corporate cybercrimes

U.S. 'Master Clock' Keepers Test Terrestrial Alternative to GPS

Posted: 22 Sep 2015 06:31 AM PDT



The U.S. Naval Observatory tests a ground-based GPS alternative that could work in crowded cities and even underground

Gigahertz Antenna-on-a-Chip Theory Is Questioned

Posted: 22 Sep 2015 04:03 AM PDT



Can electromagnetic theory still surprise us?

Quadrotors Build Rope Bridge for Fearless Grad Students

Posted: 21 Sep 2015 04:17 PM PDT



I don't trust robots this much, but at ETH Zurich, they're crazy enough to put their lives in the hands of a team of quadrotors

Photonic Crystal Uses Coldness of the Universe to Chill Solar Panels on Earth

Posted: 21 Sep 2015 01:06 PM PDT



A new coating lets solar panels cool themselves while producing even more energy

U.S. Restarts Hunt For Gravitional Waves With Advanced LIGO

Posted: 21 Sep 2015 11:00 AM PDT



With $200-million overhaul complete, scientists are looking for ripples in the fabric of space-time

Sensors You Can Swallow Could Be Made of Nutrients and Powered by Stomach Acid

Posted: 21 Sep 2015 09:11 AM PDT



Silicon for the smarts, but stomach acid for the power

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