For decades, nuclear fusion has been the ultimate energy dream, promising endless, carbon-free power. Now, Proxima Fusion and Type One Energy have made major strides with their stellarator designs. Can these breakthroughs finally make commercial fusion a…

Airbus is leading the charge in the race to create a zero-emission passenger airliner, unveiling bold plans for a superconducting, fuel-cell powered aircraft. With a vision to drastically cut fuel consumption and harness hydrogen power, could this be the…

A new high-voltage breaker can clear grid-scale faults without greenhouse gas

Do AI chatbots truly understand our world, or are they just mimicking that real understanding? In a heated debate, Emily M. Bender, a fierce critic of AI, and Sébastien Bubeck, a proponent of AI's potential, clash over the capabilities of large language models.…

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MIT's tiny insect robot and Apple TV's Murderbot sci-fi show are featured in this edition of Video Friday, which showcases the latest robotics advances

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Shawn DuBravac, chief economist at IPC, discusses the chaos tariffs are causing in the electronics industry. With fluctuating tariffs, prices for electronics like smartphones and TVs are skyrocketing, hitting low-income consumers hardest. Supply chains are…

Applied Materials’ SEMVision H20 system uses the industry’s most sensitive electron beam system combined with advanced AI image recognition to enable better and faster analysis of buried nanoscale defects in the world’s most advanced chips.

Future transistor technology could create hotter hotspots on chips. Can new cooling methods and chip designs save us from thermal runaway? Imec's research offers hope, but the challenge grows with each new technology node. #ChipDesign #MooresLaw

How Amazon is revolutionizing warehouse automation with cutting-edge robotics and AI, driving efficiency and innovation.

Bell Labs just celebrated its 100th birthday, showcasing a legacy of groundbreaking innovations like the transistor, Unix, and the CCD camera.

Discover the latest in robotics with IEEE Spectrum's Video Friday! From TU Delft's drone racing victory to Cosmo's expressive interactions, and even a robotic wedding cake, the future is here. What excites you most about these innovations? Dive in and join…

Swiss startup brings offline-first e-learning to world’s remote locations

In this 1999 profile, Henry Samueli reflects on the research that led to digital broadband and his cofounding of Broadcom in 1991. In the quarter-century since this article was published, Samueli's pioneering work has continued to transform the telecom industry…

In 1991, the few people who had Internet access at home mainly relied on slow dialup lines. Henry Samueli envisioned faster digital broadband. In research at UCLA and at Broadcom, which he cofounded in 1991, Samueli and his team revolutionized digital modems…

Henry Samueli, cofounder of Broadcom and 2025 IEEE Medal of Honor recipient, advises engineering students: Pursue engineering for impact and passion, not money. Advance your education for better odds of success. Avoid social media's distractions. If successful…

While coding assistants are great for busting out new lines of code, it turns out actually writing code is not as big a part of software development as you might think. AMD says to get transformative results from AI, they are combining generative and predictive…