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A New IEEE STEM Book Series for Tweens from TryEngineering

TryEngineering has introduced a STEM book series for youngsters ages 8 to 12 through the Lerner Publishing Group.
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Generative AI Gives Spacecraft the Autonomy Engineers Once Feared

“Autonomy often does not have a deterministic outcome, which means that how you got into a certain situation changes the ...
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Here’s How Delhi Achieved Its Epic Power-Grid Fix

The cause: an aging distribution grid bereft of crucial technologies, and electricity providers with little accountability.
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The Radical Scope of Tesla’s Data Hoard

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Poetry for Engineers: The UI Designer’s Dream

Read Ralph Earle’s poem from the October 2026 issue ...
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Brain Implant Uses Infrared Light to Send Neural Signals

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Social Media Bans Aren’t Enough to Make Children Safe

Governments should define measurable outcomes and fund independent evaluation, platforms should give researchers meaningful ...
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Ingestible Paper Battery Powers Biodegradable Medical Devices

In tests in live pigs, the paper battery “generated sufficient power to perform meaningful functions inside the ...
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Digit 5 May Be the First Humanoid Robot Worker That’s Truly Safe

Evan Ackerman is IEEE Spectrum’s robotics editor. Agility doesn’t have Digit 5 deployed in factories yet, but the hardware is ...
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Rethinking Robot Safety in the Age of AI

As AI and robotics continue to advance at an unprecedented pace, modern robots perceive through multimodal sensors, interpret ...
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Lab on a Contact Lens Can Measure Stress Through Serotonin

In the future, a contact lens printed with winding electronics could act as a wearable sensor for measuring biochemical ...