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Tesla Sweden employee speaks out after getting expelled from IF Metall union

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Near the end of 2023, trade union IF Metall announced that it was expelling some members who refused to participate in the organization’s ongoing actions against Tesla. Then, when I got older, I realized that the membership was just an expensive subscription to a magazine,” the former IF Metall member said.

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Get to Know the IEEE Board of Directors

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The IEEE Board of Directors shapes the future direction of IEEE and is committed to ensuring IEEE remains a strong and vibrant organization—serving the needs of its members and the engineering and technology community worldwide—while fulfilling the IEEE mission of advancing technology for the benefit of humanity.

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The Rise and Fall of 3M’s Floppy Disk

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If you ask the average person what the company 3M does, odds are if they have a few gray hairs hanging out on their scalp, they might say that the company makes floppy disks. They managed to follow me through three states and five cities, and now sit on my intentionally organized pile of junk. No, I have not tried to record on them.)

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Celebrating the Life of Columbia Professor Stephen Unger

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He wrote several papers on ethics and technology, as well as computer science, and he penned articles for IEEE Technology and Society Magazine and The Institute. Unger’s personal blog, “ Ends and Means ,” addressed ethical questions surrounding education, electronic voting, robotics, and other topics.

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The Essential Vannevar Bush

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During World War II, as personal science and engineering adviser to President Roosevelt, he led all research by civilians for the military and organized the Manhattan Project. Peace Through Strength The decision to work on weapons technology, or not, was highly personal to Bush and a decision not easy to unpack.

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Stephen Welby: A Man on a Mission

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In his five years as IEEE’s executive director and chief operating officer, Stephen Welby has led the organization through a global pandemic, a changing publishing landscape, and soaring geopolitical tensions. Leading a global organization that depends on in-person meetings and events has proven especially challenging in recent years.

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From Fixing Farm Equipment to Becoming a Director at 3M

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Gerard “Gus” Gaynor says he knew he would become an engineer when he was 7 years old, inspired by his father’s monthly Popular Mechanics magazines. He wanted to get involved with the organization then, he says, but between going to night school and working full time, he couldn’t find the extra time to do so. members’ careers.

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