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Remembering Former IEEE President Ken Laker

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Later, he led the creation of the IEEE Virtual Museum (now the Engineering and Technology History Wiki ), an online repository of educational content. Later, that content was migrated to IEEE’s Global History Network , which was replaced in 2015 by the IEEE Engineering and Technology History Wiki.

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Paying Tribute to Former IEEE President Richard Gowen

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He was also past chair of the IEEE History Committee. "I, Dick served not only as IEEE president but was a dedicated advocate of the IEEE Foundation and a strong champion of the IEEE History Center. He and his wife, Nancy, were avid supporters of the IEEE Foundation and IEEE History Center. He helped found Dakota Power in 2007.

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IEEE’s Microwave Society Gets a New Name

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Leading up to World War II and for several years thereafter, most of the microwave work being done supported the war effort, according to an entry about the society in the Engineering and Technology History Wiki. To learn more about the society’s history, see the January anniversary edition of the IEEE Journal of Microwaves.

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This USC Professor is Developing an Artificial Brain

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This year IEEE President-Elect Tom Coughlin interviewed Parker for her IEEE History Center oral history. It is now available on the Engineering and Technology History Wiki. This article is based on that interview.

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35 Years Ago, Researchers Used Brain Waves to Control a Robot

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Stevo Pendarovsk The robot, powered by batteries, drove on a track drawn on a flat surface, according to the Milestone proposal entry on the Engineering Technology and History Wiki. Administered by the IEEE History Center and supported by donors , the Milestone program recognizes outstanding technical developments around the world.

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IEEE Foundation Celebrates 50 Years of Philanthropy

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The Foundation plans to continue its proud history of investing in IEEE’s grassroots leadership by sponsoring the IEEE Sections Congress in August. The Foundation is set to host a reception after the opening ceremony, lead sessions on philanthropy, and spotlight its 50-year history in an exhibit. IEEE Life Members Fund.

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The Birth of Random-Access Memory

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“The Baby was very limited in what it could do, but it was the first-ever real-life demonstration of electronic stored-program computing, the fast and flexible approach used in nearly all computers today,” said James Sumner , a lecturer on the history of technology at the University of Manchester, in an interview with the Manchester Evening News.

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