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The Portrait Artist

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Perry wrote her first article for Spectrum in 1980. Perry prefers to meet in person in order to develop a human connection. That rapport lets her subjects open up, giving readers a glimpse of their personalities, motivations, and attitudes. There’s an art to writing a good profile, and it all starts with the interview.

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Taming the Climate Is Far Harder Than Getting People to the Moon

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He gave the example of a visitor to the University of Oxford who sees colleges and a splendid library and then asks, “But where is the university?” The category mistake is obvious: A university is an institution, not a collection of buildings. The costs will be stupendous.

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The Meeting of the Minds That Launched AI

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When the photo was reprinted in Eliza Strickland’s October 2021 article “The Turbulent Past and Uncertain Future of Artificial Intelligence,” in IEEE Spectrum , the caption identified six people, plus one “unknown.” So who was this unknown person? The Minsky Family Between Solomonoff and Shannon is the unknown person.

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Should Right-to-Repair Laws Extend to Bionic Body Parts?

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When IEEE Spectrum published an article in February about blind people whose bionic vision systems had become obsolete and unsupported , it generated both attention and outrage. He also thinks that clinicians should have forthright conversations with their patients about bionic body parts.

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What Texas Instruments’ Little Professor Can Teach Us

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They reach out from their exhibit case to spark conversations with visitors: “I remember Grandma having a slide rule like that.” I encountered this funny-looking calculator during a recent visit to the Whipple Museum of the History of Science , at the University of Cambridge. Which brings me to the object at top.

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Worldwide Campaign for Neurorights Notches Its First Win

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Indeed, 2022 may be the year that neurorights becomes a hot topic, bringing the young neurotech industry and the human rights community into uncomfortable conversations. Yuste, a professor of biology at Columbia University who studies neural circuitry, has been promoting the idea of neurorights for nearly a decade now. Spain’s new.

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IEEE Young Professionals Take On Climate Change

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It holds networking events, provides educational resources, and publishes career-related articles on its blog. The group’s goal is to engage as many young professionals as possible in the conversation about how to get involved in the climate and sustainability sectors,” says Sajith Wijesuriya , CSTF chair.