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How the World Views Autonomous Vehicles

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Notably, individuals from China, Russia, and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) exhibited the highest trust in autonomous vehicles. Conversely, the United States, Japan, and South Korea demonstrated lower levels of trust. This article was co-written using AI and was then heavily edited and optimized by our editorial team.

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How This Record Company Engineer Invented the CT Scanner

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The inspiration for computed tomography (CT) came from a chance conversation that research engineer Godfrey Hounsfield had with a doctor while on vacation in the 1960s. The IEEE United Kingdom and Ireland Section sponsored the nomination. Hounsfield worked at Electrical and Musical Industry in Hayes, England.

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5 Ways to Strengthen the AI Acquisition Process

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In our last article, A How-To Guide on Acquiring AI Systems , we explained why the IEEE P3119 Standard for the Procurement of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Automated Decision Systems (ADS) is needed.

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The Richer They Get, the More Meat They Eat

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Not surprisingly, meat consumption has changed little in highly carnivorous countries, including Canada, Italy, and the United Kingdom, and it has declined a bit in Denmark, France, and Germany. This article appears in the August 2022 print issue as “Meat-Eating Is as Human as Apple Pie.”.

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The EV Transition Is Harder Than Anyone Thinks

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The articles in the series address different aspects of this transition, including EV-related unemployment , battery issues , the EV charging infrastructure , and affordability. For China, Japan, the United Kingdom, the European Union, and the United States, EVs are the vehicle needed to “ win the future of transportation and manufacturing.”

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The Long Road to Today’s Cochlear Implant

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As Albert Mudry and Mara Mills documented in their 2013 retrospective article “ The Early History of the Cochlear Implant ,” electrical stimulation of the ear dates to at least 1748, when Benjamin Wilson stimulated the scalp of a deaf woman with electricity. Rod Saunders converses with his wife, Margaret, via his prototype cochlear implant.

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Why Cyberwarfare Is Overhyped

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Schneider: And from our earlier conversations, you told me about a class that you were teaching. Schneider: So you and I have worked now on your article in Spectrum which is based on a section of the book that covers the Mirai malware. And I just kind of forgot that I had ever done that.

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