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The Heart and the Chip: What Could Go Wrong?

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At the start of its war against Ukraine, Russia limited its citizens’ access to unbiased news and information in hopes of controlling and shaping the narrative around the conflict. Or, even simpler: swarms of flying digital projectors could have broadcasted the footage on the sides of buildings and walls for all to see.

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IEEE President's Note: Focusing on Members in Uncertain Times

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The mission helps IEEE build its international community of technologists—regardless of nationality—to encourage friendship, support peaceful cooperation, and further the exchange of ideas. We are open, diverse, and inclusive, and we hold our fellow members personally accountable for their behavior, and not for the actions of others.

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Drones That Can Fly Better Than You Can

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His lab is best known for developing extremely agile drones that can autonomously navigate through complex environments at very high speeds. Our basic goal is to build in the skills of an expert pilot into the drone itself, which involves a little bit of hardware. Faster, it turns out, than even the best human drone racing champions.

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IEEE Spectrum’s Top Telecom Stories of 2023

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On the one hand, stories about Russia’s satellite jamming operations in Ukraine and stumbling 5G performance around the world attracted a lot of attention from our visitors in 2023. Can We Identify a Person From Their Voice? IEEE Spectrum ‘s readers gravitated to the extremes in the kinds of telecom stories they read this year.

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Interview: Dr. Alberto Ayala on California’s Secret Sauce

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Some may seek help with understanding how to take their concept of a viable mobility solution to a major problem and build it into a reality. To the person with an idea, living in China working for billionaire Jack Ma in the company’s 996 program (work 9AM to 9PM, 6 days a week), California would be a dream. Democracy is messy.

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UN: world population is expected to reach 9.7 billion in 2050 and could peak at nearly 11 billion around 2100

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The world’s population is expected to increase by 2 billion persons in the next 30 years, from 7.7 By 2050, one in four persons living in Europe and Northern America could be aged 65 or over. In 2018, for the first time in history, persons aged 65 or above outnumbered children under five years of age globally.

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We Need More Than Just Electric Vehicles

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Most EV owners recharge their cars at home or at work, meaning that chargers need to be available in garages, driveways, on-street parking, apartment building parking areas, and commercial parking lots. A couple of hours at home is sufficient to recharge from a typical daily commute, while overnight charging is needed for longer trips.