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A Novel IEEE Workshop Showcases Jamaica’s Engineering Community

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The event attracted more than 200 participants. Through the power of storytelling and the strength of IEEE’s mission, the One IEEE event connected participants to each other and to IEEE by showcasing the vibrant engineering community in Jamaica. Students from several local schools and universities participated in the event.

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The Creepy New Digital Afterlife Industry

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Your brother raises the idea of remembering Dad at his best through a startup “digital immortality” program called 4evru. You decide, after some months of interacting with the 4evru’s version of your father, that while you are somewhat glad to learn who your father truly was, you’re mourning the loss of the person you thought you knew.

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NDEW: Profile rising

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2022 event gains importance as EVs take center stage. At the time of this post, 239 in person and online events were listed as confirmed. It was a great idea because so many people go down to the market every weekend.” Younger folks attending the event will be invited to build a veggie racing vehicle.

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This Engineer Is Helping to Make India a Global Semiconductor Hub

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That memorable event occurred in May, when Sharma and a delegation from his employer, Renesas Electronics , met with Narendra Modi to discuss how the semiconductor company could support the prime minister’s India Semiconductor Mission and Digital India initiative. He learned how to set up antennas and radios to track celestial events.

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Sanctuary’s Humanoid Robot Is for General Purpose Autonomy

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All the talk about completing tasks like a person, and human-like intelligence—which honestly sounds a lot like the kind of meaningless hype that you often find in breathless robotics press releases—is in fact a reflection of how Sanctuary thinks that humanoid robots should be designed and programmed to maximize their flexibility and usefulness.

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Video Friday: Welcome to 2022

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We’ll also be posting a weekly calendar of upcoming robotics events for the next few months; here's what we have so far ( send us your events !): John Deere ] I appreciate the idea that this robot seems to have some conception of personal space and will react when that space is rudely violated. Xiaomi ] Thanks, Yangwei!

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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 task force collaborates on organizing virtual and in-person events with IEEE groups including Women in Engineering and external organizations such as the International Renewable Energy Agency.