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How Vannevar Bush Engineered the 20th Century

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Vannevar Bush and the Funding of Science & Engineering Beginning in 1940, and with the ear of the president and leading scientific and engineering organizations, Vannevar Bush promoted the importance of supporting all aspects of research, including in universities, the military, and industry. MIT Museum But wait, there’s more!

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IEEE Honors Iconic Engineers

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CERF Google, LLC Reston, Va. DEBOY Infineon Technologies Austria AG Villach, Austria TATSUHIKO FUJIHIRA Fuji Electric Matsumoto, Japan “For contributions to the concept and realization of superjunction power devices that significantly improve power efficiency.” Meet the recipients of the 2023 IEEE Medals and Recognitions.

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100 Years Ago, IBM Was Born

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From the 19th century, through the 20th, and into the 21st, IBM was there, making HP, Microsoft, and Apple appear more like children or grandchildren of the IT world; Facebook, Google, and Twitter/X more like great-grandchildren. So let’s take a moment to contemplate the origins of an iconic corporation. For the 1890 U.S. And so it did.

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Car Crash Prevention System Wins Student $10,000 IEEE Scholarship

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The incoming freshman at MIT won $600. The concept of a 3D-printed 3D printer was a theory before Minnick began his project three years ago. Constructing such facilities in underdeveloped countries would lower the cost of industrialization while speeding up processes. A SELF-REPLICATING 3D PRINTER. RIP-CURRENT DETECTION SYSTEM.

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Your Life As A Digital Ghost

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Wong describes the new digital afterlife industry in a chapter of her new book from MIT Press, We the Data: Human Rights in the Digital Age. Strickland: So we’re going to dive into the digital afterlife industry in just a moment. Strickland: So how do you define the digital afterlife industry ? Wong: Thanks for having me.

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IEEE Spectrum’s Top Telecom Stories of 2023

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The only problem is—that stride is a bit less impressive than the telecom industry may have hoped for. How 5G’s sluggish start impacts the research directions that the industry prioritizes for 6G and beyond. The technique has had a controversial past—the concept first emerged around 1911, but only came into prominence in the 1960s.

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The Turbulent Past and Uncertain Future of Artificial Intelligence

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Today, even as AI is revolutionizing industries and threatening to upend the global labor market, many experts are wondering if today's AI is reaching its limits. In 1967, MIT professor. The other big development came courtesy of the gaming industry. The MIT Museum. By 2017, the team had 1.5 million terms and 24.5

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