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Hologram-in-a-Box Can Teleport You Anywhere

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Such events, however, can take months of planning and hundreds of thousands of dollars to put on. In both cases, a person in a studio—the presenter—can appear in full-size, lifelike 3D form and interact with people anywhere in the world where one or more booths are hooked up to the companies' networks via the internet.

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This IEEE Society’s Secret to Boosting Student Membership

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The students had a hand in creating a welcome kit for conference attendees. We want to listen to students’ voices because they are an important part of the society.” The meetings have always included onsite events for students to network with each other and to mingle with researchers over lunch. program at Heidelberg.

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New Resource for University Educators

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As schools reopen this year using in-person, hybrid, and remote learning models, it has become crucial for teachers to adjust. To help them, in May IEEE launched its Teaching Excellence Hub , a resource for university-level educators who are teaching engineering, computer science, and technology courses online or in person.

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35 Years Ago, Researchers Used Brain Waves to Control a Robot

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The three researchers used a Movit Line Tracer II robot they built from a kit from Japanese appliance shop Elehobby, now called Elekit. It’s a synchronized pattern of electrical activity in the part of the brain that controls voluntary movement. The frequency increases when a person is relaxed and not moving.

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Ukrainian Volunteers Use 3D Printers to Save Lives

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According to their data, 3,019 individual parts were 3D printed in the first 16 days of the war, which were used for 930 finished products. Thanks to these communication systems and volunteer centers, it was possible to supply personal protective equipment (like face shields ) for physicians and social workers.

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From Introvert to IEEE Influencer

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“But when I joined IEEE and explored public speaking and even the management of the student branch itself as chair in my final year, I got the feeling that IEEE was my place, and that it could help me grow personally as well as professionally.” For the past six years, he’s been doing all three. But Kalra’s time volunteering paid off.

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Where the President-Elect Candidates Stand on Key Issues

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Two virtual events were held in June and July for members to get to know the four candidates running for 2023 IEEE president-elect. Both events are available on demand on IEEE.tv. Section that is working to incentivize the chapters to add more female speakers at their events. President Ray Liu asked Thomas M.