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The Godfather of South Korea’s Chip Industry

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Starting in the mid-1980s, as chip manufacturing in the country accelerated, engineers who had studied under Kim at. Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) assumed top posts in the industry as well as coveted positions teaching or researching semiconductors at universities and government institutes. Chang Hae-Ja.

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One Way to Stop the Social Spread of Disinformation

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Alma mater: University of British Columbia, in Vancouver. An article describing how the platform works was published in the September issue of IEEE Communications Magazine. “If What’s more, he says, studies have shown that the current ad-driven business model provides a poor user experience and isn’t that effective in selling products.

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10 Lessons From the Legacy of Apple’s Steve Jobs

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Engineers, IT professionals, and business executives can learn valuable lessons by studying his career. On its 25 October 2005 cover, Time magazine hailed Jobs as "the man who always seems to know what's next." People have criticized Jobs's personal traits. Think differently and work persistently. Focus on design.

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IBM’s Fall From World Dominance

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Census, the mainframe computer, legitimizing the person computer, and developing the software that beat the best in the world at chess and then Jeopardy. Joining me to talk about it—and IBM's other pivots, past and future—is a person uniquely qualified to do so. Steven Cherry Jim, IBM wasn't the first to personal computers.

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Quantum Technology’s Unsung Heroes

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IEEE Spectrum recently spoke with Lenahan and Hughes-Casteleberry about overshadowed genius, pre-medieval computer programs, and Claude Shannon’s Vogue magazine celebrity photoshoot. But as well, we bring in the personal stories. He was also an influential mentor, the chair of undergraduate studies for electrical engineering at Yale.

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Finally, an eVTOL You Can Buy (Soon)

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Opener’s highly unusual, single-seat flier is intended for personal use rather than transporting passengers, which makes it almost unique. Previously, Moore led a team at NASA that designed a personal-use eVTOL and then served as engineering director at Uber’s Elevate initiative. It’s also a triumph of engineering.

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Flight Simulator Gave Birth to 3D Video-Game Graphics

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Microsoft Flight Simulator: A History youtube.com A passion for flight Bruce Artwick studied electrical engineering at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, yet he found time to pursue a dream many teenagers think about but few fulfill: He learned to fly. It didn’t depict real airspace or modern airplanes. Artwick was right.

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