Innovation

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INNOVATION 25/09/2026 09:16

The Pentagon wants $30 million to build an AI-powered lie detector

The US government wants to spend $30.3 million over the next five years on an improved form of lie detector, according to a Department of De…

INNOVATION 24/09/2026 18:00

Mexican EPICS in IEEE Team Builds Portable Educational Platform

In Guadalajara, Mexico, many high schools have motivated teachers and talented students with an interest in science, technology, engineering…

INNOVATION 25/09/2026 09:00

Young organs may not be a fountain of youth for recipients

Around this time last year I was attending an aging conference in Manchester, listening to a talk about fly aging, when my phone started pin…

INNOVATION 24/09/2026 13:00

Measure Distant Asteroids With a DIY Rig

I’ve seen two total solar eclipses and have been duly impressed by what happens as the moon casts its shadow on Earth. But recently I’ve bec…

INNOVATION 24/09/2026 12:10

The Download: a bid to scrap the virtual wall and AI hits Climate Week

This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of technology. A …

INNOVATION 24/09/2026 10:00

Engineering the Substation Exit for Reliability, Capacity, and Expansion

This white paper gives distribution engineers and utility teams a practical overview of the substation exit, the short and high-consequence …

INNOVATION 24/09/2026 10:00

AI is dominating the conversation at Climate Week

This week, world leaders descended on Manhattan for the UN General Assembly. It’s also New York Climate Week—investors, policymakers, advoca…

INNOVATION 23/09/2026 15:40

3 Skills That Will Matter More in the Age of AI

This article is crossposted from IEEE Spectrum’s careers newsletter. Sign up now to get insider tips, expert advice, and practical strategie…

INNOVATION 23/09/2026 17:10

A congressional representative just proposed killing America’s border tower program

Delia Ramirez, a Democratic US representative from Illinois, has announced a plan to introduce new legislation to terminate the surveillance…

INNOVATION 22/09/2026 18:00

Spain’s First Astronaut, Pedro Duque, Named IEEE Honorary Member

Many youngsters fascinated by exploring outer space dream of becoming an astronaut, but few do. One who had the right stuff is Pedro Duque, …

INNOVATION 23/09/2026 12:10

The Download: India’s smart glasses menace and AI’s trillion-dollar gamble

This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of technology. Sm…

INNOVATION 22/09/2026 14:00

Barbara Mazzolai Wants to Build a New Field of Robotics

Throughout her career, roboticist Barbara Mazzolai has turned to nature for inspiration. Now she wants to ensure the technology she builds g…

INNOVATION 23/09/2026 09:00

The AI Hype Index: AI loves cheating

Brace yourself: It turns out AI is being optimized for cheating. OpenAI’s agents hacked into Hugging Face to get the answers to a cybersecur…

INNOVATION 22/09/2026 12:22

The Future Is Fanless: 100% Heat Capture for Liquid Cooled AI Servers

This article is brought to you by CoolIT, an Ecolab Company.Beyond 250 kW a server rack can no longer be cooled by a hybrid approach of liqu…

INNOVATION 23/09/2026 09:00

Smart glasses are already causing havoc in India

Shubnam was packing boxes for a move into a new home when their friend sent them an Instagram video. The footage had only been up for a few …

INNOVATION 21/09/2026 13:00

This Digital Radio Gets Messages to the World’s Remotest Locations

Shortwave radios offer a way to connect one location on Earth to practically anywhere else with minimal infrastructure. But these radios com…

INNOVATION 22/09/2026 13:42

Roundtables: The Deadly Failures of The Virtual Border Wall

The US has spent billions building a “virtual wall” of surveillance towers along its southern border over the past 25 years, promising they …

INNOVATION 18/09/2026 18:29

Parallel Reads and Write Optimization for Large-Scale Data Replication

This White Paper gives data engineers and architects a practical overview of how parallel partitioned reads, write-path optimization, and cl…

INNOVATION 22/09/2026 12:10

The Download: why AI’s latest breakthroughs and fears may be more hype than reality

This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of technology. Do…

INNOVATION 18/09/2026 18:00

Turning Tech Talent Into Leadership Legacy

Transitioning from years of working in a senior technical or executive role to a leadership position is one of the most challenging phases o…

INNOVATION 16/09/2026 16:51

Rethinking Robot Safety in the Age of AI

This article is brought to you by VicOne.Robot safety has traditionally asked: Can a machine remain safe when something goes wrong? Physical…

INNOVATION 16/09/2026 13:24

Single-Phase Direct Liquid Cooling Is Proven for the Next Decade of Ultra-Dense Compute

Learn how single-phase direct liquid cooling manages the rising heat of AI and high-performance computing, and how it compares with two-phas…

INNOVATION 15/09/2026 13:00

The AI Inference Revolution Is Here

Since about 2020, AI has largely focused on training bigger and better models. Large language models (LLMs) ballooned from millions of param…

INNOVATION 15/09/2026 12:13

The Mind-bending Joyrides That Gave Rise to Tesla

In 2003, Martin Eberhard, a cofounder of Tesla Motors, decided it was time to start wooing investors. To do that, however, he needed an elec…