IEEE Spectrum

“As more and more people see themselves displaced by machines, they will be forced to answer a far deeper question: In an age of intelligent machines, what does it mean to be human?”https://buff.ly/2DjxAhz 

Manufacturing robots failed to add spot welds to hundreds of 2019 Subaru Ascents—a mistake that could affect how the SUVs hold up in an accident.https://buff.ly/2QJKWGt 

Despite the United States pulling out of the Paris Agreement, many U.S. businesses are still focused on reducing carbon emissions to improve their bottom line, writes @gigastacey.https://buff.ly/2D5vQIx 

Long-Running U.S. Federal Radio Stations, Beloved by Hams, in Danger of Shutdownhttps://buff.ly/2PVg1Wj 

A new technique makes it possible to reconfigure static devices by simply exposing them to light.https://buff.ly/2psacVi 

“That’s a very sensitive sensor.”https://buff.ly/2pqQnO9 

These spray-on antennas slough off whatever surface they’re printed on as soon as they get wet again.https://buff.ly/2xwo8BV 

To keep students on track at the Puerto Rico Photonics Institute after #HurricaneMaria, faculty drove out to the damaged lab every week and used flashlights to collect whatever equipment they needed to teach their courses.https://buff.ly/2DdGe0V 

The insatiable demand for reliable and ubiquitous yet affordable wireless data connections for both people and machines is putting tremendous pressure on the wireless industry. https://buff.ly/2zlqRj5  [Sponsored by @NationalInstruments]

As designers articulate solutions which increasingly require more than one type of processing element, the lack of integration between hardware components and software tools becomes a hindrance to the realization of a prototype. https://buff.ly/2zmh7oy  [Sponsored by @NIglobal]

The “real AI crisis,” Kai-Fu Lee says, will come from automation that wipes out whole job sectors, reshaping economies and societies in both the United States and China.https://buff.ly/2DjxAhz 

Pigs have a bad habit of biting each others’ tails. Technologists in Scotland are using machine vision to predict when one pig is about to chomp down on another pig.https://buff.ly/2NuwHqY 

This sensor is so sensitive, it can detect the touch of an ant’s antenna. https://buff.ly/2pqQnO9 

After Schneider Electric made a few changes at one of its plants, the facility reduced power consumption by 12 percent in just one year, reports @gigastacey.https://buff.ly/2D5vQIx 

Eye-Tracking Glasses Are All You Need to Control This Dronehttps://buff.ly/2ppbAYL