Reporte #118
Toward mass-producible quantum computers
MIT News – Engineering
Process for positioning quantum bits in diamond optical circuits could work at large scales.
Hybrid bus promises fewer emissions and improved efficiency
The Engineer
A hybrid bus running on diesel and liquid nitrogen has completed a series of trials that bring the vehicle closer to use on the road.
Internet of things: Let the avatars talk to each other
MIT News – Engineering
Sanjay Sarma has focused his research on new uses for RFID and security for the internet of things.
The Most Complex 2D Microchip Yet
IEEE Spectrum Recent Content
Scientists hope that two-dimensional materials such as graphene or molybdenum disulfide will allow Moore’s Law to continue apace once it becomes impossible to make further progress using silicon.
New center will push frontiers of sensing technology
MIT News – Engineering
First “center of excellence” for new MIT.nano facility will focus on novel detectors and imaging systems.
Nanogenerators Could Charge Your Smartphone
IEEE Spectrum Recent Content
Researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology have been exploring the applications and commercial potential for triboelectric nanogenerators (TENGs) since 2012. These so-called TENGs essentially harvest static electricity from friction.
An Optimistic Take on Cybersecurity—Trust the Natural Evolution of Tech
IEEE Spectrum Recent Content
The bad news: Engineers today are doomed to never fully understand their complex creations. The good news: Cybersecurity efforts, thanks to the natural evolution of technical things, are not doomed.
LIDS Smart Urban Infrastructures Workshop highlights emerging research
MIT News – Engineering
Speakers from academia, industry, and government discuss the evolution of smart urban systems.
The Benefits of Building an Artificial Brain
IEEE Spectrum Recent Content
Massive efforts to better understand the human brain will deliver on the original promise of computer science: machines that think like us
The Engineers of the Future Will Not Resemble the Engineers of the Past
IEEE Spectrum Recent Content
Important innovations are on the horizon in a host of fields, including energy, medicine, transportation, robotics, and artificial intelligence. And engineers will play a key role in inventing the technologies of the 21st century. But they won’t be much like the engineers of the past.