Keep your data safe in the age of breaches and ransomware with these helpful tips from IEEE Senior Member Kevin Curran: http://bit.ly/2edVOvz
If you didn’t catch Apple’s big announcements last week, they unveiled their “thinnest and lightest MacBook Pro ever.” One of the new features introduced was the integration of Thunderbolt 3. This consolidates data transfer, video output and charging with one connector. It boasts up to 40-Gbps of data transfer speed which means it could copy 14 hours of HD video in less than one minute.
An AI-enhanced future could lead to strong economic growth and social progress, and The White House wants us to be prepared: http://bit.ly/2edorFa
In 1938, Byung-Chull Lee started a business in Taegu, Korea that focused primarily on trade export, called Samsung. He sold dried Korean fish, vegetables and fruit to Manchuria and Beijing. Over the next 30 years, Samsung diversified into areas including food processing, textiles, insurance, securities and retail. Samsung entered the electronics industry in the late 1960s and grew into the conglomerate we know today.
From connected apps to RFID labels, technological advances are taking off at airports to hopefully lessen your anxiety: http://bit.ly/2eqivMg
Dartmouth researchers take smartwatches one step further by answering the question: what if your hands aren't free? They developed WristWhirl, a smartwatch prototype that uses the wrist as an always-available joystick to perform common touch screen gestures. http://bit.ly/2f8MyY1 Shared via IEEE Access
Did you know: The key to creating an #electric charge from biowaste lies in the scales of fish: http://bit.ly/2dDXqM1
Former Indy Racing League driver Sam Schmidt may be paralyzed, but that’s not stopping him from driving his Corvette. Schmidt is now the first person to ever receive a driver’s license for an autonomous car: http://bit.ly/2eXcRjN
This week we’re recognizing Virginia Tech Professor and IEEE Fellow Arun Phadke. Phadke’s implementation of protective algorithms in an IBM mini computer represented the world’s first communication relaying and fault recorder. He also helped develop the concept of adaptive relaying, which adjusts to avoid unnecessary trips of equipment as a catastrophic power system event evolves. Phadke’s work also improved the process of maintaining grid stability over a wide region. At the 2016 IEEE Honors Ceremony this past June, Phadke received the 2016 IEEE Medal in Power Engineering “For contributions to synchrophasor technology for monitoring, control, and protection of electric power systems.” IEEE Awards
Today in 1955, two parents in Seattle, Washington welcomed their son, William Henry Gates III into the world. Little did they know that he would go on to co-found one of the world’s largest PC software companies, Microsoft. Happy birthday, Bill!
The world has been fascinated by Mars for decades, wondering when humans might set foot on the Martian planet. Once we get there, the biggest question is if we can communicate between Mars and Earth. Because of the large distance between the planets, scientists aren’t able to communicate in real time just yet. When Earth and Mars are at their theoretical closest point of 54.6 million km (33.9 million miles), it would take a signal from Earth about 3 minutes to make the journey.
Technological advances at airports are taking off: http://bit.ly/2eqivMg
The Internet of Things is contributing to real growth across technology categories as it extends to things like processors and sensors, to security and analytics. Are you a part of the connected movement? http://bit.ly/2ejT941
In 1930, Galvin Manufacturing Corporation introduced the Motorola radio. It became one of the first commercially successful car radios. Paul V. Galvin created the name Motorola for the car radio, linking “moto” (for motorcar) with “ola” (which implied sound).
Taking extra steps to keep your data safe online is no longer an option. IEEE Senior Member Kevin Curran offers some helpful tips: http://bit.ly/2edVOvz
Patients have been known to regain consciousness during surgery while still paralyzed by the anesthesia and unable to communicate their distress. This IEEE Access "Article of the Week" examines how electronic engineers have helped resolve this problem by improving the real-time monitoring of depth of anesthesia: http://bit.ly/2fbORMD. Shared via IEEE Access
With so many recent advancements in the world of robotics, would you be afraid to hurt a robot’s feelings? http://bit.ly/2eyjU5F
By using RFID technology, airlines want to take some of the stress out of flying with these technological advancements: http://bit.ly/2eqivMg
