News tagged with proceedings of the ieee

How to make ethical robots

(PhysOrg.com) -- In the future according to robotics researchers, robots will likely fight our wars, care for our elderly, babysit our children, and serve and entertain us in a wide variety of situations. ...

Electronics / Robotics

created Mar 12, 2012 | popularity 3.8 / 5 (13) | comments 37 | with audio podcast feature

Finding solutions to Achilles' heel of renewable energy: intermittency

(PhysOrg.com) -- William F. Pickard introduces the February 2012 special issue of the Proceedings of the IEEE by quoting the Bible: “The wind bloweth where it listeth.” That, in  so many words, ...

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created Mar 06, 2012 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (9) | comments 121 | with audio podcast

Disasters unfold 'intelligently' on phone screens

(PhysOrg.com) -- For the first time, a computer scientist has developed a method of making smart phones able to show a disaster unfolding in real-time on phone screens.

Technology / Software

created Jun 08, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Why nuclear power will never supply the world's energy needs

(PhysOrg.com) -- The 440 commercial nuclear reactors in use worldwide are currently helping to minimize our consumption of fossil fuels, but how much bigger can nuclear power get? In an analysis to be published ...

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created May 11, 2011 | popularity 3.3 / 5 (48) | comments 187 | with audio podcast report

How a Solar-Hydrogen Economy Could Supply the World's Energy Needs

(PhysOrg.com) -- As the world's oil supply continues to dry out every day, the question of what will replace oil and other fossil fuels is becoming more and more urgent. According to the World Coal Institute, ...

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created Aug 24, 2009 | popularity 4.1 / 5 (49) | comments 67 weblog