University students designed the Aria EV so that owners could repair their own cars, including replacing the battery themselves. https://spectrum.ieee.org/ev-battery-swapping-aria-ev?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=fedica-Mastodon-Daily-Pipeline

Where will we find the space for new data centers? Startup Aikido Technologies points to offshore wind farms as the answer. https://spectrum.ieee.org/data-center-floating-wind-turbine?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=fedica-Mastodon-Daily-Pipeline

Many self-driving cars still have human tele-operators to prevent catastrophe. Humans operating tech remotely isn’t new; drone research from the 1990s can provide guidance on supervisory control. https://spectrum.ieee.org/military-drones-self-driving-cars?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=fedica-Mastodon-Daily-Pipeline

Humans have collaborated with AI to formally verify two versions of the sphere packing problem, a Fields Medal winner in 2022. An AI tool called Gauss helped to create the Lean code that verified the mathematical result. https://spectrum.ieee.org/ai-proof-verification?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=fedica-Mastodon-Daily-Pipeline

"Without access to oil, #Cuba's in a dire situation: blackouts, trash piling up, and limited hospital access. But even if the U.S. lifts its oil blockade, Cuba's power grid will need a massive overhaul to recover. Here's why: https://spectrum.ieee.org/cuba-energy-crisis"

Being a power engineer is a high-risk job in Ukraine, as Russia is intent on destroying the electrical grid. It's now about finding new solutions, working on backups, and bravery. https://spectrum.ieee.org/repair-ukraine-power-grid?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=fedica-Mastodon-Daily-Pipeline

Chi Chen and Matthias Troyer at Microsoft propose using quantum computers to generate data on electrons, which can then be used to train AI models on classical machines. https://spectrum.ieee.org/quantum-chemistry?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=fedica-Mastodon-Daily-Pipeline

In a time when gasoline cars dominated, Charles Proteus Steinmetz saw the potential of EVs to transform urban landscapes and power sectors alike. https://spectrum.ieee.org/charles-proteus-steinmetz?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=fedica-Mastodon-Daily-Pipeline

Sandia National Laboratories is testing supercomputers with reconfigurable accelerators, similar to FPGAs, that optimize their hardware for specific computations that are being run. https://spectrum.ieee.org/reconfigurable-supercomputer?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=fedica-Mastodon-Daily-Pipeline

Startup Mangrove Lithium has developed a process that converts lithium feedstocks into battery-grade lithium hydroxide, enabling easier access to materials for EVs. https://spectrum.ieee.org/mangrove-lithium-refining-ev-bottleneck?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=fedica-Mastodon-Daily-Pipeline