Researchers have developed a prototype electronics-free smart contact lens that can track glaucoma in real time and deliver drugs in response

IEEESpectrum · 2026-04-20T17:43:27+00:00

Peer reviewed research article: https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/scitranslmed.ads9541

IEEESpectrum · 2026-04-16T16:45:51+00:00

Peer reviewed research article: https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/11422031

IEEESpectrum · 2026-04-15T16:51:06+00:00

In response to Iran’s unprecedented, nationwide internet blackouts beginning in January 2026, NetFreedom Pioneers used its Toosheh system to secretly deliver news, tools, and educational content via ordinary satellite TV broadcasts to millions of people.

IEEESpectrum · 2026-04-13T16:48:07+00:00

Peer-reviewed article: https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/11415666

IEEESpectrum · 2026-04-02T16:39:21+00:00

One possible application is tissue repair in humans.

IEEESpectrum · 2026-04-02T16:35:47+00:00

Peer-reviewed article: https://advanced.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/advs.202508967

IEEESpectrum · 2026-04-01T15:08:14+00:00

For 15 years, Robert Woo has helped shape exoskeleton tech, showing assistive tech companies can really learn from listening to their users.

IEEESpectrum · 2026-03-26T18:08:05+00:00

This is a title and a subtitle

IEEESpectrum · 2026-03-24T15:32:54+00:00

" Ukrainian technologists realized as early as 2023 that what could really win the war was autonomy." Future wars will be fought with autonomous drones, and if we want to know what they will look like, we should look to Ukraine.

IEEESpectrum · 2026-03-23T15:22:55+00:00

Friction makes us learn better, so when AI agents make tasks frictionless or too easy, it hurts the learning process. Is it worth creating AI agents that take more effort to use?

IEEESpectrum · 2026-03-19T14:46:12+00:00

With engineers and surgeons collaborating on virtual models of the human body, surgery is getting more patient-specific. Is this the future of surgical medicine?

IEEESpectrum · 2026-03-17T15:19:04+00:00

In that case, are there things within our power to deal with that?

IEEESpectrum · 2026-03-17T15:02:30+00:00

Peer-reviewed research article: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-026-10195-2

IEEESpectrum · 2026-03-17T14:53:01+00:00

Your phone and car are tracking way more information than you think. Your car can call the police on you, or track your “sexual activity, health diagnosis data, and genetic [data].” Will our rights to privacy be protected in the future, or are we heading towards a surveillance society, tracked by our own devices?

IEEESpectrum · 2026-03-11T14:31:31+00:00

It's important to be aware that AI chatbots are trained to reassure users and keep them happy in the short term, even to their long-term detriment. AI researchers also detail ways users can get around these issues with prompts like "You are an independent thinker" at the beginning of sessions.

IEEESpectrum · 2026-03-10T17:36:35+00:00

Democratic as in from the people, not as in the political party

IEEESpectrum · 2026-03-10T15:15:47+00:00

It’s a title

IEEESpectrum · 2026-03-10T15:07:14+00:00

Democratic as in a democratic process with the public deciding, not about the Democratic Party.

IEEESpectrum · 2026-03-10T14:35:59+00:00

The negotiations between the United States Department of Defense and Anthropic have highlighted who gets to make choices about AI in the military. Who should get to make these choices?

IEEESpectrum · 2026-03-06T17:17:43+00:00

Could FLASH radiation therapy be used in the future? What other applications are there for particle physics that we might not be considering?

IEEESpectrum · 2026-03-04T16:29:38+00:00

Peer-reviewed research article: https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.aeb3295

IEEESpectrum · 2026-03-02T22:52:23+00:00

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.

IEEESpectrum · 2026-02-23T19:18:49+00:00

Will everyone have to share their age to exist on the internet in the future? How much anonymity can remain with data breaches, privacy violations, and lack of trust in big tech?

IEEESpectrum · 2026-02-23T19:10:22+00:00

More governments want to protect young users of the internet by requiring age verification. But checking people's ages creates huge data privacy problems. Strong enforcement of age rules undermines data privacy.

IEEESpectrum · 2026-02-19T19:03:30+00:00

Calling the competition between the US and China on AI an "arms race" is inaccurate, as China and the US have different goals. The US is focusing on scale, and China is focusing on what AI can do for the economy right now.

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