IEEE Innovation at Work

The fifth generation of wireless technology is here—although it’s not quite here. The top four major carriers in the U.S. have cities with some sort of 5G capabilities. While Verizon, T-mobile, and Sprint are currently offering 5G to consumers, AT&T is only offering the service ...
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Most engineers enter the workforce as individual contributors. And the job is fairly straightforward—you rely on data and individual efforts to impact outcomes. Your technical knowledge is your most important skill set as you work with others to achieve the team’s goals. Moving Into Engineering ...
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A streamlined, cost-effective healthcare system requires efficient sharing of information between legacy systems. However, systems storing critical healthcare data often operate in silos. Even worse, they can be easy to hack. A report from BIS Research observes, “Less than 10% of healthcare organizations regularly share ...
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There is tremendous opportunity in the autonomous vehicle (AV) market. In fact, the market is predicted to reach $7 trillion annually by 2050. There are many companies around the world developing autonomous and intelligent vehicle technology as they seek to capitalize on the massive growth ...
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Today’s modern smart grid connects a variety of distributed energy resource assets to the power grid. This creates a diverse and disparate system, which both individuals and power companies can impact, with enormous benefits. Distributed energy collection assets (such as solar panels) are essential to ...
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Based on data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, engineers have the highest average starting salary at $91,010. In addition to high starting salaries, studies show that the more education an engineer is able to obtain, the higher their salary. However, engineers need to ...
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As anyone responsible for supply chain management can tell you, the demand for accountability and tracking at every step of the supply chain just continues to grow. For example, consumers want to know where their vegetables were sourced, how they were grown, handling methods, refrigeration ...
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This is a sponsored post from Digi-Key. Written by Jennifer D. Bosavage Figure 1: The da Vinci Surgical System helps surgeons perform minimally invasive surgery with an advanced set of instruments and a 3D high-definition view of the surgical area. Source: Intuitive Surgical/CC BY-SA 3.0 Robotic ...
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According to a CNBC article on cyber security trends, a 2019 CEO Imperative Study conducted by management consultancy EY reports that CEOs see cyber security as the number one threat to the global economy over the next five to ten years. The firm collected responses ...
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