New York City was the backdrop of this year’s IEEE Honors Ceremony , held on 24 April. The event celebrates engineering pioneers who have developed technologies that have changed how people connect and learn about the world. This year’s celebrants included the engineers behind innovations such as text-to-donate technology, AI-powered diagnostic tools , and the graphics processing unit, among many…
The Institute is celebrating its 50th anniversary this year. Launched in 1976, the publication was designed to keep members informed about IEEE and what its constituents were doing, as well as to report on the organization’s initiatives, technical standards , products, and services. That directive expanded over the years to include our reporting on key historical technical achievements recognized…
Children born after 2013 are the first generation to grow up fully immersed in digital systems, which weren’t designed with them in mind. One‑third of the world’s Internet users are younger than 18, according to UNICEF , yet these systems shaping their daily lives were built for adults. They were optimized for engagement and designed long before people understood how profoundly digital…
