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Engineering is the design and construction of systems and structures for influencing the world around us and enhancing our experience within it. Engineers use the fundamental principles of mathematics, physics and chemistry to create machines that enable us to travel faster, provide improved medical care, and process more complicated information.
Integrating electrochemically actuated soft robotics with ultra-flexible microelectrodes enables reversible and gentle wrapping around nerves for high-quality recordings.
A design principle for buildings incorporates components that can control the propagation of failure by isolating parts of the structure as they fail — offering a way to prevent a partial collapse snowballing into complete destruction.
A methodology — called auto tiny classifiers — is proposed to directly generate predictor circuits for the classification of tabular data, searching over the space of combinational logic using an evolutionary algorithm to maximize training prediction accuracy. Prediction performance is comparable to typical machine learning methods, but substantially fewer hardware resources and power are required.
In a Review Article, Jonathan Sauder and colleagues develop a framework to categorize the variety of deployable structures and mechanisms available for operation on small satellites.
Hardware-aware neural architecture search (HW-NAS) can be used to design efficient in-memory computing (IMC) hardware for deep learning accelerators. This Review discusses methodologies, frameworks, ongoing research, open issues and recommendations, and provides a roadmap for HW-NAS for IMC.
Terms such as sustainability and inclusivity loom large in big infrastructure projects. But impact and value for money needs measuring too, says Sinan Küfeoğlu.
Current human–machine interfaces for controlling assistive devices fail to offer direct, arbitrary control over multiple degrees of freedom. Based on the implantation and tracking of small magnets in the residual muscles, the myokinetic interface could enable biomimetic, direct, independent and parallel control of artificial limbs.
Integrating electrochemically actuated soft robotics with ultra-flexible microelectrodes enables reversible and gentle wrapping around nerves for high-quality recordings.
The inherent differences in epistemologies and research methods in electrical engineering and earth science hinder interdisciplinary collaboration. In the context of climate change, this divide affects the shift towards long-term sustainability in global energy systems, prompting dialogue between the disciplines to enable effective interdisciplinary collaborations.